![]() ![]() Obsidian as a company has great people and developers who are hard-working, honest, and love the product and community they are building. However, for the vast majority of people, this is not a concern. ![]() One is not technically better than the other, rather each approach has its appeal to different folks.Īdditionally, I want to mention that Obsidian is not open source, which is a reason some will not use it. I say: To each his own, as expressed in the article Are Long-form Note-taking Tools Better than Outliners? The type of note-taking editor is very much connected to personal preferences and how our minds work as individuals. The bottom line, outliner editors often repulse those who prefer long-form writing, while those who love outlining, can't think clearly without an outline. There are two types of people in this world: those who love outliners and those who don't. They are equally good tools but made for different people, or better put: various types of thinkers. In my opinion, and I feel strongly about this, Logseq is not a competitor to Obsidian. This is also a very appealing feature because, through some form of file synchronization, you can use Logseq just about everywhere you work. Logseq is also cross-platform, it runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android devices and of course the web. This provides some assurance that Logseq is not going to disappear any time soon, since the community, if so inclined can continue to maintain and advance the product. Someone else can literally take over the source code for the project and continue to maintain it, or someone might "fork" the code, that is take what is available now and create a new tool using Logseq as its foundation. The idea is that if the people behind Logseq decide to stop working on it, the project can continue without them. Longevity: this is probably one of the biggest factors. Very few people do this, but it’s nice to know the possibility exists. Since the code is available, people can compile their own version and add their own features independent of the official release. Those that are extra security-minded like that the code can be reviewed for security flaws or odd behavior. Open source means that the source code is available for others to review, modify and even contribute features and bugfixes to the tool. ![]() Let me expand a little on the value of open source. ![]() There are a few features that do set Logseq apart from other Tools for Thought and I will comment on that in the "Features I Really Like" section of this review. Its feature set includes backlinking, reference counting, linked/unlinked reference queries, transclusion, graph views, and is customizable through plugins and themes. Otherwise, when making comparisons to other Tools for Thought, Logseq matches feature-to-feature with many other popular Tools. For those who work with PDFs, making notes from PDF highlights, that are linked from your graph to the PDF and from the PDF to your graph, is a big deal! Highlight in the PDF, and make a link to that highlight in your notes. Īdditionally, Logseq also has what I consider one of the best PDF highlighting tools. Logseq has a flashcard system built right into the product for creating flashcards from your notes using the SM-5 spaced repetition algorithm. So when away from WIFI or traveling, your notes are always with you and accessible. Therefore you can work completely offline. Logseq is “local first”, storing all your files locally on the disk of your device. Markdown promises "no lock-in" to proprietary data formats and lets you maintain complete ownership of your data. Markdown has become very popular amongst Tools for Thought users in the last few years. Markdown is a plain text file with various symbols for representing formatting (such as bold, headings, lists, etc). I have used outliners for 20+ years, and can’t imagine “thinking” without them.Īnother key selling point to Logseq is that it stores all your notes in the Markdown file format. They take some time to learn, but once you do, they are hard to live without. Outliners are loved by many for their unique text editing capabilities. Outliners are incredibly efficient editing tools for breaking down thoughts into smaller (atomic) units and relating them, from one to another. Logseq is an open-source note-taking tool based on an outliner editor. It has been around for a couple of years, so it has accumulated a lot of useful features and a decent-sized community of friendly and helpful users. Logseq is a powerful and advanced Tool for Thought. ![]()
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