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Re: Show HN: Eidos – Offline alternative to Notion

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I am a big fan of Notion but lately it's like they have been asleep on the driver seat. If they only offered custom extensions I think they would do so much better. I have recently switched to Obsidian but I am not fully committed yet, so i will give this a try. My only critic so far... It seems you copied one of my least favorite "features" from Notion which is to force a default "Title" column for the tables. I fin…

This has always bugged me about Notion as well.

Re: Show HN: Eidos – Offline alternative to Notion

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Very nice work Do you mind elaborating on how this differs from “outline” and “anytype”? I think a comparison table on the website on how this solution differentiates itself from competitors is going to be helpful. Also, what’s going to be the pricing model?

Thanks for your advice. Eidos is more like a PDM tool rather than a PKM tool, but it can be used as a PKM with some extensions, just as the introduction says, it's an extensible framework.

I've used the tools you mentioned and more. None of them have a powerful table, which is one of the reasons I decided to create Eidos. Eidos can handle large amounts of data like Excel. Anytype/Outline cannot do this.

I plan to follow Obsidian's model, with the core being always free. here is some plans: - publish service (subscription-based) - peer-to-peer data synchronization (One-time payment, like Resilio sync) - an extension store that benefits developers (still a rough idea in my mind)

Re: Show HN: Eidos – Offline alternative to Notion

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Wait a second. Do you mean there is no sync possibility? Because the browser storage is far from reliable. I don't see this as "safe" if the data is not synced or backed up somewhere else.

You can make some adjustments in the settings[1] to store data in a local folder. Then, use iCloud, Git, or your preferred service to back up your data. Just like the web version of VSCode[2], it can handle local files. The web is just an app and doesn't hold any data.

1. https://eidos.space/settings/storage 2. https://developer.chrome.com/blog/persistent-permissions-for...

Re: Show HN: Eidos – Offline alternative to Notion

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Some questions: 1. How to use extensions? I can create one (it looks like a javascript function getting some context and one argument) but I have no idea how to invoke it. I expected to be able to invoke them on selected text. 2. Does it sync on other computers / browsers or is it only local?

Sorry for lacking documents and guidance. When you enable a script, you can trigger it by typing 「/」 in command palette (cmd + k). Currently, the selected text only works with the prompt. You reminded me that the script should also be able to handle selected text, and I will add this feature.

Sync is on the roadmap.

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