Imperatrix Siina 
Okay so I think I need to re-do my personal knowledge thing from scratch.

Is obsidian still a thing people use? I've tried logseq but it pains me. Things based on emacs are a no for me since I don't use it.
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Show threadsungoMar 9
@siina obsidian is alive and well
Show threadSYNTAX_ERRORMar 9
@siina Obsidian is my go-to for daily to-do's and other kinds of lists.
Show threadarchangelic in spaceMar 9
@siina assuming we’re talking about obsidian.md, I’m very pleased with obsidian, in general. I haven’t used it for anything highly technical in a while but I manage all my ttrpg work with it and use it on every platform I work from.
Show threadJohn MaxwellMar 9
@siina If you're shopping around, tiddlywiki and siblings might be worth a look.
Show threadprogo in NYCMar 9

@siina alternativeto.net is your friend. Opinionated (complains about shitware and abusive software). Near universal catalog of "things that are like thing".

I have been using Obsidian for a year or two. I hate it less than all the alternatives. A lot of people like it. I especially appreciate its tables/database feature since late 2025. My monthly diary pages are now just a query of "what pages are tagged wit this month?", showing columns for project, page type, title, etc.

Show threadprogo in NYCMar 9
@siina I used Zim Desktop Wiki for years. I contributed to the Windows build/install process for Zim. Zim is good, but doesn't actually work well most years on Windows, thanks to depending on GTK, which stopped caring about Windows forever ago.
Show threadprogo in NYCMar 9

@siina I used LogSeq for a few months and never could get along with its "folders don't have a page body" limitation. (There's a plugin to fix that in Obsidian.)

I looked at LogSeq again a few months ago. Seems to have got better, but. But I didn't try switching from Obsidian.

If you use Obsidian, pick and try out plugins in a Sandbox notebook. Avoid installing more plugins than you absolutely need.

Show threadprogo in NYCMar 9
@siina I've only ever tried apps that work with text files in a set of folders.
Show threadprogo in NYCMar 9
@siina also, after you become a student of Obsidian, tell "Theo - t3.gg" he should move his business processes to it.
https://boop.city/@progo/116192047805621767
Show threadImperatrix Siina Mar 9
@progo i don't know them nor do i care what they use. i don't know why people bother to shit on someone for their choices. freedom of choice includes freedom to use things like notion or windows.
Show threadprogo in NYCMar 9
@siina it's partly shitting on Theo's choices, and partly stupidly making a suggestion because the viewer sees a match where there isn't one, and the viewer has no idea what Notion actually does for workgroups, but they love Obsidian. And then speaking without even looking to see if someone else did yet.
Show threadThordinaryMar 9
@siina Yes, and I'm also using Obsidian Sync
Show threadImperatrix Siina Mar 9
@thordinary I've been thinking about that as part of my looking.
Show threadSIN001E/R-SINE | ΘΔ🦈 | 🏳‍⚧Mar 9

@siina yeah it's still a thing, i use it a fair bit

there's some annoyances like plugins being "vault"-specific, but it's by far the best one i've found

Zettlr is similar but i found it a bit jank compared to Obsidian

and if you want to do an actual server-based wiki instead, wiki.js is the least insufferable one to run imo

Show threadImperatrix Siina Mar 9
@sinewave for server-based wiki on another project i use bookstack and really enjoy it, since it fits how i think better than wiki.js does.
Show threadSIN001E/R-SINE | ΘΔ🦈 | 🏳‍⚧Mar 9

@siina oh i actually didn't even know that existed, looks better for my use as well tbh

might remake my worldbuilding wiki with it eventually, once i get around to setting some servers back up

Show threadImperatrix Siina Mar 9
@sinewave i'm using bookstack for my worldbuilding/tabletop/novel writing wiki stuff xD
Show threadceetsMar 9
I like it even if it has a lot of haters
Show threadImperatrix Siina Mar 9
@[email protected] yeah i'm not a FOSS purist like a lot of people so i generally ignore the whiners.
Show threadEmily  Mar 9
@siina Obsidian is absolutely still a thing and the team behind it does regularly add improvements. I haven’t seen Enshittification so far.
I subscribed to sync only recently, because I found the self-hosted solutions a bit cumbersome on mobile in particular.

Before, I was quite happy with just having it in my Nextcloud, which I still have as well.

Works very well with my ADHD brain on limited spoons ​​