Comparison & Migration

A Roam Research alternative that keeps your outline yours

Looking for a Roam Research alternative? See what changes, what transfers, and what TreeNote does differently — local-first, keyboard-first, portable.

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TreeNotePrivate & Fast

100% Local-first (Data stays on your machine)
No monthly item limits or node caps
Syncs through your own Drive / Dropbox (CRDT)
Multi-views (Board, Table, Mind Map, Today)
BYOK AI integration without locking into one model

Roam Research : TreeNote, a Private Keyboard-First OutlinerCloud / Complex

Proprietary cloud servers hold your notes
Monthly item quotas or complex plugin configurations
Sync lock-in or high recurring subscription fees
Rigid view modes or slow nested performance

When the hierarchy matters more than the graph

Roam is designed for connections that emerge over time. TreeNote is designed for work that needs a clear place, a next action and a structure you can move through without friction.

Move one Roam project—not your whole graph

This is a conversion, not a one-click graph import. Start with a Roam page that is already a real hierarchy: a project, a long outline or structured research. Convert it to OPML, import it into TreeNote, and keep your original graph intact while you test.

Choose a hierarchy-shaped pageStart with a project, plan or long outline—not a set of atomic linked notes.

Convert it to OPMLTurn the page’s nested structure into an OPML file that TreeNote can import.

Run it from TreeNoteUse the outline and Today view for a week before deciding what else belongs here.

Learn how OPML import works →

Choose a hierarchy-shaped page

Start with a project, plan or long outline—not a set of atomic linked notes.

Convert it to OPML

Turn the page’s nested structure into an OPML file that TreeNote can import.

Run it from TreeNote

Use the outline and Today view for a week before deciding what else belongs here.

Questions before you switch

Convert one Roam project. See what clear structure feels like.

Keep your graph exactly as it is. Bring one active project into TreeNote and see what changes when the plan, next action and bigger picture live in one focused outline.

Import your outline in minutes

Export an OPML file from your current outliner and drop it into TreeNote. Your hierarchy, bullet nests, and notes are preserved.

See OPML Import Guide

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Keep the outline. Leave the study-system overhead behind.

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Move from Reflect to an outline that stays yours

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Move your Workflowy outline to TreeNote—and keep it yours

Thinking of leaving Workflowy? Switch to TreeNote for private, local-first outlines, no monthly node cap, keyboard control and a simple OPML import path.