TreeNotes - Help Guide

📋 What is TreeNotes?

TreeNotes lets you organize notes as a tree — any note can have sub-notes, and those can have their own sub-notes, and so on. It's actually two features sharing one screen: your private, logged-in note tree, and a completely separate anonymous public-note publishing tool that anyone can use without an account.

🌳 Hierarchical Notes

Organize related notes as parent/child, collapsible in the sidebar.

🔗 Sharing

Every note gets a unique link — share it via WhatsApp, Telegram, X, or email.

📊 View Stats

See how many times a shared note was viewed, and from how many countries.

🕵️ Anonymous Notes

No account needed — write something, get a link, optionally make it searchable by others.

🌳 Your Note Tree

1

Create a note

Click "+ New Note" in the sidebar. Give it a title and content, and optionally pick a parent note to nest it under.

2

Add sub-notes

Open any note and click the "+" (sub-note) icon to create a child note under it.

3

Collapse/expand

Click the ▼ arrow next to any note with children to collapse it — your sidebar's collapsed state is remembered between visits.

4

Edit or delete

Open a note and use the pencil (edit) or trash (delete) icons. Deleting asks for confirmation — it does not automatically move sub-notes elsewhere.

🌙 Dark mode: the moon/sun button in the header inverts the whole page's colors — it's a display preference only, not saved per note.

🔗 Sharing & View Stats

Opening any of your notes automatically gives it a shareable link (generated the first time you view it). From the note's action bar you can:

Copy the link to your clipboard
Send it via WhatsApp, Telegram, X (Twitter), or email

Anyone who opens your shared link sees a read-only, "shared publicly" version of that note — they can't edit or see your other notes. Every time it's viewed, TreeNotes counts it and tracks (by IP) which countries it's being viewed from, shown under the note's title.

⚠️ Anyone with the link can view a shared note — there's no password. Only share a link once you're ready for that.

🕵️ Anonymous Public Notes

If you're not logged in, the sidebar offers a completely separate feature: writing a quick note with no account at all.

1

Click "Create Anonymous Note"

A text box appears — write at least 4 characters.

2

Save and get a link

You get a unique link to your note immediately — no sign-up, no login.

3

Search public notes

The search box (minimum 4 characters) looks across every anonymous note others have published, and the "🎲 Random Public Note" button jumps to a random one.

💡 Anonymous notes expire automatically after 5 years, and creating them is rate-limited (a short cooldown kicks in if you create too many too quickly) to prevent abuse.

👋 Guest Mode

If you're not logged in, the sidebar shows demo notes explaining what TreeNotes can do, instead of a real note tree. Log in or register to start your own — none of your real notes are visible until you do.

🔧 Troubleshooting

My shared note link stopped working — check it was copied in full; a shortened or partial link won't match any note's token.

"Too many requests" when creating an anonymous note — you've hit the rate limit; wait a few minutes and try again.

I deleted a note by mistake — deletion is immediate and permanent; there's no undo, so the confirmation prompt is worth reading carefully.