| A hierarchical note taking application, featuring rich text and syntax highlighting, storing data in either a single file (xml or sqlite) or multiple files and directories. Written by Giuseppe Penone (aka giuspen) and Evgenii Gurianov (aka txe). The user manual online html and downloadable ctb written by Ellie Borden (currently old and discontinued). The following languages are supported (If you want to help translating to your language write me): |
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features :
- rich text (foreground color, background color, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, small, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, subscript, superscript, monospace)
- syntax highlighting supporting several programming languages
- images handling: insertion in the text, edit (resize/rotate), save as png file
- latex math equations rendering
- embedded files handling: insertion in the text, save to disk
- multi-level lists handling (bulleted, numbered, to-do and switch between them, multiline with shift+enter)
- simple tables handling (cells with plain text), cut/copy/paste row, import/export as csv file
- codeboxes handling: boxes of plain text (optionally with syntax highlighting) into rich text, import/export as text file
- execution of the code for code nodes and codeboxes; the terminal and the command per syntax highlighting is configurable in the preferences dialog; an embedded terminal is available on linux and mac os
- alignment of text, images, tables and codeboxes (left/center/right/fill)
- hyperlinks associated to text and images (links to webpages, links to nodes/nodes + anchors, links to files, links to folders)
- spell check (using gspell)
- intra application copy/paste: supported single images, single codeboxes, single tables and a compound selection of rich text, images, codeboxes and tables
- cross application copy/paste (tested with libreoffice and gmail): supported single images, single codeboxes, single tables and a compound selection of rich text, images, codeboxes and tables
- copying a list of files from the file manager and pasting in cherrytree will create a list of links to files, images are recognized and inserted in the text
- print & save as pdf file of a selection / node / node and subnodes / the whole tree
- export to html of a selection / node / node and subnodes / the whole tree
- export to plain text of a selection / node / node and subnodes / the whole tree
- toc generation for a node / node and subnodes / the whole tree, based on headers h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 and text sections between headers collapsible
- find a node, find in selected node, find in selected node and subnodes, find in all nodes
- replace in nodes names, replace in selected node, replace in selected node and subnodes, replace in all nodes
- iteration of the latest find, iteration of the latest replace, iteration of the latest applied text formatting
- import from html file, import from folder of html files
- import from plain text file, import from folder of plain text files
- import from basket, cherrytree, epim html, gnote, keepnote, keynote, knowit, mempad, notecase, rednotebook, tomboy, treepad lite, tuxcards, zim
- export to cherrytree file of a selection / node / node and subnodes / the whole tree
- password protection (using http://www.7-zip.org/) available only for storage as single file – NOTE: while a cherrytree password protected document is opened, an unprotected copy is extracted to a temporary folder of the filesystem; this copy is removed when you close cherrytree
- tree nodes drag and drop
- automatic link to web page if writing the URL
- automatic link to node if writing node name surrounded by [[node name]]
Download last stable version 1.7.0 (May 23rd, 2026 – changelog) :
Source code (GPLv3+): cherrytree_1.7.0.tar.xz
with signature cherrytree_1.7.0.tar.xz.asc and key:
gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys C7BF38CE0BD442C2369AA984049128A20CE0648D gpg --verifyPATH.tar.xz.asc
( NOTE: also available under github releases )
Ubuntu bionic 18.04 LTS / focal 20.04 LTS / jammy 22.04 LTS / noble 24.04 LTS / questing 25.10 / resolute 26.04 LTS
giuspen PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:giuspen/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install cherrytreehttps://launchpad.net/~giuspen/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+packages
Debian 13/LMDE 7 cherrytree_1.7.0-2~Debian13_amd64.deb
Debian 12/LMDE 6 cherrytree_1.7.0-2~Debian12_amd64.deb
COPR repo from @bcotton https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/bcotton/cherrytree/
AppImage CherryTree-1.7.0-x86_64.AppImage (all in one file, after downloading make it executable and then run it from a terminal or just double click)
Flatpak https://flathub.org/apps/details/net.giuspen.cherrytree
Snap https://snapcraft.io/cherrytree
Mac OS X Installer (by @dehesselle) https://gitlab.com/dehesselle/cherrytree_macos/-/releases
or Homebrew https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cherrytree
or Mac Ports https://ports.macports.org/port/cherrytree
Microsoft windows installer: cherrytree_1.7.0.0_win64_setup.exe [variant without-latex; old pygtk2 cherrytree_0.39.4_setup.exe]
Microsoft windows portable archive: cherrytree_1.7.0.0_win64_portable.7z (look for ucrt64/bin/cherrytree.exe; for portable config put config.cfg in portable folder root, beside license.txt) [variant without-latex; old pygtk2 cherrytree_0.39.4_win32_portable.7z]
Code Signing Policy:
– Free code signing for the Windows binaries provided by SignPath.io, certificate by SignPath Foundation
– This program will not transfer any information to other networked systems unless specifically requested by the user or the person installing or operating it
– Approver: Giuseppe Penone
sha256sum *
5a015cb3af54a096a41795e42f9e41288f7189709046f81717f89d40a16f799b *cherrytree_1.7.0.tar.xz
dd09f92dcf144dba54f541d97465770ca51ee65b4256c00bd238eb60d82286c4 *cherrytree_1.7.0.tar.xz.asc
ae919b8163e65899d626cb2e5b370bd0fdf11b603cc7a443fb021ea08ff6431d *cherrytree_1.7.0.0_win64_setup.exe
69b2a4c565b195c89e1a34ef539b390286a64da16385e77a8c2b814849faef92 *cherrytree_1.7.0.0_win64_setup_nolatex.exe
77df6d4954e5b13bc44edaca56358c1d771a8498d9e861de7bc3482e010be0d9 *cherrytree_1.7.0.0_win64_portable.7z
c84d4ffc0fb06a46a39af544f244ec0c85c101a246a52eeb2c33cf2f62c09d70 *cherrytree_1.7.0.0_win64_portable_nolatex.7z
100ad179f5734bfda76db4b409861efe59dbe95aabe47d3c3acbad0fd9d348d2 *CherryTree-1.7.0-x86_64.AppImage
0b85653aa86f651c1a9fc0dc7611b9a743a7ad9635987d7f6597436f57697814 *cherrytree_1.7.0-2~Debian13_amd64.deb
71a9a921732701f0a9e74c90adf51a25bfefa2843b9a419cc3e06509d013e61f *cherrytree_1.7.0-2~Debian12_amd64.deb
resides in applications–accessories–cherrytree
download testing version:
(v1.7.0+15, last updated June 14th, 2026) Linux AppImage: CherryTree-1.7.0+15-x86_64.AppImage (all in one file, after downloading make it executable and then run it from a terminal or just double click)
Windows installer cherrytree_1.7.0.0+15_win64_setup.exe or portable archive cherrytree_1.7.0.0+15_win64_portable.7z (look for ucrt64/bin/cherrytree.exe; for portable config put config.cfg in portable folder root, beside license.txt)
source code :
the source code is version controlled with git and hosted by github.
you can get a clone of the cherrytree git repository issuing the command:
git clone https://github.com/giuspen/cherrytree.git git submodule update --init
third party:
outstanding third party Android project: SourCherry
enhanced web interface post export to HTML: cherrytree-notes-web-interface