# TreeSheets

5 Hacker News commenters recommended TreeSheets and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a free, keyboard-friendly tool for notes and hierarchical data. Some find it uglier than Obsidian, though they see good ideas in it.

## Why people recommend it

- Very keyboard friendly (1 comments): "it’s very keyboard friendly" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47662601))
- Used as a note-taking app (1 comments): "I love it as a note-taking application" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50228022))
- Fun to use (1 comments): "I find it really fun to use." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49800595))
- Good ideas despite plain look (1 comments): "while uglier compared to Obsidian there's some really great ideas in there" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47297140))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Microsoft Excel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-excel.md): 339 recommend
- [Google Sheets](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-sheets.md): 92 recommend
- [Lotus 1-2-3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lotus-1-2-3.md): 34 recommend
- [LibreOffice Calc](https://hackerapproved.com/p/libreoffice-calc.md): 32 recommend
- [Numbers by Apple](https://hackerapproved.com/p/numbers.md): 27 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "TreeSheets", https://hackerapproved.com/p/treesheets/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).