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Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion

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Re: Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion

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Post by engomez »

keks0r wrote: post #129

How does this integrate with Git? is the CRDT stack mainly for syncronizing locally? and then "snapshotted" into git? Or how would the team collaboration part of this work?

Git is used for the "auto-sync" and sharing functionality. Uses GitHub as the source of truth for the content.

Currently the CRDT is local and is used so that agents can edit the markdown concurrently with the user, and the user can edit it via the WYSWIG editor or the raw markdown editor. CRDT powers the live indicators, etc.

CRDT and git are reconciled so that git stays as the canotical version history.

Re: Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion

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Post by engomez »

mikodin wrote: post #113
engomez wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ack, thanks for feedback ! We're definitely looking at a more integrated experience.

Thank you for this project - I am excited to check it out! My current agentic workflow is having a github repo that is a workspace and essentially a single obsidian vault over it called agents. I modify with Claude code (or other harness), check diffs in...VSCode and read it in...Obsidian. It's separate from my actual personal Obsidian vault (that I don't send to any AI providers), and is only for agents. It's been r…

Got it yup, sounds like similar to the setups our team runs. Give it a shot and feel free to share any feedback.

Re: Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion

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Post by utopiah »

Good to see CodeMirror and yjs in there.

Rant warning (sorry OP but I have to vent somehow) : AI-first is the proof that things didn't change that much. It's a bit like "Roomba-compatible" flat. If somehow you have to changes your ways for a tool to work then clearly that tool isn't that flexible. It's perfectly fine but to me it's quite tiring when it's about the most hyped industry ever funded.

Re: Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion

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Post by engomez »

engomez wrote: post #128
tekacs wrote: post #127

Warning for those who use Codex: when I started this, it trashed my Codex config.toml file. I'm sure that it'll be fixed upstream soon, not a deal breaker, just a warning for anyone installing it right this second. Thankfully I had backups.

Checking this asap, apologies for any inconvenience.

Is the issue you're seeing that it stripped comments, or something else?

Re: Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion

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Post by engomez »

kylenessen wrote: post #85

I really wanted to like this, but unfortunately couldn't see how it improves my experience over Obsidian or VS Code. The fact that I have to juggle between OpenKnowledge and Codex to engage the AI, while also accepting a barebones Obsidian, is a real bummer. From what I can tell, you are saving me a few key strokes with moving prompts around. What I really want is the AI to live IN the app, like VS Code, and then mov…

To add one more thing: Codex/Claude/Cursor can open the OpenKnowledge web viewer within their own embedded web viewer. So you don't need the two apps open.

And we embedded the Claude terminal within the OpenKnowledge app itself if you prefer that. We are working on embedding the AI (including local models) more deeply within the app itself as well, expect updates in next week.

Re: Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion

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Post by zby »

engomez wrote: post #121
zby wrote: post #120

The feature I am waiting for in all of these editors is integrating 'red lining' as a channel for LLM input. This is the best interface for working on a text. https://www.roughdraft.md/ does the core idea pretty well - but is not well integrated with the rest (browsing, etc).

Curious: do you mean being able to select text and "add it" to clipboard/attachment for the LLM, or something else?

select text and comment on it - then let the llm read all comments

Re: Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion

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Post by engomez »

zby wrote: post #136
engomez wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Curious: do you mean being able to select text and "add it" to clipboard/attachment for the LLM, or something else?

select text and comment on it - then let the llm read all comments

got it. we'll ship this within the next week.

Re: Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion

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Post by tekacs »

engomez wrote: post #134
engomez wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Checking this asap, apologies for any inconvenience.

Is the issue you're seeing that it stripped comments, or something else?

It nuked a substantial portion of the file, unfortunately, not just the comments. It basically gave me a reset config.toml with your MCP and not too much else.

I have a nontrivial config. Will share on your Issues page when I can.

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