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I really like roam research and its open source alternative obsidian for note taking and research. But I feel there is still something lacking and there is def

I really like roam research and its open source alternative obsidian for note taking and research. But I feel there is still something lacking and there is definitely scope for a lot of improvement to make these type of software more useful. Still love the direction in which this is headed and it feels more in-sync than keeping a folder full of text files.

andreilys 6y ago
What would you say is the advantage of roam research over the open source alternative of Obsidian?
- ghoomketu 6y ago
  For starters roam is web based and the other one is desktop software. Also don't think there is a mobile app for later iirc. Also I was wrong that it's OSS. it's a free alternative, it's not OSS.
- theptip 6y ago
  I tried both and found the UI to be better in Roam. The WYSIWYG aspect of Roam is real nice, vs having unrendered markdown in one pane and the rendered version on the other side. Also, the “daily notes” feature in Roam is really useful, it’s a small UI thing but it gives me a nudge to make a daily note when I do any thinking, rather than having to file it manually in Obsidian. Obsidian has most of the core stuff that Roam does though.
  - sali0 6y ago
    Obsidian also has a daily note extension built in to the app.
- dahx4Eev 6y ago
  Block Level reference is a huge advantage. Obsidian supports page based reference.
  - randomchars 6y ago
    They recently added support for it, but with the caveat that it will add an id to the end of the line.
rahimnathwani 6y ago
"open source alternative obsidian" Can you share a link to the source? I didn't see a link on obsidian.md
- ghoomketu 6y ago
  Oh you're right. It's a free alternative not an OSS alternative. For some reason I thought it was OSS. Sorry.
  - smnrchrds 6y ago
    There is Foam that is OSS. I don't know how it compares with Roam, as I have not used it. https://github.com/foambubble/foam https://github.com/foambubble/foam

andreilys 6y ago

What would you say is the advantage of roam research over the open source alternative of Obsidian?

ghoomketu 6y ago
For starters roam is web based and the other one is desktop software. Also don't think there is a mobile app for later iirc. Also I was wrong that it's OSS. it's a free alternative, it's not OSS.
theptip 6y ago
I tried both and found the UI to be better in Roam. The WYSIWYG aspect of Roam is real nice, vs having unrendered markdown in one pane and the rendered version on the other side. Also, the “daily notes” feature in Roam is really useful, it’s a small UI thing but it gives me a nudge to make a daily note when I do any thinking, rather than having to file it manually in Obsidian. Obsidian has most of the core stuff that Roam does though.
- sali0 6y ago
  Obsidian also has a daily note extension built in to the app.
dahx4Eev 6y ago
Block Level reference is a huge advantage. Obsidian supports page based reference.
- randomchars 6y ago
  They recently added support for it, but with the caveat that it will add an id to the end of the line.

rahimnathwani 6y ago

"open source alternative obsidian" Can you share a link to the source? I didn't see a link on obsidian.md

ghoomketu 6y ago
Oh you're right. It's a free alternative not an OSS alternative. For some reason I thought it was OSS. Sorry.
- smnrchrds 6y ago
  There is Foam that is OSS. I don't know how it compares with Roam, as I have not used it. https://github.com/foambubble/foam https://github.com/foambubble/foam