---
name: "cherrytree"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cherrytree"
version: "1.7.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cherrytree"
---

# cherrytree(1)

a hierarchical note taking application

## NAME

cherrytree - a hierarchical note taking application

## SYNOPSIS

**cherrytree \[-V\] \[-N\] \[filepath \[-n nodename\] \[-a anchorname\] \[-x export\_to\_html\_dir\] \[-t export\_to\_txt\_dir\] \[-p export\_to\_pdf\_path\] \[-P password\] \[-w\] \[-s\]\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**cherrytree** is a hierarchical note taking application, featuring rich text, syntax highlighting, images handling, hyperlinks, import/export with support for multiple formats, support for multiple languages, and more.

## AUTHOR

**cherrytree** was written by Giuseppe Penone \<giuspen@gmail.com\> and Evgenii Gurianov \<https://github.com/txe\>.

This manual page was written by Vincent Cheng \<Vincentc1208@gmail.com\>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).