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I guess everyone values something different. I am happy to pay for these tools, and even have them closed-source, as long as
(1) it can run locally, "offline", and (2) the format is open (index-able text, whether one file or many)
I still haven't found anything that beats markdown files in a competent text editor like VSCode
This looks extremely impressive and polished, especially for a single dev. Looking forward to trying. Congrats
We also have an active discord channel with lots of good people: https://discord.gg/AE3NRw9
I think Dendron is on to something great here - it's not just about note taking, it's also about highly efficient retrieval of notes. I have poked around it, but I intend to take a deeper dive and think about how I can make it part of my process.
How is Dendron different from Foam[1]? At first glance, both projects are very similar.
dendron is also, in part, inspired by roam (backlinks, daily journals, etc) but is built around the notion of [hierarchical note taking](https://www.kevinslin.com/notes/3dd58f62-fee5-4f93-b9f1-b0f0...). dendron takes the structure provided by well built hierarchies and combines it with the freedom of roam's backlinks and block references.
while dendron also relies on third party extensions, the majority of functionality is inside the dendron extension. you can refactor notes via regex (dendron will update both backlinks and file names), lookup your notes via their path, apply schemas to categorize your notes, and much more.
Can the author tell me the similarities and differences between this and Emacs org-mode?
This is really interesting for me. I've just got into roam the last few months after an intertest in trying zettelkasten (and my notion growing rather unwieldly), but the $15/m is grinding at me. The idea I'll be locked in at that price forever more doesn't sit well For me org-roam doesn't scratch the portability itch (easily add notes on my phone etc), but I'm actively looking for alternatives I can make the jump fo…
As with all things, its a matter of tradeoffs. Dendron started its life as a standalone app (eg. think Obsidian) but I quickly realized I was spending most of my time building undifferentiated editor scaffolding instead of focusing on the hierarchies and schemas that made Dendron unique.
I wanted to spend more time building out features that supported Dendron's [hiearchy first approach](https://www.kevinslin.com/notes/3dd58f62-fee5-4f93-b9f1-b0f0...) to note taking which is what led me to re-write it for VSCode.
That being said, the core dendron engine is not vscode specific and there are folks that are experimenting with porting it over to other editors (eg. sublime, vim). We also have plans for a standalone editor in the future (most likely, this will be a fork of VSCode optimized for note taking)
I met Kevin at the YC hackathon last year and first heard about Kevin's ideas around note-taking there. I'm really enjoying Dendron so far. The biggest thing for me is the lightweight structure- I would have never created a hierarchical structure if I had to create multiple nested folders every time I wanted a new category. Hoping for some mobile support in the future.
We should catch up sometime, it's been too long :D It's not the same as mobile support but currently any markdown enabled mobile app can support writing to Dendron. Here are a few apps that my other users have suggested: https://dendron.so/notes/401c5889-20ae-4b3a-8468-269def4b486...
Curious if .so is the "new" .io since Notion started that trend