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Features

Org as a concept is a powerful plain-text system for planning, knowledge, and publishing. Org2 builds on that model with a portable, editor-agnostic architecture and native improvements like roam workflows.

Core value

  • One plain-text format that scales from quick notes to full workflows.

  • Works for both personal systems and team documentation.

  • Portable across editors and platforms.

Task management and agenda

  • TODO states, priorities, deadlines, and scheduled items.

  • Agenda views over many files.

  • Rich filtering/sorting/grouping for daily/weekly planning.

Org2 status: strong and practical today.

Knowledge management (roam, dailies, linked notes)

  • Stable IDs and backlinks.

  • Wiki links and ID links.

  • Node creation/link insertion workflows.

  • Dailies-style note workflows are supported naturally through file structure + links.

Org2 improvement: backlinking/roam workflows are first-class in the core toolchain.

Publishing and exports

  • Static site publishing from Org files.

  • Single-file and project-level export pipelines.

  • HTML is first-class today.

  • Additional export formats are part of the roadmap.

Capture from many places

  • Fast capture into Org files via templates/workflows.

  • Designed to ingest structured snippets from many sources.

  • AI automation can capture/edit directly in files and use CLI workflows when needed.

Secrets storage

  • Basic encrypted subtree workflows (org-crypt style) are available via CLI/editor tooling.

  • Goal: keep sensitive notes in plain-text workflows without giving up safety.

Other high-value capabilities from Org mode

  • Elegant markup that scales from simple notes to complex documents.

  • Structured editing with collapsible tree semantics.

  • Transparent plain-text tables, including spreadsheet-style formulas.

  • Literate-programming style source blocks and executable workflow integration.

  • Clocking/time tracking and reporting.

  • Deep extensibility and workflow customization.

Positioning

Org2 is aiming to be a drop-in replacement for most Emacs Org users while giving non-Emacs users a full Org experience.

100% feature-for-feature parity with GNU Org is not the goal. The goal is practical parity for real workflows, plus portability and targeted improvements.