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Getting Started

Kosshi is an outliner for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. See Articles for outliner concepts and Kosshi's design.

What is Kosshi?

Open the app and start writing. Everything goes into a single outline. You organize it with indentation, row movement, collapsing, and search.

Basic Usage

  1. Open the app to see an empty outline
  2. Type text, then press Enter to add a new row
  3. Tab to indent, Shift+Tab to unindent
  4. Cmd+↑ to collapse a section or jump to its parent; Cmd+↓ to expand
  5. Ctrl+Cmd+↑/↓ or Cmd+Shift+↑/↓ to move rows up or down

Key Features

  • Designed to remain responsive as the number of rows grows
  • Common editing and navigation operations are available from the keyboard
  • Collapse sections to show only what you need
  • Search with Cmd+F using Boolean expressions and filters, or replace text from the search panel
  • Palettes (Cmd+Shift+M / F / B) for moving rows, navigating, and jumping to bookmarks
  • Find Action (Cmd+Shift+A) to search and run almost any command from the keyboard

Row Menus

On macOS, right-click a row. On iPhone or iPad, touch and hold a row. The context menu provides commands for moving the row, adding a note, exporting the row and its descendants, and copying its row link. It also includes commands for sorting, expanding, or collapsing child rows.

Learn More

  • Zoom In — zoom into a specific row
  • Heading (Beta) — create headings, write body text without bullets, and export the result as a document
  • Markdown — formatting, tables, checkboxes, code blocks, math, and more
  • Links — web link previews and pasted link titles
  • Internal Links — link to rows within an outline and copy row links
  • Notes — add supporting text below a row
  • Images & Files — add images, PDFs, and videos
  • Sketch — handwritten sketches with Apple Pencil
  • Tags — # and @ tags, syncing dates to Reminders or Calendar
  • Sidebar — bookmarks, tags, drag and drop
  • Windows — multiple windows, tabs, and window-to-window drag and drop on macOS
  • Split View — open a reference row beside the one you are editing on Mac and iPad
  • Find & Replace — Boolean search, filters, and replace
  • Saved Searches — reopen a search or filtered view from the sidebar
  • Palettes — Move to, Find, and Bookmarks
  • Find Action — search and run almost any command from the keyboard
  • Quick Capture — capture notes from any Mac app with a global shortcut
  • Export — export, Copy As, print, and import OPML
  • Bookmarks — pin rows to the sidebar
  • Auto Backup — automatic backups and restore
  • Data Storage and Sync — local SQLite storage, iCloud sync across devices
  • Appearance — theme, font size, line width, and more
  • Keyboard Shortcuts — shortcut reference and customization