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choosing_between_zettlr_and_obsidian/ #4

Open utterances-bot opened 3 years ago

utterances-bot commented 3 years ago

Choosing between Zettlr and Obsidian | Aquiles Carattino

Zettlr and Obsidian are great tools, with some key differences. I've settled for using both depending on the task at hand.

https://www.aquiles.me/choosing_between_zettlr_and_obsidian/

dafmdev commented 3 years ago

Hi, what do you think of this tool? I think it combines good things from Zettlr and Obsidian like speed and LaTeX.

dafmdev commented 3 years ago

https://github.com/zadam/trilium

aquilesC commented 3 years ago

Looks interesting, but I'm not looking for a hierarchical tool. I was trying to avoid categories and folders, since what I'm interested in is the zettelkasten method

aaronshenhao commented 3 years ago

I haven't tried Trillium (just found it through dafmdev's comment), but it apparently supports Zettelkasten-type linking with graph view and even allows cloning file references so it can appear in multiple places in the hierarchy. You can also create manual links (relation maps). You don't have to use folders, but it appears that a "folder" in just a (structural) note, which Luhmann used also.

aquilesC commented 3 years ago

@aaronshenhao , when you try it, please let me know your opnion!

aaronshenhao commented 3 years ago

@aquilesC I tried it today and it seems pretty "Zettelkasten". When a note has descendents, it is replaced with a folder icon, but is still a note. I think it's pretty Zettelkasten since it supports 3 types of relationships between notes: structural/categorical links, 2-way hyperlinks and relation maps. Tags are supported too.

Being able to point to the same note in two subtrees (cloning) prevents being locked into a strict hierarchy. The hierarchy itself just seems to be a tree of structural notes, where the cloned files are back/cross links. New linked notes are automatically placed under the current note. Relation maps allow manually creating "mind maps" between notes, although I'm not sure how large it can go.

Interface appears a bit unpolished, but feels snappy quick. There's KateX math support but it doesn't support multi-line TeX like Joplin. There's also no convenient way to sync to 3rd party services like Dropbox. I don't think there's Zotero support, but it allows direct scripting.

Notes are stored in one sqlite db and is exportable to Markdown. Other features include note versioning and password-encrypted notes.

aquilesC commented 3 years ago

That's great to know! Thanks!