Another #FOSS app I'm going to try is Logseq. I know about Obsidian before, but just notice about Logseq. I'm a heavy note taker, and I'm currently using Craft Docs for all my needs.
Let's see if I can move all of my notes there.
@gssstev Interesting, you should make a video about it.
For now, I have only found one limitation that I see on this app. It does not give you an option to host your own data so you can sync it to your phone. It just said cloud. What, how, and where is the data hosted? I still cannot find it yet.
@linerly @gssstev almost forgot about it. Syncthing is one of the most powerful tools around, so it works with logseq too?
I usually just use it to sync my files from one to another.
I just downloaded it, but have not tried the Logseq yet, so I am not familiar with how the files work including the path it will use yet.
I found it after I looked at the settings-->features, and it turns out, that the server that they will use is their own server and for now, it is open to the backer.
@linerly @aku hi sorry for late reply. Yeah they only made Sync available to backers currently. After using it for couple of hours, I find out that I prefer Obsidian’s file management system.
I understand that the point of #PKM is not to organize. Use the search function as the primary discovery tool to connect ideas. Logseq apparently is trying to do that.
But giving us very minimum function to organize is limiting my usage.
What's Logseq missing to organize? A ToC in [[Contents]] is more flexible than Obsidian folder structure, where each level of the hierarchy can only be a folder and the leaves can only be Markdown files.
Instead with an indented list each element can be anything: text, page reference, block reference, URL, query, page/block embed
@linerly @alxlg @aku yes Logseq is amazing in different file types. We can even attach PDF in the block.
Tbh, with my limited usage of Logseq, I still don’t understand the function of [[contents]] in the side bar.
But again, I still find sync is an important issue. I’m using Windows PC and iOS. Currently, there’s a sync plugin that allow Onedrive sync on Obsidian iOS. It works amazing.
You are supposed to compile a table of content in [[Contents]] that is just the default page in the right sidebar. As said you can use whatever approach you want, from an indented list of pages to a query that list pages with a given property.
Check also the contextual sidebar and the idea of using indexes to organize pages hierarchically: