Workflowy but Open Source
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Think Workflowy meets OSS with the plugin extensibility of Obsidian and beauty of Linear
HN · launched Jul 7, 2026 · 7 upvotes (top 60%) · 0 views
Niche: note-taking and writing apps · 264 launches, 27 in the last 7 days ▼ -23% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes An outliner app with an extensible plugin architecture and modern UI can be built directly using web technologies (React/Electron/Tauri) with standard tree data structures and AI assistance.
Discussion
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Competitors mentioned: Workflowy
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 2301 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #1425 of 2302 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 244 days after the earliest competitor.
- OpenWork - The open source alternative to Claude Cowork · yc · 2026-04-23 · 33 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- figcraft · github · 2026-10-09 · 203 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- open-xy · github · 2026-10-22 · 32 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- Bubble Lab · hn · 2025-11-14 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- emacs-taf · github · 2026-10-12 · 18 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- vrai · github · 2026-10-13 · 24 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- TaskFlow · github · 2026-09-17 · 25 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- awesome-rex · github · 2026-10-27 · 55 upvotes · similarity 0.53
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