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Treesheets: cross-platform, free-form data organizer app

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Resurfaced independently across 8 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
8
submitters
8
observed span
2013–2026
peak thread · 90 comments
359 pts
latest 20+ return · 2021-06-24
359 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One 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.

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I like the part where you can do calculations like in classic spread sheet apps, but visualize what your are doing, instead of hiding it behind formula fields. (see this screenshot: http://strlen.com/treesheets/docs/images/screenshots/screens...) But functionality and especially usability of this application is quite limited. It feels more like a proof of concept, than an application for daily use.

andix·359-point thread·

I really like these sorts of tools, but the file format[1] is a bit of a con for me. Being binary/proprietary, it makes it difficult to integrate other tools or feed the data into other systems. [1] https://github.com/aardappel/treesheets/tree/master/TS/examp...

Zikes·76-point thread·

I use this occasionally, discovered it in the Linux software repository. I think it’s worth checking out the UI paradigm, it’s very keyboard friendly. My main gripe is that it has no app icon in my toolbar on Mint, and that causes it to render as an invisible sliver, not even a full size button.

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Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
647

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Total comments
177

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2013-12-08TreeSheetsnetworked30
2016-03-08TreeSheets: Free-Form Data Organizervmorgulis7628
2017-08-20TreeSheets: Free Form Data OrganizerFirst breakoutandrius466918858
2020-05-07TreeSheetswhalesalad20
2021-06-24Treesheets: cross-platform, free-form data organizer appHall induction · Best thread · Latest 20+ point returnopen-source-ux35990
2022-12-30TreeSheets: Open-Source Free Form Data Organizer (Hierarchical Spreadsheet)Tomte10
2025-02-20TreeSheets: Free Form Data Organizer (hierarchical spreadsheet)klaussilveira10
2026-04-05TreeSheets: Free Form Data Organizer (Hierarchical Spreadsheet)n3t171