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A new local-first, privacy-focused and open-source home for your markdown notes - chroxify/haptic

This seems like a solid choice for those of use looking for a obsidian-like replacement. Personally tried all editors out there, but nothing is able to defeat my love for obsidian. However, i look forwards to trying out Haptic when it comes to Linux. Currently it only supports Web and Mac. But state Linux and Windows support is on-the-way.

Kudos to selfh.st that provides consistent updates within this community and who shared this among other cool projects this week -> https://selfh.st/newsletter/2024-09-06/?ref=this-week-in-self-hosted-newsletter

  • geography082@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    I tried every single proprietary and open source , even self host , markdown notes apps. Obsidian is … just, i always go back to it. I have it with the plugin “Remotely Save”, synced encrypted with OneDrive. It just works, every fucking where with its own app. solid as a petrified dump

    • Elkenders@feddit.ukEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      I’m early onto my journey with this and tossing between logseq and obsidian. Thoughts?

      • Fliegenpilzgünni@slrpnk.netEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        Logseq and Obsidian are only similar on the first look, but very different usage wise. Both are very open with a plugin system, and you can modify them to turn them into one eachother.

        So, if you want only FOSS, then Logseq is the only choices you have.

        But Obsidian is, even though it’s proprietary, very sane. Open plug-in system, active community, great devs who don’t have much against FOSS, and more.

        Obsidian

        • More similar to a classic note taking app, like OneNote, but with a lot of features. Hierarchical structure, and more of an “essay” style, where you store a lot of text in one page.
        • Page linking is only done when you think it makes sense
        • Has been a bit longer around than Logseq, feels more polished
        • Great sync and mobile app, which support plugins from what I’ve heard

        Logseq

        • Non-linear outliner. Every page is on the same level, but within a text passage, the indentation matters (parent-child-relationship)
        • You create a LOT of more pages. Most of my pages are empty. They are mainly there for linking topics. I rarely create pages manually.
        • The journal is where you write most stuff. You then link each block to a page.
        • Logseq a bit “special”. May not be for everyone. I for example am a bit of a disorganised thinker, who mentally links a lot of knowledge and throws concepts around all the time. Logseq is my second nature, because it’s more flexible. My GF on the other hand is more structured, and prefers something like Apple Notes, or, if she would care about note taking, something like Obsidian.
        • The mobile app isn’t great. It’s fine when I’m not at home, but the desktop version is the “proper” one, and mobile/ iPad a second class citizen.
        • Sync is only experimental for now. It will soon be officially supported (hopefully) and self hostable, but it worked fine for me.
        • Elkenders@feddit.ukEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          This is really helpful, thank you. I’ve made a start with Logseq but I think I’ll try Obsidian and migrate my notes across. I’m definitely a structured guy.

      • kboy101222@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Obsidian is just sooooo good. I hate that you (technically 😉) have to pay for multi device sync, but the UI and UX are excellent, especially if you’re already proficient in markdown

        Haven’t tried logseq before, so I can’t compare

        • papertowels@lemmy.oneEnglish
          1·
          1 month ago

          How else do you get multi device sync?

          My current solution is to use syncthing to handle syncing the files, but I have to debug a permissions error that pops up.

      • Lem453@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        See me comment above

        https://lemmy.ca/comment/11490137

        I don’t like that obsidian not fully open source but the plugins can’t be beat if you use them. Check out some youtube videos for top 20 plugins etc. Takes the app to a whole new level.

    • Fliegenpilzgünni@slrpnk.netEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      I don’t see any problems with that. Even I (and probably most others here), who are FOSS advocates, think Obsidian’s model is fine.

      The devs surely get why FOSS is important, and try their best to match the pros of open source. They even stated that if the company goes bankrupt or they stop developing the app, they’ll open source it.

      One major thing they do absolutely right is how the notes get stored. On other note taking apps, it’s a proprietary database, often “in the cloud”, where your notes get hold hostage. Here, they’re just Markdown files, and the whole thing is pretty open, encouraging a strong community.

      It’s similar to Valve/ Steam. Proprietary, but liked by most Linux people.