Logseq

Signed up for Product Hunt specifically so I could upvote and comment on Logseq. With a week or two under my belt, my first impressions are still fresh. Core philosophical feature: flexibility. You can take your notes in the widely known Markdown or the powerful Org file formats. You can define schemas, but you can also just add notes and define a schema when you decide you need one. It's all local, so you're not dependent on export tools or someone else's AWS budget to get at your stuff. The bulk of it is open source, so you can see how it works and offer fixes / features if you're the person with that sort of itch. It's a bit like this, and a bit like that. * a bit like Notion, if Notion would let you just start getting stuff done without creating a schema for every dang thing * a bit like Obsidian, if Obsidian defaulted to a rich interface and came bundled with templating, data, and outliner plugins (at least) * a bit like Emacs Org mode, if the org config was tuned by an expert for people who never heard of Org and it was rendered by something besides a generations-old document editing environment Features I love: * daily journal * deeply nested outlining * bi-directional links (note A links to note B, and B's details show that A links to it) * shortcuts for common needs like date entry, task management, embedded media * task management, with scheduling, prioritization, status and notes * term properties and templates; handy for bookmarks or tasks that map to work tickets * live query language for finding and displaying those tasks, bookmarks, etc * the graph is pretty; nicer than Roam's, much nicer than Org-Roam's, not *quite* as nice as Obsidian's The biggest challenges: stability and documentation. Logseq is brand-new and improving literally every day, but you're going to bump into quirks and confusion. Hint: "..." menu -> "All graphs" -> "Re-index" resolves most of the hiccups I see in my day. The documentation is also improving quickly, and you can also find excellent videos on using Logseq by folks like OneStutteringMind and Santi Younger. To sum up: yeah, try it out!

Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I started Logseq as a side project in February of last year. I've been using Org-mode (which is similar to Markdown but has more features) to manage my ideas, tasks, and notes. It's incredible, but I need to access my notes on mobile, and I want to build a graph on top of the growing notes to make it easier to ask and answer some questions and see the connections between different topics. It's pure luck that many users came to try Logseq and contributed to our community, coding, videos, documentation, and give us valuable feedback every day. Our long-term vision is to build a privacy-first platform/community for knowledge management and collaboration. For the personal knowledge base, we believe: 1. Your data is yours, forever. 2. Interoperability with other tools, no lock-in, no proprietary formats We choose plain-text Markdown/Org and standard syntaxes for data longevity and better collaboration with the existing ecosystem. 3. The ultimate fun is to change the code and do some nasty tweaks. That's why we open-sourced Logseq, and we'll release the new plugins API soon. Don't forget to download our desktop app, we have an M1 build too 🎉 Logseq has been inspired by Org-mode, Roam Research, TiddlyWiki, and Workflowy. Learn more about Logseq's features: https://logseq.com We also have an active discord group, feel free to join us to discuss and build the future community for knowledge collaboration. https://discord.gg/KpN4eHY Thank you PH community! Tienson

An absolutely great note taking app, consider the fact that it's (free and) open source too. Recommend this to whoever that likes a Roam-like workflow and it works well with Org Mode too, providing a modern interface too it and you can use it with Emacs together.