Org2
A standalone, editor-agnostic successor to Org Mode
Org2 is a from-scratch implementation of an Org-like format and toolchain.
It is aiming for practical parity with the workflows people actually use in Org Mode, without being tied to Emacs.
Reference post: Standalone Org rationale
What Org2 is good at today
Portable plain-text workflow: notes, tasks, links, and publishing all stay in files.
CLI-backed editing + planning: agenda, TODO/planning edits, capture, archive/refile, formatting, export, publish.
Strong VS Code support: Org2 is already practical as a daily driver in VS Code.
Roam-style knowledge workflows: IDs, backlinks, dailies, node creation, and link insertion are first-class.
LSP-powered editing: navigation, rename, completion, formatting, semantic tokens, inlay hints, call hierarchy, and more.
What Org2 is not trying to be
A byte-for-byte reimplementation of GNU Org internals.
An Emacs-only system.
A “100% feature parity before usefulness” project.
The goal is a portable Org-style system that is useful now and keeps getting deeper.
Current status
Org2 is still early alpha, but it is already credible for real work if your stack is:
VS Code + CLI → best supported today
Org files on disk → supported immediately; you do not need a big migration
Publishing / notes / planning / roam workflows → all already live