Note-taking app that looks too good to be true? - Siyuan

Recently stumbled upon this note-taking app called SiYuan, but it honestly looks a bit too good to be true(?). Has anyone here used it or got any experience with it? Trying to replace Obsidian is a difficult task, and I've been through almost all note-taking apps there are out there, however this one looks fairly similar.

Link to Repo;

https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan

Link to project;

https://b3log.org/siyuan/en/

SolarPunker ,

I still have to find something better than Orgzly Revived

octopus_ink , (edited )

Trilium? I don't know your requirements are, but it's what I use for about 3 years now. Self hosted sync server, browser or local client, encryption, and no third party services.

https://github.com/zadam/trilium/blob/master/README.md

shrugal , (edited )
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Looks dope, but it seems like the Docker container has some very unfortunate limitations:

  • Does not support desktop and mobile application connections, only supports use on browsers
  • Export to PDF, HTML and Word formats is not supported
  • Import Markdown file is not supported

This kinda makes it unusable for me. :/

Edit: I just installed it and ... you have to login and pay for a subscription in order to sync between devices. RIP

Edit 2: It's not a subscription, just a one-time payment. Might be worth it for some!

maegul ,
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Hmmm, dunno. Seems well made but also the web page seems kinda full of hype.

ninjan ,

Hmm:

"Does not support desktop and mobile application connections, only supports use on browsers"

Regarding Docker deployment. It's unclear if the application package for Linux supports usage together with the apps because that is a needed feature for me, to have everything centrally stored but easily edited via phone, and from experience the browser experience tends to be rather miserable.

I'll for sure test it out when I have the time though, looks pretty feature complete if a bit overboard for just note-taking. This is not OneNote, this is more like Confluence.

My dream is something that can handle both seamlessly, I want to both take quick notes and have them easily searchable and indexed automatically while also supporting structuring knowledge in pages and sub-pages with rich content support.

rosswinn ,

Yeah, nah. Im good with Apple Notes

clmbmb ,

It really looks too good to be true, but I think I'll give it a try these days.

lightnsfw ,

Looks like you can host the syncing yourself. That would put it above Obsidian for me assuming it supports templates and images as well.

Sunny OP ,
@Sunny@slrpnk.net avatar

Yeah just seen that too, even has an Unraid template too.

thegreekgeek ,
@thegreekgeek@midwest.social avatar

Yeah I saw this yesterday when I was installing Heliboard. It looks interesting but I think I'm going to run with silverbullet next.

dnu ,

How come?

Sunny OP ,
@Sunny@slrpnk.net avatar

also looks like a good option

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