: What editor can I use for world building that has a tree-like structure for my files? I'm looking for a simple editor to start getting into world building and story writing which is working

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Sorry for not being as in-depth with my answer as the others are, but X-Mind is designed for this stuff. Just click X-Mind 8 Pro at the top and click download - again, at the top - to get the free version, and no, it's not a trial, they just want you to think you need to pay for it.

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Give Scrivener a try.

It’s designed for long-form writing, such as novels, screenplays and dissertations.

Each Scrivener file contains multiple documents: the stuff you write and other files you add (like PDFs or JPEGs) for research material.

The Scrivener file uses a hierarchal structure and to organise material stored in it - both folders and files can have sub-folders and files stored under them.

It’s also relatively cheap for specialised software, and has Windows, Mac OS and iOS versions. There are also trial versions available.

While Scrivener doesn’t have collaboration support, it has Dropbox support, so you can save the file in a shared Dropbox folder to allow other people with Scrivener access to it. That should do the trick, so long as two people don’t open the file at the same time, and use the revisions option to show when someone has changed something.

EDIT: I remembered there was an Scrivener template for RPGs. There’s a link to it in this article, which is part review of Scrivener and part guide to using it for developing an RPG campaign.

EDIT 2: Scrivener’s developer also does a mind-mapping tool called Scapple. So far it doesn’t integrate directly with Scrivener. (Which would be awesome.)

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Based on the answers, specifically this answer to the question What software is available for keeping and organising notes about your world? on our sister site WorldBuilding.SE I would recommend checking out Realm Works as you say you have already tried different wiki solutions.

Realm Works is designed to be used for WorldBuilding in the context of an RPG. You can check out most of the functionality in this video on YouTube that is also linked on their main site. You can see more videos here.

Realm Works allows you to create maps, characters, relationships, add pictures, videos, ... and arrange everything in easy-to-manage chunks that could be used to reveal stuff to players. It allows you to jump between the different aspects of the world you are building.

Biggest downside: there is no testversion and it costs 50$.

Players could purchase a version for 10$ or less (depending on the amount of people) to have a look-at-my-GM's-world-only version.

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