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[–] [email protected] 9 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

I was using Obsidian for a while, but actually switched when I found an awesome open source alternative, SilverBullet. The best comparison would be "Obsidian but for tinkerers/hackers".

Data is stored plaintext the same as obsidian - I actually just copy pasted my vault and it worked with exception of wikilinks being absolute paths only - and haven't looked back

The only downside is that its in early stages of development, but definitely usable

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

I jumped over to logseq. It takes some getting used to, but overall logseq is working fine overall.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I like Silverbullet, but I could never get the file tree to work well. Any tips? Or is that not a feature you use?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

I have an "index" page where I link important pages and files. When I want to move them I rename them. If I do bulk data changes I SSH to my server and move the files in an old fashioned way. Personally I have not tried the filetree plugin, since I did not have the need for it - and probably the author of the project aswell.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago

Excellent news for myself. I've wanted to use this at work but it's hard enough to convince people to use it without asking for money.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

Excellent news ! Excellent note taking applications with its ecosystem of extensions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

Dynalist is where it's at.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Read whole page. Not sure what Obsidian even is?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago

Its a staggeringly powerful app. Utilizing the markdown format and the Dataview plugin to create queries with metadata in your notes allows you to build INSANE knowledge management systems.

Example of some set ups here: https://forum.obsidian.md/t/14-example-vaults-from-around-the-web-kepano-nick-milo-the-sweet-setup-and-more/81788

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Note-taking app. Each note is a markdown file, so you can add formatting.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (4 children)

A very successful one with a large extension ecosystem to boot.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's like trillium, but not open source Here is an enthusiastic person talking about the state of the art of one year ago for 20 minute. https://youtu.be/XRpHIa-2XCE

[–] [email protected] 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago

It's like Millium, but one more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I wanted to go all in on Obsidian, but in the end I went with "Upnote" which has an easy UI and a lifetime price. (No monthly fees). It's like a mix of Evernote and OneNote. The Slash commands are so cool too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

It's a different thing. What Obsidian and Logseq offer is plain-text markdown files in folders on your disk. Upnote and most of the other alternatives mentioned in this post store their data in a database.

Different thing altogether. Just depends what you're looking for.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (6 children)

It is a really good app. But was a pain in the ass to keep the archive in sync using multiple different platforms without paying for their sync addon in my experience. You can roll your own sync with stuff like Syncthing, cloud storage, etc. But the archive had a bad habit of seemingly finding ways to get out of sync.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Take a look a SyncThing! It's a free FOSS app for syncing files and is available on all devices, and it's all self hosted. I initially used it for Obsidian syncing, but it's proved incredibly useful beyond that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

They mentioned SyncThing. 👍

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

Did you try any of the sync extensions?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I just paid for the sync 🤷🏻‍♂️

It’s $4 a month, I drink one beer less a month and I actually save 3€ 😀

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