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Finally tried @RoamResearch today.
The idea itself is pretty great, and Roam feels like it's paving the way for this style of note-taking.
... But! there's certainly some drawbacks that will likely push me to some alternatives.
The idea itself is pretty great, and Roam feels like it's paving the way for this style of note-taking.
... But! there's certainly some drawbacks that will likely push me to some alternatives.
Major drawbacks:
> 1. I can't write with vim bindings.
> 2. It's expensive at $165/1yr (or $500/5yrs).
> 3. Unless I fork up a lot of money, I don't get local copies without manual exports. Even if I did pay up, I don't manage the local files how I'd prefer (git).
> 1. I can't write with vim bindings.
> 2. It's expensive at $165/1yr (or $500/5yrs).
> 3. Unless I fork up a lot of money, I don't get local copies without manual exports. Even if I did pay up, I don't manage the local files how I'd prefer (git).
I've explored two alternatives:
1. @obsdmd
It's pretty solid. Better UX/UI than Roam. Free for personal use. Dumps files into a folder for me to do whatever with.
Still no vim mode, but I guess I could just edit the files in the folder while the app is running? Meh.
1. @obsdmd
It's pretty solid. Better UX/UI than Roam. Free for personal use. Dumps files into a folder for me to do whatever with.
Still no vim mode, but I guess I could just edit the files in the folder while the app is running? Meh.
2. Foam @ https://foambubble.github.io
Free and open-source alternative built from various @code plugins.
This is what I'm going with
Free and open-source alternative built from various @code plugins.
This is what I'm going with
Foam isn't as feature-packed as Roam (the lack of unlinked references is the biggest bummer - but is Coming Soon
).
Setting it up is kind of a hassle.
But! I get vim mode and can customize the editor easily.
Plus they're just markdown files, so I can just manage 'em in git.
).Setting it up is kind of a hassle.
But! I get vim mode and can customize the editor easily.
Plus they're just markdown files, so I can just manage 'em in git.
With the addition of Foam, I think I've finally reached a nice trifecta of note-taking applications:
Foam for the lesser-organized web of thoughts.
@StandardNotes for heavy thoughts
@milanoteapp for the creative thoughts
Foam for the lesser-organized web of thoughts.
@StandardNotes for heavy thoughts
@milanoteapp for the creative thoughts
Scratch this - I'm moving from Foam to Dendron: https://www.dendron.so/
Dendron takes Foam's concept of building atop @code but has a bit more polish and ambition.
It also allows sprinkling hierarchy in with relative ease, and that seems powerful for general navigation.
Dendron takes Foam's concept of building atop @code but has a bit more polish and ambition.
It also allows sprinkling hierarchy in with relative ease, and that seems powerful for general navigation.
For a quick mobile client, I'm looking at using a tool such as @GitJournal_io -- it won't give me all the fancy graphs and whathaveyou, but it will let me jot a note down.
I'm also looking at running Dendron on something like VSCodium ( https://vscodium.com/ ) -- which will serve as a test trial for replacing VSCode on my computer as a whole.
> VSCodium is a community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s editor VSCode
> VSCodium is a community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s editor VSCode
