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Two other nice apps in this space are Workflowy[1] and Dynalist[2].

I can vouch for workflowy. I've tried many to-do apps before, but workflowy is simple enough that I can structure it however I like and never feel like I've missed something. Unfortunately, I don't know how to handle repetitive tasks like dusting every two days.

Workflowy is the only list maker that I've ever stuck with. Most of them are so over-designed. I don't need videos and voice reminders and all kinds of nonsense; just compact, structurable lists.

Also shameless plug for my iOS app Mindscope that MacStories reviewed here: https://www.macstories.net/reviews/mindscope-review/

I really like Dynalist.io I've been a user for about 6 months now. The mobile experience is surprisingly very good as well. Also their team is very transparent and responsive about their bugs and features (requests and planned). Finally they made it as an evolution to workflowy, which I find they've succeeded at.

This seems like an interesting approach to organize data. Are there any open source implementation that I can customize myself and host on my own personal server?

i found https://rockiger.com/en/akiee/, but not web based and seems to be dead.

I'm also interested in self hosted apps.

I have been working on this for a while, it's not quite production ready yet, but it's pretty close.. https://github.com/NickBusey/bulletnotes

Some assembly required, but:

I have a self-hosted solution. It's in an alpha state, not ready for public consumption, but would love any feedback from people willing to try it out. Here it is:

https://github.com/ryanfmurphy/db_viewer

This started as a DB Admin tool ala PhpMyAdmin, but I now use it for Todo lists, tree-style mind-mapping / brainstorming, tracking finances, etc.

If you give this a shot feel free to email me for help setting it up / getting the most out of it. (Email is in my profile)

I just tried dynalist.io and it is really nice. I use Todoist everyday because of its simplicity and ease-of-use especially when making sub-lists. I didn't stick with Workflowy because it was too simple. But looking at dynlist.io, it might be what I've been looking for, with the right balance between simplicity and practicality.

Another one that connects to your Google account and has a calendar pane for dated events: Moo.do.

https://moo.do

Anybody care to enlighten me what this does other than being a simple outliner? I tried to find out, but, why not just use an outliner? What am I missing?

It IS an outliner. I tried using outliners back 10 years ago and became frustrated with options available. There were no good online outliners and the best desktop outliner, OmniOutliner, is only available for Mac. I tried a bunch on Windows but they were really buggy or didn't meet my needs. Then Workflowy came out and just worked.

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