Also, maybe it's just me, but I feel like the sqlite-based thing is, if anything, kind of a downside. Use it for caching and calculation, sure, but I want the source of truth to be just plain markdown files I can take into other apps in 5 years when whatever I'm using now inevitably dies.
Something about SQLite at the core just seems to drive a direction I like, and pushes an open ethos. (Shout outs to Grist in this arena as well.) So much power in such simple interfaces… and when I saw you could just drop in your own SQL into Eidos, I shed a tear at the graveyard of my never-quite-working attempts at data-fying Obsidian.
Besides that, SQLite seems promising, but not sure how exactly this relates to everything. The website is talking about saving in browser, and there is no release on the GitHub. Is this something running in browser only?
However, the main strength is customizability. Various data is best presented in various ways, and separating data/content and presentation/template/layout while keeping them tightly integrated is incredibly powerful.
Cudos for thinking long-term with SQLite, avoiding lock-in is crucial for these kinds of apps!
My only critic so far... It seems you copied one of my least favorite "features" from Notion which is to force a default "Title" column for the tables. I find that most of the time I don't need a Title column, but I can't turn it off nor can you change it's type.
I have moved through phases of putting notes in physical notebook and scanning. I have 10s of scanned notebooks.
I have taken digital notes via stylus, via wacom pen and tablet, Samsung notes (best note taking app with stylus), a bunch of linux apps (xournal, xournal++ etc) and more...
I have written notes in pure html.
I have written personal app for taking notes in browser and storing it in postgres.
There is nothing better than text + git. Markdown is second.
My current configuration is: text/markdown + git + vs code + (plain) obsidian + plantuml + mermaid + local-git-server/github/gitlab etc.
I really wanted to like Notion but it's not smooth enough for writing. The cell system makes it clumsy.
I prefer to write on markdown files because it's much faster and I can do it on my text editor of choice. I like obsidian because it's basically that with a bit of extras.
But then I lose the concurrent editing.
I want Google Docs meets obsidian type of environment. And I am yet to find it.
If any of you know of one, please let me know!
Something like cr-sqlite could potentially fix that though, although I'd prefer just plain markdown files for the backend.
SaaS/cloud approaches have real downsides in terms of ownership but the big upside is access from multiple points/devices (home desktop, browser on office machine, personal laptop, mobile device, etc). Obviously SaaS isn't the only way to do that, centralizing around self-hosting or some syncing feature can work too. Anything like that on the radar?
1. How to use extensions? I can create one (it looks like a javascript function getting some context and one argument) but I have no idea how to invoke it. I expected to be able to invoke them on selected text.
2. Does it sync on other computers / browsers or is it only local?
Please make it no-code friendly for one-click easy installation if possible ( Similar to how WordPress or Drupal can be installed )
@babel/traverse <7.23.2
Also when it comes to LLM stuff, I would like to hook up AI's via a OpenAI Compatible LLM such as LiteLLM and Ollama
:)
[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidos_Interactive