Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderI've used Leo extensively for one large project, several smaller ones and all the DD work for 8 years until 1/1/2017. It's a very good and well thought out program, it's a bit like a cross between emacs org mode and python programming environment (rather than lisp) geared towards literate programming but very useful for other kinds of applications. I'd love to see a 'Google docs' style multi-user version of it, that would be an awesome tool, especially if it…
The problem I had with Leo was that it tried to be so many things. On another page, their site calls it: - A fully-featured IDE, with many features inspired by Emacs. - An outliner. Everything in Leo is an outline. - A data manager, data manager and personal information manager. - A powerful scripting environment. - A tool for organizing and studying computer code. It claims to be for programmers, authors, and web designers, but I couldn't figure out…
I use Leo every day. It's a great little editor, very stable and with a ton of handy features. Outlines are a fantastic tool to keep track of the state of a complex project. My .leo files are what keeps me sane when I'm in the middle of a project with a few hundred documents and need to compile a report. I like it that it's local instead of some online service (there are plenty of those, but I would…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 469
- Total comments
- 195
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-04 | Leo editor – “a revolutionary step in the right direction for programming” | scapbi | 66 | 48 |
| 2018-08-15 | Leo EditorFirst breakout · Best thread | type0 | 257 | 108 |
| 2021-09-26 | Leo EditorLatest 20+ point return | satvikpendem | 144 | 39 |
| 2022-05-08 | Leo – cross-platform PIM, IDE, and outliner | gjvc | 2 | 0 |