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  • Bike
  • Getting Started
  • Why Bike?
  • Using Bike
    • Text Editing
    • Text Formatting
    • Row Types
    • Outline Editing
    • Outline Viewing
    • Using Links
    • Using Find Panel
    • Using Text Checking
    • Using the Choice Palette
    • Using Text Wrap
    • Using Focus Mode
    • Using Typewriter Mode
    • Using Full Screen Mode
    • Using Navigation Bar
    • Using Status Bar
    • Using Windows
    • Using Documents
    • Using Scripts
    • Using Shortcuts
    • Using Outline Paths
    • Using Software Update
  • Customizing Bike
    • Creating Scripts
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Bike Compatible Apps

Last updated 1 year ago

Bike supports three file formats bike, opml, and txt as described in . Each is what I would describe as an "open" file format, a format for structured data that is already supported by other applications.

The OPML format in particular is a for outlines. If you want to share outlines with another app OPML is likely your best bet. Here is a list of on the opml.org website.

Bike Compatible Apps

This list welcome your feedback, additions, results, and notes. I have made this list by searching and reading product pages and release notes. Some things may be out of date or just untrue. Please let me know what needs fixing!

  • – Bike can read and write bike, opml, and txt directly to the file system as a supported file format. It can also read/write those formats to the clipboard.

  • – Import and export OPML. Copy and paste outlines with Bike, may need formatting cleanup.

  • – Import and export OPML.

  • – Uses OPML as native format. The Electron version saves OPML directly to disk so you can work on the same file with Bike and Drummer without import/export. Both the web and Electron versions support import and export of OPML. Copy and paste outlines with Bike.

  • – Import and export OPML. Copy and paste outlines with Bike, many need formatting cleanup.

  • – Import and export OPML. Copy and paste outlines with Bike, may need formatting cleanup.

  • – Uses OPML as native format. Import and export OPML. Copy and paste outlines with Bike.

  • – Import and export OPML. Copy and paste outlines with Bike, may need formatting cleanup.

  • – Import and export OPML. A multilingual word processor which assigns different formatting styles to each outline level.

  • – Import and export OPML. Copy and paste outlines with Bike.

  • – OPML mode available. Work on the same file in Bike and OmniOutliner without import/export. Share an OPML document on iCloud Drive and edit on iOS with OmniOutliner and on macOS with Bike and/or OmniOutliner. Some of OmniOutliner's features are only supported in its ooutline file format, and will not persist when using OPML mode.

  • – Import and export OPML. Copy and paste outlines with Bike, may need formatting cleanup

  • – Import and export OPML. Copy and paste outlines with Bike, may need formatting cleanup.

  • – Uses OPML as its native document format. I think you can share an OPML document on iCloud and edit on iOS with Outliner and on macOS with Bike. I have not tested this.

  • – Import and export OPML. Copy and paste outlines with Bike, may need formatting cleanup.

  • – Import and export OPML. Copy and paste outlines with Bike, may need formatting cleanup.

Using Documents
common standard
OPML compatible apps
Bike (macOS)
Checkvist (Web)
Cloud Outliner (macOS + iOS)
Drummer (Web + Electron)
Dynalist (Web)
iThoughtsX (macOS, iOS, Windows)
LittleOutliner (Web)
Logseq (Electron)
Mellel (macOS + iOS)
MindNode (macOS + iOS)
OmniOutliner (macOS + iOS)
OutlineEdit (macOS)
Outlinely (macOS + iOS)
Outliner (iOS)
WorkFlowy (Web + iOS + Electron)
Zavala (macOS + iOS)