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Zettlr – FOSS markdown editor for personal knowledge management and publishing

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Post by DerWOK » Fri, Jul 03, 2020, 1:24 PM UTC

Zettlr – FOSS markdown editor for personal knowledge management and publishing
zettlr.com

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Post by bloopernova » Fri, Jul 03, 2020, 1:45 PM UTC

I'm really happy that the "knowledge base management" type of tools are getting a lot more attention these days. In my opinion, the more brains that look at this area, the better the whole ecosystem will get.

I'll have to download this and give it a try, and compare it to my current workflow.

(I use org-roam on Emacs. I'm not sure if people are sick of org-mode and Emacs being mentioned on HN? I worry about becoming the stereotype of "how do you tell if someone is a Vegan (or uses Emacs)?" "Don't worry, they'll tell you". I don't want to derail any discussion though!)

For those of you wondering about Zettelkasten and knowledge management, I suggest you start by reading "How to Take Smart Notes" by Sönke Ahrens: https://takesmartnotes.com/ and https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/34507927-how-to-take-...

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Post by sradman » Fri, Jul 03, 2020, 1:52 PM UTC

YAZN (Yet Another Zettelkasten Notes) system. This one is Markdown with YAML Front Matter for metadata and an Electron based editor. Roam, Foam, Zettlr. All of these start with the powerful principle that every document/note should be addressable with its title-slug (wiki like linking). Good stuff.

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Post by _cowb » Fri, Jul 03, 2020, 1:52 PM UTC

another Electron app, no thanks

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Post by mxuribe » Fri, Jul 03, 2020, 1:54 PM UTC

bloopernova wrote: post #2

I'm really happy that the "knowledge base management" type of tools are getting a lot more attention these days. In my opinion, the more brains that look at this area, the better the whole ecosystem will get. I'll have to download this and give it a try, and compare it to my current workflow. (I use org-roam on Emacs. I'm not sure if people are sick of org-mode and Emacs being mentioned on HN? I worry about becoming…

> I'm really happy that the "knowledge base management" type of tools are getting a lot more attention these days...

I share this happiness...It often feels like so many people assume this is a solved sort of area; But i believe it is not.

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Post by polskibus » Fri, Jul 03, 2020, 1:55 PM UTC

How does Zettlr compare to https://roamresearch.com/ ?

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#7

Post by steveklabnik » Fri, Jul 03, 2020, 1:56 PM UTC

It’s great to see such an explosion in tooling here. It also seems really hard to write comparisons since there’s so much development going on. I haven’t tried Zettlr yet, but it’s on my list...

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Post by fluder » Fri, Jul 03, 2020, 2:07 PM UTC

I recommend https://fsnot.es Native and blazing fast for iOS and macOS.

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Post by lastgeniusua » Fri, Jul 03, 2020, 2:08 PM UTC

Downloading page is down now, I guess?

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Post by slezyr » Fri, Jul 03, 2020, 2:12 PM UTC

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