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I mean Trilium is fantastic app, lots of potential but the developer is struggling on his own, maybe it’s because it’s younger than logseq or maybe because is open source compared to obsidian. I think it’s the best note-taking/knowledge-base/second-brain i know it virtually could link everything you posses toghter to create a gigantic wiki, so much potential. Plus it has its own self hostable syncing server and web app. Guys give it a look and tell me what you think

  • Lupec
    10•1 year ago

    I used it for a while and right up to the point I actually set it up to give it a go, I’d never even heard of it before. Definitely feels like it flies under the radar.

    I loved the idea behind it, but a few points ended up sticking out so I ended up dropping it at some point. Namely, I didn’t like the markdown editor much, plus it was very awkward to use on mobile (which, granted, is an issue with most competitors). I also don’t like how it’s dabatase based, vastly prefer using local markdown files. Plus, it’s more of a personal thing but I came to prefer graph based implementations better than hierarchical ones. Still, really impressive project and I very much appreciate that it’s open source and fully self hostable, not much in the way of competition there when it comes to second brain alternatives.

    After exploring a few options, I’ve ended up on Logseq. Shame that one isn’t self hostable, not fully anyway, since last I checked you still need to open a local folder even if you do host it yourself.

    • @da_g@feddit.itOP
      1•1 year ago

      Thanks, actually it made a big strides towards being less hierarchical, you can put everything in a folder and use internal links now, plus it has relationship links that are very useful some times. Regarding it using a database instead of a file system it has a bunch of pros but has its cons too, in my opinion there should be a feature were you can use both and if you use the file system in one of your notes, the note is less powerful so that you can use both the database and the the file system. Lastly the phone app is a bit of a sore point for me too, I just write stuff in markdown and then import them in as soon as I can. If you want to check it out again it would be amazing if not thank you anyways for you comment, appreciate it

      • Lupec
        1•1 year ago

        Thanks, actually it made a big strides towards being less hierarchical, you can put everything in a folder and use internal links now, plus it has relationship links that are very useful some times.

        Ah, good to know!

        Regarding it using a database instead of a file system it has a bunch of pros but has its cons too, in my opinion there should be a feature were you can use both and if you use the file system in one of your notes, the note is less powerful so that you can use both the database and the the file system.

        Yeah, I 100% understand and respect the reasoning behind doing it that way but it’s just not something I can get fully behind myself. As a developer myself, I wouldn’t want to support both code paths so I also get why it isn’t really a priority.

        Lastly the phone app is a bit of a sore point for me too, I just write stuff in markdown and then import them in as soon as I can.

        That’s fair, do you just use something like Obsidian or GitJournal? I need to look into those at some point.

        That all said, I think I’m entrenched too deeply into my current solution to reconsider but I might spin up an instance to check it out. Thanks for the heads-up!