The ideas behind Outline
-- Outline is a wiki and knowledge base built for growing teams. We’re - focused on speed, usability and extensibility. -
-- The project consists of an{' '} - - Open Source core - {' '} - which can be hosted on your own infrastructure and a paid, hosted, - service (you’re looking at it!) that provides income for continued - feature development and maintenance. -
- -- Most software products today are built to be closed source, so why - make the code public? We believe there are many advantages to - doing so: -
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- Easily structure your team’s information in one central, - structured location. No more hunting through folders or - scanning pages of search results and chat conversations. -
-- Outline provides a secure place for your team’s - documentation on our hosted platform, stored in portable - Markdown format. Or, you can run your own copy – it’s open - source! -
-- Outline is fast, really fast. We’ve worked hard to ensure - millisecond response times – documents load instantly, search is - speedy and navigating the UI is delightful. -
-- Documents are stored in plain Markdown making editing, import - and export painless. Shortcuts are also built right into the - editor so you can easily format using **markdown syntax** if you - like. -
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- Get Slack notifications about changes and search Outline
- directly within Slack using the{' '}
- /outline <keyword> command. Access your
- information programatically through the modern API.
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-- Outline is open source, so the community can help improve it - too. You get new features, interface improvements, bug fixes, - and a transparent roadmap for free. -
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-Our pricing is simple. You’ll only pay for what you use.
-Host your own instance on-premise or in the cloud.
-- Outline’s codebase is open source. If you wish to run the service - on your own infrastructure you can do so. -
-- Support continued development of Outline. Get dedicated support - with setup, maintainence, and product issues. -
-How we collect and use your information
-- Your privacy is critically important to us. At Outline we have a few - fundamental principles: -
- -- If you have questions about deleting or correcting your personal data - please contact our support team. -
- -- Outline operates website getoutline.com. It is Outline’s policy to - respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while - operating our websites. -
- -- Like most website operators, Outline collects - non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers - and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, - language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each - visitor request. Outline’s purpose in collecting non-personally - identifying information is to better understand how Outline’s visitors - use its website. From time to time, Outline may release - non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by - publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website. Outline - also collects potentially personally-identifying information like - Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users. -
- -- Certain visitors to Outline’s websites choose to interact with Outline - in ways that require Outline to gather personally-identifying - information. The amount and type of information that Outline gathers - depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors - who sign up to provide an email address or get it with authentication - partner. Those who engage in transactions with Outline are asked to - provide additional information, including as necessary the personal - and financial information required to process those transactions. In - each case, Outline collects such information only insofar as is - necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s - interaction with Outline. Outline does not disclose - personally-identifying information other than as described below. And - visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying - information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in - certain website-related activities. -
- -- Outline may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its - websites. For instance, Outline may monitor the most popular links or - screen the links help identify spam. Outline may display this - information publicly or provide it to others. However, Outline does - not disclose personally-identifying information other than as - described below. -
- -- Outline discloses potentially personally-identifying and - personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, - contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that - information in order to process it on Outline’s behalf or to provide - services available at Outline’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed - not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and - affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; - by using Outline’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such - information to them. Outline will not rent or sell potentially - personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to - anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated - organizations, as described above, Outline discloses potentially - personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in - response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or - when Outline believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably - necessary to protect the property or rights of Outline, third parties - or the public at large. -
-- If you are a registered user of an Outline website and have supplied - your email address, Outline may occasionally send you an email to tell - you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to - date with what’s going on with Outline and our products. We primarily - use our various product blogs to communicate this type of information, - so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a - request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback - mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us - clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. - Outline takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the - unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially - personally-identifying and personally-identifying information. -
- -- A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a - visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the - website each time the visitor returns. Outline uses cookies to help - Outline identify and track visitors, their usage of Outline website, - and their website access preferences. Outline visitors who do not wish - to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to - refuse cookies before using Outline’s websites, with the drawback that - certain features of Outline’s websites may not function properly - without the aid of cookies. -
- -- If Outline, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in - the unlikely event that Outline goes out of business or enters - bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is - transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such - transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Outline may continue to - use your personal information as set forth in this policy. -
- -- Although most changes are likely to be minor, Outline may change its - Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Outline’s sole discretion. - Outline encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any - changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after - any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of - such change. -
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