The same graph.
A faster outliner.

Built to sit beside Logseq — not replace it

We're long-time Logseq users and we have a lot of respect for what that project pioneered. Tine isn't a fork and it isn't a clone trying to pull you away. It's an independent reimplementation that deliberately targets Logseq's on-disk format, so your notes stay exactly where they are — plain Markdown files you fully own.

• Point Tine at the journals/, pages/, assets/ and logseq/config.edn you already use.
• Edit in either app — one at a time — on the very same files.
• Saves are byte-compatible Markdown that preserve your formatting, so they don't create sync churn.
• In the default Direct files mode, keeps working alongside the Logseq mobile app (or fastlog) over your own Syncthing/Dropbox sync.
• Testing only: a separate, explicit managed-sync opt-in can keep Markdown/Org as an editable projection while Tine records operation history inside the same graph. It is experimental and never enables itself; ordinary file-based graphs and external sync stay unchanged unless you choose it in Settings.
• Not affiliated with or endorsed by Logseq — just compatible with it, on purpose.

And it keeps the good Logseq features you already rely on — live /calc blocks, callouts, queries, PDF annotation, namespaces, page properties, org-mode and more — reading and writing them in the very same format. Browse the Logseq docs for what's possible, try it in Tine, and if something you use doesn't work yet, open an issue — we may well just add it.

Better defaults — always one click back to Logseq

Where we think a default can be improved, we change it — but we never take the choice away. Anything Tine does differently from Logseq is clearly badged Differs from Logseq in Settings, with a one-click ↩ Match Logseq button. Your muscle memory is safe.

• Copy only the selected blocks — selecting just a parent no longer copies its whole subtree. (Logseq copies the subtree — one click to restore.)
• Strip collapsed:: on copy so a paste into a text editor is clean. (Toggle off to match Logseq.)
• Click a block reference to scroll to it in place, or switch back to Logseq's zoom-in behavior.
• Link-autocomplete default — create a new page (like Logseq) or link the first match.
• Fully remappable keyboard shortcuts — in Settings or via config.edn :shortcuts.
• Journal date format, file-format, and watcher mode — all read from your config.edn and adjustable in-app.

Built by AI, in the open

Tine is vibe-coded — built by Claude Code, with help from Codex, under human direction and review. We're not hiding that, and we're not making a thing of it either; it's simply how Tine is made.

AI-built software makes some people wary — fair enough. So Tine is made to be checked, not taken on faith:

• Open source (AGPL-3.0) — every line is on GitHub to read or audit.
• Your files, your graph — it only ever touches plain Markdown you already own.
• Deliberately careful with your data — it detects outside changes and flags conflicts instead of overwriting, keeps launch snapshots, and deletes to a recoverable trash.
• No lock-in — it round-trips byte-for-byte with Logseq, so you can walk away at any time and lose nothing.

Point it at a copy of your graph and judge it by how it behaves.

And here's the other side of that: AI writes the code — the human writes the reflections. For each release I post a short note in my own words about what changed and why, along with the conversations it started — Claude summarizes them faithfully and generously, fully linked, skeptics included. Read “The Human's Blog” →