I think I've seen this as a vscode extension, right? (For now I personally use vimwiki, instead. I just can't quite leave the vim keybindings for typing.)
You are probably thinking of either Dendron or Foam.
Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
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Re: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
#62I really do need to get started on a personal wiki. I might give this a try. It would be nice if I can get the files into git that I can save to a private github repo (I'm fine paying the one time payment to support them but $8/month seems too much for a simple sync feature)
> It would be nice if I can get the files into git that I can save to a private github repo
It's just a directory of markdown files. Nothing preventing that directory from being a Git repo. Lots of people use it that way (or with Syncthing, Dropbox, or whatever).
Re: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
#63Aside from the technical characteristics of Obsidian, they have created a great community, particularly on Discord. They sell things (I'm a happy customer) but you can use it completely free. No nagging to buy or hitting you with ads or anything.
Re: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
#64I'm the type most comfortable with taking notes on a physical piece of paper (cuz then I can draw stuff and make mind maps). After many months I'm still learning to use Notion more extensively for different things e.g. automating stuff via the API This is my first time coming acrossing Obsidian, just wondering if anyone's been using both Notion and Obsidian. How would doing things in one and not the other differ from…
I use both Notion and Obsidian. The main difference is that Notion is an entire database processing platform, especially once you get into mirroring databases, and getting savvy with filters and check boxes. Not to mention the fact that everything in Notion is its own page. This makes it wildly customizable, and again, programmable.
Obsidian is a lot more static. It's basic strengthis having offline capabilities, simplicity, and markdown. I use it exclusively for my Zettelkasten, which I also have on Notion (I started my ZK and migrated it over to Obsidian). Obsidian is great for ZK in part due to its simultaneous multiple panel openings. So, you can see multiple notes at once. Notion can do this too, and I've use its Gallery fxn for exactly that, but there's something less claggy about Obsidian in this regard.
Notion is great for GTD and project management (again, when used dynamically with filters etc). Obsidian is great for note storage and retrieval, as well as processing ideas and arguments for use later in writing articles, scripts, etc.
Re: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
#65Obsidian is great. I'm a paying supporter (catalyst and sync). Weirdly I started playing with Emacs + org-mode recently (never been an Emacs user before!) and I'm seriously considering making it my exclusive "second brain". Something about org-mode, org-babel, org-jupyter, org-agenda and org-roam that just clicks with me.
If you enjoy working in org-mode, you should definitely check out logseq: https://logseq.com/
Re: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
#66The comments here made it sound exciting, but it seems like it's proprietary, which is a no-go for me. I'll stick to plain text file notes and the occasional org-mode for now.
I’d check out logseq [0]. Closer to roam than obsidian, but GPL, operates on plaintext files, and supports Org-mode style formatting as well as markdown. It’s getting to be fairly fully featured by now, and the development team moves fast. It’s a joy to use.
[0]: https://logseq.com/
Re: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
#67Last I checked there was no good way to do quick capture of articles from mobile iOS to obsidian. Scenario — I come across an article on my iPhone, and I just want to dump title + URL (maybe even the text content) into obsidian. This is a must have for any note taking tool. Anyone have a good workflow for this, please share. Ideally an iOS shortcut.
My main gripe with Obsidian. That, and the fact that it costs almost $100 to have the mobile app sync with the desktop. That's insane to me, and feels vindictive. I'm all for paying for the platform. Seriously. These ventures need bottom - up support. But, syncing is a basic feature that any mobile app should have baked in. Charge for 24-hour support, something that actually requires the time of the team.
Re: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
#68The comments here made it sound exciting, but it seems like it's proprietary, which is a no-go for me. I'll stick to plain text file notes and the occasional org-mode for now.
From the description it looks like org-roam would be a good open-source alternative.
Indeed org-roam is what sprung to mind when I visited and read the OP link
Re: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
#69I'm the type most comfortable with taking notes on a physical piece of paper (cuz then I can draw stuff and make mind maps). After many months I'm still learning to use Notion more extensively for different things e.g. automating stuff via the API This is my first time coming acrossing Obsidian, just wondering if anyone's been using both Notion and Obsidian. How would doing things in one and not the other differ from…
I use both Notion and Obsidian. The main difference is that Notion is an entire database processing platform, especially once you get into mirroring databases, and getting savvy with filters and check boxes. Not to mention the fact that everything in Notion is its own page. This makes it wildly customizable, and again, programmable. Obsidian is a lot more static. It's basic strengthis having offline capabilities, sim…
I see! Thanks for the detailed breakdown and comparisons! I'm now somewhat convinced that I should definitely get familiar with Obsidian and exploring different aspects of it
Zettelkasten has been something that I wanna try out for a while!
Re: Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
md = markdown
> md = markdown Makes sense. Is (EDIT: the use of the TLD) .md a convention in the markdown community?
Yes. I have seen the .mdown extension also, but .md is the default in every editor I've used, and it's a default for readme files on Gitlab and GitHub.