TreeSheets
Ranked 12 of 12 spreadsheets by recommenders
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.
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.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Very keyboard friendly
“it’s very keyboard friendly”
Comment from 6 Apr 2026 in “TreeSheets: Free Form Data Organizer (Hierarchical Spreadsheet)” Used as a note-taking app
“I love it as a note-taking application”
Comment from 25 Oct 2026 in “The Goose Programming Language” Fun to use
“I find it really fun to use.”
Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “How video games inspire great UX (2019)” Good ideas despite plain look
“while uglier compared to Obsidian there's some really great ideas in there”
Comment from 8 Mar 2026 in “The Lobster Programming Language”
Other spreadsheets people recommend
The four most recommended other spreadsheets, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Excel | 339 | 292 | 54% | 12 | 30 yrs12 owners | — |
| Google Sheets | 92 | 54 | 63% | 12 | 1 yr3 owners | — |
| Lotus 1-2-3 | 34 | 2 | 94% | 8 | — | Approved |
| LibreOffice Calc | 32 | 18 | 64% | 10 | 2 yrs3 owners | — |
| TreeSheetsThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I love it as a note-taking application”
“I find it really fun to use.”
“it’s very keyboard friendly”
“while uglier compared to Obsidian there's some really great ideas in there”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.