@outlmd

Local-first note-taking outliner. Your notes stay plain markdown, sync stays out of your files. Built by @avelinorun

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Joined May 2026
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deleted a page on my laptop. it came back on my phone, under root, and survived a restart. the op log was perfect. every op was there, including the delete. the tree built from it was wrong.
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do_op(Create) skips a node that already exists. undo_op(Create) removed it unconditionally. so they were never inverses, and the reorder loop that makes move-op highly available assumes they are.
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undoing a Create that created nothing deleted a node another device's Create had made. any Move in between lost its effect with it. the op stayed in the log. the edit didn't. fixed. no field added to the wire, JSONL byte-identical, nothing to migrate. outl.app/blog/the-page-i-del…

The page I deleted came back — outl blog

I deleted a page on my laptop. It came back on my phone, under root, and survived a restart. The op log was intact, every operation was there, and the tree built from it was wrong. The cause was a...

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"p2p with a relay" sounds like a contradiction until you follow the bytes the relay forwards QUIC packets encrypted with keys that never leave your device. it sees that two devices talk, when, how much. never what not a policy. no key, no read @iroh_n0 outl.app/blog/your-notes-nev…

Your notes never touch our relay — outl blog

outl syncs your notes device to device with no server in the middle. Almost. There's exactly one server-shaped thing in the path, a relay, and it's the part that makes people nervous: 'wait, my notes...

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cc @ednico_ @vmesel
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outl retweeted
Ed Nico
@ednico_Jul 12
Hi All #PKMWeekly 12-Jul-26: @obsdmd AI Agent OS #verso apps, code release #DotFlowy (@CameronPak) release, walkthrough #Thymer Speed, Beta update @tana_inc Long form #Vellum Tasks @logseq Updated roadmap @CapacitiesHQ Update @tryOctarine inbox perf update @outlmd Update 👇
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outl coming out of the oven on #Android. and native p2p sync is working (no iCloud, no anyone’s cloud) two devices pair over QR and sync directly, peer to peer. the hard part is standing @outlmd #p2p @iroh_n0 #ios #outl #outlmd
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outl retweeted
Ed Nico
@ednico_Jul 5
Hi All #PKMWeekly 5-Jul-26: @obsdmd Remarkable->Obs #Thymer Markdown Mirror @tana_inc Quiet #Vellum Screenshots @logseq Next steps @CapacitiesHQ GTD @tryOctarine File Tree Multi-Select #Outl New app @noteeyapp Updates #Verso Taking shape 👇
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everyone ships “sync.” almost nobody ships sync that survives two offline devices. here’s the difference
Avelino
@avelinorunJul 5
spent all saturday deep in @outlmd’s sync plumbing. gap-aware vector clock, dedup on ingest, cross-process append lock. none of it shows up on screen. and that’s where the hard part lives: there’s no fixed base. it’s master/master (Postgres multi-master style). every device is a source of truth, every device edits offline, and the tree has to reconcile without corrupting when they meet again “sync” is easy when a server calls the shots. p2p with no central authority is a different game
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our first version of plugin support is starting to come to life, built and executed with WASM check out the architecture: outl.app/docs/plugin-archite…

Plugin architecture — outl docs

Plugin architecture. Part of the outl outliner documentation, sourced from github.com/outlmd/outl.

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Every notes app makes you trade privacy for sync outl just stopped Your notes now sync end-to-end encrypted, peer-to-peer. No server. No account. Nobody in the middle. Same TUI, desktop, iOS. No UX downgrade! outl.app/blog/private-by-def… #pkm

Private by default: outl now syncs peer-to-peer, end-to-end — outl blog

outl dropped iCloud for iroh. Your notes now sync device-to-device over end-to-end encrypted QUIC — no server, no account, no company in the middle. And you give up nothing: same TUI, desktop, and...

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@ednico_ @vmesel
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we’re gradually evolving and working to solve real problems in the #pkm world #note #md #markdown
Avelino
@avelinorunJun 24
sync p2p (e2e encrypted) from @outlmd is starting to actually work, still in an early version it's too soon to say anything about sync performance/speed, but I'm really enjoying not having to rely on "anyone's cloud" #outliner #markdown #p2p
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file sync looks like a UX detail. it isn't. Dropbox and Google Drive still corrupt your tree on a basic move in 2026. i tested it. they do. outl beta ships today. three clients, one workspace folder, a tree-CRDT that converges. no cloud lock-in. outl.app/blog/outl-beta-ios-…

outl beta: three clients, one tree — outl blog

TUI, native desktop, and an iOS app on TestFlight — all reading the same workspace folder. Apple-first, same Rust core, zero cloud. Inside: how outl makes file sync converge using a tree-CRDT and an...

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first beta of @outlmd is live runs on mac, linux, windows, terminal and iPhone. one binary, markdown on disk, no Electron, no cloud it’s rough. a lot still to build. but I’d rather ship it ugly and fix it in the open than polish it in private for another year outl.app/download #foss #opensource #pkm #note #testflight
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tired of note apps that ship a whole browser to render bullet points. so I’m building the outliner I actually want: terminal-first, local-first, #Markdown as source of truth. your notes stay files you can grep and git. first build’s live on #TestFlight
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