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/

  • shrugal@lemm.ee
    42·
    7 months ago

    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!

    • yourgodlucifer@lemmy.world
      4·
      7 months ago

      This app seems similar to logseq

      But logseq doesn’t have the same limitations listed here.

      Logseq does let you import markdown (uses markdown as its notes format by default also supports .org) and export to PDF and HTML.

      As for syncing I just use syncthing to sync all my Notes and that works fine.