Hey folks! I’m completely new to Lemmy and still figuring out how everything works around here… But I’d love to share a project I’ve been building.
It’s called VOID (Versatile Open-source Infrastructure for Developers) - an open-source, local-first second-brain (note taking app but more powerful) application that combines the flexibility of Obsidian with the powerful organization of Notion.
Unlike many other tools, VOID is not just another note-taking app. It’s built with the idea of being a true second brain that you fully control. No vendor lock-in, no hidden cloud, no feature walls. Everything is open-source, customizable, and designed to adapt to your workflow instead of forcing you into someone else’s.
I’m currently building it with Rust, Tauri v2 and Vue.js. For certain plugins and configs, it also supports SurrealDB as a database.
check it out on my GitHub
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Neat project, shame on the basic premise. Just remember to delete your second brain once in a while, for the health of your first one, and actually use it for something creative once in a while.
Good luck with the project! I hope it becomes everything you want it to be, in time!
thank you, these words mean a lot to me
no hidden cloud
Shots fired at Notesnook.
So basically, a markdown editor?
Awesome! I want more and better apps in this space. I personally don’t trust myself not to lose my phone, so I want to manually sync files to some trusted place, or preferably, have webdav/nextcloud for syncing the way some notes apps have it. It’s your project, so do what suits you, but that’s something that would push it to the top for me.
this looks cool!
Why is this better than zim?
I thought Zim was just an archival format?
Nope. But some do use it for mediawiki dumps. Never understood that, really
I didn’t even heard about zim before
It’s great! Don’t reinvent the wheel
Why not just contribute PRs to an existing project?
You might want to highlight what differentiates it from Obsidian, except being open source. Just from looking at the page, I don’t know what it means to have organization capabilities from Notion?
Thanks, i’ll rework README in the near future.
Yeah, the readme says stuff that don’t mean that much. Sure, all FOSS and no cloud but WHAT DOES IT DO??
Looking good!
Slightly off-topic, but with all the craps that’s going on with Github, ever consider having your projects on Codeberg instead?
can you tell me in short what’s wrong with GitHub? I totally missed it
MS bought it and is folding it into their “AI” division
What’s wrong with just notes in markdown in vim or helix?
Nice rendering of headings, bullet points, checkboxes, code blocks, images and so on. I know there is something available for vim if you are using a terminal emulator that supports displaying images, but as far as I know besides a language server for markdown helix can’t do that. If there is something I’d like to try it
using images on the terminal is cursed, and helix does nicely render markdown with just the grammars, no lsp.
Amazing apps, but not for my use cases
I don’t see what the use case for VOID is.
It seems like there is more to it, but even if it was just open source Obsidian, that’s a valid enough reason to exist in my mind.
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I saw you picked SurrealDB, what has been your experience with that so far?
I really like SurrealDB. It has amazing compatibility with rust + tauri and can be used in file mode with rocksDB. For my usecase it fits the best. I love static types)
Unlike many other tools, VOID is not just another note-taking app.
no offense. but if I got a penny for everytime Ive heard this…
no offense. but if I got a penny for everytime Ive heard this…
yeah, I know) but I try my best to make this project as perfect and useful as possible
for everyone who walked this path of finding (or making) the perfect note app. there is no general perfect. everybody will find eventually a workflow which works - and evolves.
but I whish you all the best and that you may built an app which inspires many. :)
My like 10 year old, way out of date, note taking app for Owncloud that I forgot about just got a PR. So I guess perfect is different for everyone.
exactly.
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Strange, on my pc it works perfectly, while on mobile it not working. I’ll check it
i think it works for you bc u are authenticated
But it doesn’t work on my mobile GitHub app too, however on pc it looks fine
What’s the difference compared to Trilium?
A new competitor to Obsidian other than Trilium and Logseq would be awesome. I have to ask are you vibe coding? The length of the project and extensive use of emojis in the read me makes me question… I wish you the best. If you get a server container and an iPhone app I would seriously support it.
I tried to make README less boring using emoji) And I’m pretty confident in my Rust and Vue skills, so not using chatGPT(or any other AI tool) in my work). I wrote all of the VOID by my hands.
Awesome! Just asking based on posts I frequent
Also iPhone app would be released after successful VOID open beta
