Dendron is a note-taking tool that helps technical teams organize and reference any amount of information. It runs as a plugin inside VSCode and uses hierarchical notes, schemas, and templates to structure general knowledge like code. It supports note references, refactoring, and symbol lookup applied to notes, plus features like daily journals and a publishing mode for sharing a personal 'digital garden'.
What it's for
organizing and referencing large amounts of informationproject planning and tracking TODOskeeping meeting notesdaily journalingbuilding a personal knowledge basesharing notes with colleaguespublishing notes as a digital garden
Features 10
- caching of information
- daily journal
- Dendron Publishing for sharing notes as a digital garden
- hierarchical note organization
- knowledge base structure
- note references (abstractions similar to code)
- refactoring of notes
- schemas and templates for structuring knowledge
- scratch notes
- symbol lookup for notes
At a glance
open source
TypePlugin / add-on
DeploymentInstalled (local)
Fortechnical teams, developers
CompanyDendron INC
Integrations
VSCode
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