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Re: Show HN: Tolaria – Open-source macOS app to manage Markdown knowledge bases

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Post by crakhamster01 »

The app looks very slick! Just read through the docs and a couple of the Looms.

This might be a dumb question, but what are people using these MD knowledge bases for? What has this unlocked for you, that you weren't doing before?

I kind of understand the wiki use case in large code bases, with lots of changes happening, but on a personal level it's not as clear to me. Is it just another place to store ideas? Is the hope that AI resurfaces or connects relevant bits later?

This seems like a way to optimize your personal life, but I'm not sure what the end goal is.

Re: Show HN: Tolaria – Open-source macOS app to manage Markdown knowledge bases

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Post by tarr1124 »

CrompyBlompers wrote: post #144
tarr1124 wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wrote it. English is my second language, so I reach for "what X is pointing at" constructions a lot — partly as a self-check that I've parsed the parent correctly. If any specific claim in there looks wrong or generated, happy to have it pointed out.

Gotcha, thx for the context. Typically we'd see the second person "you/your/you're" used and not the third person ("flatpands") here, since you (tarr1124) are directly responding to their comment, as if in conversation with them. ie: "what you're pointing at..." Otherwise it reads like you're ignoring them and talking around them.

Yeah, fair. The third-person thing is an old habit from parsing parents before I reply, but you're right that in a direct reply it reads cold. Second person from here on.

Re: Show HN: Tolaria – Open-source macOS app to manage Markdown knowledge bases

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Post by alwillis »

james-bcn wrote: post #86

I love this! It is like you have taken all the things I want from Obsidian (plus plug-ins) and made them into a single, well designed app. Great! Feedback: * This is so good you should find a way to keep it open source but also profit from it so you can develop it full-time. You could just have an official app version - I would pay for that. * Feature creep. I am a big fan of Bear App for it's wonderful simple design…

Bear just got a cli, MCP support and a Claude connector [1].

[1]: https://blog.bear.app/2026/04/bear-2-8-bearcli-claude-connec...

Re: Show HN: Tolaria – Open-source macOS app to manage Markdown knowledge bases

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Post by alwillis »

_false wrote: post #64
dewey wrote: post #49

I often fall back to Apple Notes (I know not really a knowledge base, or markdown) because it syncs between my devices and it's usable on the phone. Is this something you have a need for yourself, or how are you looking at your notes on mobile?

I solve it by using Apple Notes for quick capture and then copy pasting from my mac to obsidian daily/specific notes, that I want to keep. I also just keep long running notes for tracking things workouts and meals with headers for dates. Works better than things like obsidian mobile and copy pasting is a natural filter.

Apple Notes can export to markdown now.
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