Leanote is a collaborative Markdown editor, hierarchical note manager, and self-hosted blogging platform. It functions as a knowledge base that uses a document store to organize structured notebooks and rich-text documents.
The system enables real-time co-authoring, allowing multiple users to simultaneously edit documents and brainstorm ideas. It also includes a publishing engine that transforms private notes into public-facing blogs using customizable themes and multi-contributor management.
The platform provides tools for knowledge management through notebooks and tags, supporting both rich-text and Markdown editing. Additional capabilities include a role-based permission system for managing shared access and utilities for exporting notes to PDF.