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

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Post by muckraker-2000 »

gbro3n wrote: post #149
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…

I open sourced https://asnotes.io - it's markdown based with wikilinking, task management, a kanban board and static site publishing. It runs locally and is Git friendly. The aim was to build something using formats and tech that is likely to stand the test of time.

Wow this looks amazing. The extended demo really looks incredible.

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

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Post by bityard »

Ifkaluva wrote: post #127

It’s interesting to me that it says that in some versions of second brain: “Second brain grows, but first brain doesn’t get smarter.” Something I remember Tiago Forte said, which turned me off of his partículas brand of a second brain, is that his goal is to “remember nothing”, and have the second brain surface exactly the context necessary at the moment, which he would proceed to read and ingest. That sounds terribl…

Well, we know that it's impossible to remember everything. Humans are absolutely terrible at accurately recalling things that they observed even a few minutes in the past.

But we also can't remember nothing and just dump _everything_ into the second brain, otherwise we'd have no map, no context, no way to even know how to look for what we need in the moment. It would be like taking a random teenager off the street, handing them an electronics engineering textbook, and asking them to build a power supply on the spot.

So there is definitely a spectrum. Everyone seems to disagree on the optimal point on the spectrum and that is almost certainly because it varies greatly from person to person.

My personal experience has been that simply writing extremely detailed notes in the first place makes the information "sticky" in my brain, and greatly increases the likelihood that I won't even _need_ to directly reference the notes in the future. Fun little catch-22 there.

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

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Post by HDMI_Cable »

flexagoon wrote: post #57
himata4113 wrote: post #14

This made me realize that obsidian is *not* opensource, but in a way obsidian made me feel like it was opensource. Obviously now that I researched it, it is quite obvious that it is not, but still it 'feels' like it should be opensource.

To be fair, Obsidian is an Electron app with no obfuscation, so it's pretty easy to get its code. I think I even remember the official Obsidian team telling people to do that on their support forum if they distrusted the app.

Which really begs the question: why not have it open-source at that point? Obsidian isn't making money from things hidden in the code, but rather their Sync service.

Might as well open-source it (and perhaps get more people helping with the development), keep the Sync service, and stem competitor projects like these in the bud.

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

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Post by RivoLink »

Oras wrote: post #44
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…

> There is no better interface for text than a terminal It's a personal choice that cannot be imposed on everyone. Not everyone is a developer.

So, I suggest you https://github.com/RivoLink/leaf

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

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Post by a-arbabian »

levmiseri wrote: post #157

The '... building this for 5 years' definitely resonates. Text editors are a pitfall of hidden complexities! It looks and feels great, congratulations for getting this out.

Not very classy to piggy back off of this post to advertise your own text editor. Just make a new "Show HN" post.

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

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Post by yawnxyz »

jlos wrote: post #96

So you saw a product that (1) gives you complete control of your data (2) uses an open format (3) only charges for sync, publish, and commercial use, and you thought to yourself: "What a great use of my time building a competitor that adds no value, just to save a few dollars a month on sync and publishing. I hope other people value their time as little as I do and contribute" Have fun!

it's nice to have open source implementations so you can extend / borrow / merge / morph features and ideas into something else

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

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Post by gomox »

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…

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