Bike Outliner | Writing App
Structured & focused writing
Only for Mac
Free · In‑App Purchases
Bike is a better place to think and write.
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Use Bike to write, think, organize.
Make lists, take notes, create documents.
Bike's an unusually fast writing app designed for your Mac.
Bike’s fast.
It can handle big projects that break other writing apps.
Bike's also fast at the basics–opening files, scrolling views, and resizing windows.
Bike is a native app that won’t slow your Mac down.
Bike's nimble.
Use it as the main app for a big writing project, or as a supporting app for notes and ideas.
Standard file formats, shortcuts support, and scripting allow Bike to integrate with your existing workflows.
Bike's innovative.
Your ideas flow smoothly across the screen.
You get the power of outlining combined with the flexibility of a text editor.
Bike is a powerful tool that's also enjoyable to use.
Key Features
• Clean and simple outliner
• Fluid outlining experience
• Fold and focus to manage big outlines
• Fast keyboard navigation & commands
• Fast fully native macOS Application
Supporting Features
• Innovative rich text editor
• Checklists, ordered lists, more
• Fast "Focus Heading" navigation
• Improved macOS text checking
• Great at text and outline editing
• Word count and fullscreen editing
• Optional navigation bar with history
• Typewriter scrolling & text focus modes
• Active support community ready to help
• Printing, quicklook, and icon thumbnails
• Use outline paths to efficiently query your outline
• Bike uses open file formats. (.html, .opml, .txt)
• Use Shortcuts to control and automate Bike
• Use AppleScript to control and automate Bike
Learn More
• https://www.hogbaysoftware.com/bike/
Terms of Use
• https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
more サイドバーと数式対応で完璧。Mac版のみで充分。最強。天才。
サイドバーと数式対応で完璧。Mac版のみで充分。最強。天才。
軽くサッと気軽に利用できる点がすばらしい。まさに、考えるために使う自転車。
軽くサッと気軽に利用できる点がすばらしい。まさに、考えるために使う自転車。
• Improved new window sizing and positioning
• Removed ugly white line that could show under navigation bar
1.22.2 12/10/2025
• Fixed crash on Tahoe when showing path explorer
1.22.1 12/01/2025
• Changed how file attributes are written
• Fixed issues when importing HTML/RTF lists
• Removed auto-naming feature for new documents
• Fixed a crash case by showing an alert instead
• Fixed problem where undoing a drag could show an alert
• Fixed `Outline > Move to Heading` reversing moved row order
• Default to no `xmlns` in Bike documents, but preserve it when found
• Changed open behavior to create an untitled document instead of showing the open panel
1.22 11/21/2025
• Fixed caret movement’s interaction with caret affinity
1.21 01/14/2025
• Fixed "Manage Subscription" link in License settings
• Updated requirements to macOS 12
• Removed unused code
1.20 12/17/2024
This is the “Focus Heading” feature release:
• Up key will now wrap to last item
• Down key will now wrap to first item
• Command-Up will move to first item
• Command-Down will move to last item
• Added setting to remove “Home” item
• Allow relative outline path to limit choices to the focused portion of you outline
1.19 11/13/2024
• Fixed quote marker alignment
1.8.5 10/08/2024
• Added “Print Background” option to print settings panel
• Improved ordered list number alignment
1.18.4 08/06/2024
• Fixed crash when using Pinyin text input
1.18.3 05/16/2024
• Added Markdown to Edit Rows action
• Changed Create row action Plain parameter to Text
• Improve error message when license fails
• Fixed "License Required" spelling
• Fixed iCloud folder icon. I think!
• Fixed Open Outline action to make outline frontmost
• Fixed Create Row shortcut to have default text value
• Fixed case where text caret would stop showing in editor
• Fixed text encoding problems when pasting HTML fragments
1.18.2 04/30/2024
• Fixed pasting Hookmark links into Bike
• Added Bike specific iCloud drive folder
1.18.1 03/18/2024
• Auto-name "Untitled" documents based on first sentence
• Added Settings > Sandbox to allow opening file links
• Don't allow text with newlines in link editor view
• Turn of unicode normalization in Choice Palette
• Fixed crash on macOS 11 when using M1 processor
• Fixed reading of row's rich text in Shortcut actions
• Fixed clipping in Finder previews of Bike files
• Fixed drag and drop indicator from getting stuck
1.18 01/22/2024
• Added outline search paths
• Added Window > Outline Path Explorer
• Added "Query Outline" action for Shortcuts
• Added "query" command to AppleScript dictionary
• Changed icon to be more centered and less yellow
• Changed Transpose (Command-T) now selects pair
• Fixed to truncate long alert messages
Outline paths are a new feature that can be used now in AppleScripts and Shortcuts actions. In future Bike releases outline paths will become more important as they are used in stylesheets and outline filtering.
This is a small number of features release, that took a whole bunch of work! Outline paths aren't used a lot in Bike now, but they are the foundation for a lot of future features. I'm excited to get them out there and to start using them to build new things.
1.17 11/07/2023
• Added Outline > Sort Rows
• Added Outline > Move to Heading
• Added Context Menu > Sort Rows
• Restore focus/expand rows in documents you close and then reopen
1.16 10/10/2023
• Fixed “Delete Rows” Shortcut’s action crash on macOS 14
1.15.1 09/28/2023
• Added Shift-Return to insert row above
• Added Outline > Expand/Collapse All by Level
• Added "Links" setting panel to control row link behavior
• Added support for Control-N and Control-P in choice palette
• Updated to Xcode 15 and Swift 5.9 build process
• Changed caret affinity to downstream after pasting
• Changed "Add Link to Row" to insert linked text on empty selection
• Fixed case where hiding window could also collapse rows
• Fixed crash case when command-click arrow to focus in
• Fixed to discard marked text on mouse down
1.15 09/18/2023
Bike's new "Focus Heading" feature enables quick navigation with the keyboard.
• Added Go > Focus Heading… (Command-P)
• Added Format > Add Link to Row… (Command-Option-K)
• Added new row type shortcut `[ ]` (with space) for tasks
• Added option to accept corrections, removing blue indicator
• Added `level` property to rows in Shortcuts automations
• Added `xmlns"` to `html` element in `.bike` files
• Disabled autocorrect in code blocks and code spans
• Changed Format > Add Link to use Command-K shortcut
• Changed Go > Open Link to use Command-Shift-O shortcut
• Changed Format > Edit Formatting to use Command-E shortcut
• Changed to less distracting focus out button
• Removed automatic crash reports
• Fixed paste URL over text to work in applicable cases
• Fixed "Use Selection for Find" to also show find panel
• Fixed open empty `.txt` file in plain text format instead of Bike format
• Fixed Formatting key shortcuts to work with Boshiamy text input
• Fixed Typing using Boshiamy text input, though still some problems
1.14 09/07/2023
Bike now supports row types!
Use row types to add another level of structure and meaning to your outlines.
You can now include heading rows, task list rows, ordered list rows, and more.
Like the new features? Please write a review! :)
Thanks,
Jesse
• Added Row types
• Added Format > Row > Types
• Added current row type to status bar
• Added row type options to formatting pallet
• Added scripting support for row types
• Added text statistics for selected text
• Added shortcuts automation support for row types
• Added Spelling and Substations options to Edit menu
• Moved autocorrect options to new settings panel
• Added "Use smart links" autocorrect option
• Checking and autocorrect options are now global
• Checking options are in text checking panel
• Reorganized menus, removing “Row” and adding “Go”
• Changed selection drawing to only highlight text
• Improved focus buttons spacing
• Increase focus out button visibility
• Fixed crash when pasting rtf text with CMYK colors
• Fixed crash when selecting within font ligature
• Fixed opening Mail.app message links
• Fixed invalid stylesheet caches
1.13 08/07/2023
Navigation Bar + Outline Controls!
Bike adds a navigation bar with breadcrumbs and back/forward history.
It also adds inline navigation controls, so you can zoom around your outline using only your mouse.
If you enjoy using Bike, please take a moment to write a review.
Thanks,
Jesse Grosjean
• Added Navigation bar
• Added Outline > Go Home menu
• Added Outline > Go Back menu
• Added Outline > Go Forward menu
• Added Focus In arrow to parent rows
• Added Focus Out arrow to focused row
• Added Hide guide lines setting
• Added Hide focus arrows setting
• Added setting to hide secondary controls when typing
• Added print setting to hide secondary controls when printing
• Added additional text wrap widths of 90 and 120 chars
• Added Shortcut option to not return rows for Edit, Move, and Import
• Added Index property to Shortcut rows
• Handles are now only dark when they have collapsed children
• Tinted default background color to emphasize status bars
• Removed mouse over button highlights
• Removed focus status from window titlebar
• Fixed drag and drop of files into outline creates links
• Fixed Shortcut open action
1.12 06/12/2023
• Fixed crash that could occur when printing
• Fixed permissions issues when saving documents
Shortcut Actions
• Changed Open Outline to use system open
• Improved performance when returning many rows
• Fixed Open Row from crashing when passed root row
• Removed Row's outline property (breaking change)
• Replaced Outline's rootId property with root (breaking change)
1.11.1 04/21/2023
This month is Automation April!
Bike now includes actions to use with Apple's Shortcuts app.
Use these actions to automate Bike and integrate with other apps.
• Added Get Selection action
• Added Create Outline action
• Added Open Outline action
• Added Create Row action
• Added Delete Rows action
• Added Edit Rows action
• Added Find Rows action
• Added Get Rows action
• Added Move Rows action
• Added Export Rows action
• Added Import Rows action
• Added Focus Row action
• Added Fold Row action
• Added Open Row action
• Fixed licensing code feature validation
• Fixed text editing crash related to word boundaries
• Fixed problems with text statistics popover display
• Fixed preview and thumbnail generation performance
• Fixed to allow typewriter mode when text is wrapping to window
If you enjoy using Bike, please take a moment to write a positive review.
This helps Bike to get noticed, and that helps me to write the next version.
Thanks,
Jesse Grosjean
1.11 04/18/2023
• Fixed printing bug where rows would incorrectly print collapsed
1.10.1 03/30/2023
Bike 1.10 adds printing support, quicklook previews, and icon thumbnails.
Please try this release and leave a rating if you like what you see.
• Added printing support
• Added icon thumbnails in Finder
• Added Quicklook previews in Finder
• Added Edit > Copy > Copy Displayed
• Added "New Document" to Dock menu
• Added preference to disable font scaling
• Added support for capture groups in find/replace
• Added extra top margin in typewriter mode
• Improved text count performance in large outlines
• Fixed to disable accidental text editing in outline mode
• Fixed find count display when doing find/replace
• Fix animation when entering typewriter mode
• Fix animation flashing when inserting new rows
1.10 03/28/2023
Distraction-Free Outlining!
Bike adds full screen mode, typewriter mode, and focus mode.
You’ve seen these features before, but not combined with Bike’s speed and fluidity.
Please consider writing a review, or sharing with friends.
• Added View > Typewriter Mode
• Added View > Focus Mode
• Added View > Text Wrap
• Added View > Status Bar
• Added View > Text Statistics
• Added Window > Duplicate Tab to open new view
• Added Settings > General opt-in error reporting
• Added 50% padding to editor bottom
• Changed to visible menu bar
• Changed to dimmer block selection color
• Changed formatting to only apply to visible text
• Changed transforms to only apply to visible text
• Changed File > New Tab (⌥⌘N) to make new document
• Use Option-Return in checking to replace and restore selection
• Move text checking options to popover in checking panel
• Disambiguate window titles when showing same document
• Fixed where scroll up speed didn’t match scroll down speed
• Fixed checking panel where Replace would advance too far
• Fixed crash while editing same outline in two windows
• Fixed strikethrough vertical alignment
1.9 03/13/2023
• Fixed crash when performing some autocorrections
1.8.3 02/28/2023
• Improved new window sizing and positioning
• Removed ugly white line that could show under navigation bar
more Version 1.22.2 12/10/2025
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