WorkFlowy is a web-based
outliner
An outliner (or outline processor) is a specialized type of text editor (word processor) used to create and edit Outline (list), outlines, which are text files which have a tree structure or a tree view, for organization. Textual information is co ...
created by Mike Turitzin and Jesse Patel at a
Y Combinator
Y Combinator, LLC (YC) is an American technology startup accelerator and venture capital firm launched in March 2005 which has been used to launch more than 5,000 companies. The accelerator program started in Boston and Mountain View, Californi ...
startup camp. The idea for Workflowy arose from Patel’s prior work experience in
project management
Project management is the process of supervising the work of a Project team, team to achieve all project goals within the given constraints. This information is usually described in project initiation documentation, project documentation, crea ...
and his frustration with the lack of useful tools.
The central feature of the app is a text-based nested list. Writing in ''The Guardian'', novelist
Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue (born October 1969) is an Irish Canadians, Irish Canadian novelist, screenwriter, playwright and literary historian. Her 2010 novel ''Room (novel), Room'' was a finalist for the Booker Prize and an international best-seller. Donog ...
noted that this aspect of the software allows her to capture and organise "stray idea
.
The app operates on a
freemium
Freemium, a portmanteau of the words "free" and "premium", is a pricing strategy by which a basic product or service is provided free of charge, but money (a premium) is charged for additional features, services, or virtual (online) or physical ( ...
business model and its straightforward list-like interface has been described as "uncluttered." by ''PC World'' in 2013 and "minimalistically elegant" by ''The Atlantic'' in 2016. Since its launch Workflowy has developed what the ''Geek Wire'' describe as "a cult-like following."
See also
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Org-mode
Mode (also: ''org-mode''; ) is a mode for document editing, formatting, and organizing within the free software text editor GNU Emacs and its derivatives, designed for notes, planning, and authoring. The name is used to encompass plain text fi ...
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Outliner
An outliner (or outline processor) is a specialized type of text editor (word processor) used to create and edit Outline (list), outlines, which are text files which have a tree structure or a tree view, for organization. Textual information is co ...
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://workflowy.com/
Internet properties established in 2011
Project management software
Task management software
Outliners