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Re: Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian

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Post by antiframe »

auggierose wrote: post #356
antiframe wrote: post #346

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which is why I think Obsidian is such a weird piece of software. It's free. It doesn't lock your own data behind a paywall. But, it only allows you to modify it in very specific plugin API ways. I pay for software all the time, and I don't expect it to be open source. But for software I don't pay for, I do expect it to be open source.

That is an interesting point, and you are probably not alone in that opinion. From a logical point of view, it makes no sense to me, though. Just view it as a purchase that costs $X, but where the author of the software provided you with a voucher worth $X. Why should not paying anything for the software give you the right to modify and fork it as you like, whereas you accept that constraint for software you paid for…

I think my thought process goes: I prefer free software (as in freedom, not beer). But, sometimes the author wants to charge money for it so they restrict that freedom to protect their business. I have yet not fully grasped the author doesn't want to charge money for the software but they restrict that freedom anyway.

Re: Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian

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Post by zethsg »

backscratches wrote: post #34

I use .MD files, helix terminal editor with a markdown LSP called markdown-oxide that replicates the obsidian feature set (like bidirectional links, tags, making new notes automatically, two keys get you from a in-line footnote to the definition and back again, etc), and rumdl which is a super efficient and customizable markdown linter and formatter (semantic line breaks far the win!) . Since it is all helix I can ju…

This is a great setup. I just tried it (markdown-oxide + rumdl) on Helix also -- super nice. I'd been using Obsidian for the inter-linking not knowing it could be done with Helix, so thanks for sharing this

Re: Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian

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Post by takethebus »

phalangion wrote: post #121
UnnoTed wrote: post #115

AI'm building a native version[0] of Obsidian in Qt6 (QWidgets, cpp), replicating the markdown editor takes a while, there are so many ways of corrupting the file or losing the rendered markdown style... but its getting there[1] and its lightweight, using about 15mb ram, no gpu and barely uses any cpu when the cursor or scroll moves, like a text editor should be. Still need to render widget tables, lists and syntax h…

If AI’m building isn’t a typo, I kinda like it as a way to accurately claim what I’m building with AI.

I'm absolutely stealing this

Re: Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian

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Post by feel-ix-343 »

backscratches wrote: post #34

I use .MD files, helix terminal editor with a markdown LSP called markdown-oxide that replicates the obsidian feature set (like bidirectional links, tags, making new notes automatically, two keys get you from a in-line footnote to the definition and back again, etc), and rumdl which is a super efficient and customizable markdown linter and formatter (semantic line breaks far the win!) . Since it is all helix I can ju…

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Re: Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian

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Post by jekbao »

I’m curious what specific problem Files.md aims to solve as an open-source alternative to Obsidian. Since Obsidian already uses open data stored as Markdown of my choice as well as plugins are open-source - my only real pain point is seamless online & offline syncing between my laptop and mobile phone. I’ve tried a few options, including iCloud Drive, but they are not quite reliably as Obsidian’s paid sync service. Would Files.md offer a better sync alternative?
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