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Hey Hacker News, I'm one of the (two) co-founders of Supernotes, a PKM where your knowledge is stored as taggable, linkable and nestable note-cards. A bit like

Hey Hacker News, I'm one of the (two) co-founders of Supernotes, a PKM where your knowledge is stored as taggable, linkable and nestable note-cards. A bit like a zettelkasten system for the digital age. We recently did a major overhaul of how sharing works on Supernotes [1], and added ability to share / embed your note-cards around the web like tweets. With no strict character limit, the ability to edit and full markdown + LaTeX maths support; Supernotes cards are a lot more flexible. Some great examples include reusable checklists, highlighted code snippets and interactive study cards; see them in action here [2] A bit of background. We came up with the idea for Supernotes while at university a few years ago, while being frustrated with a mess of folders and long-form docs that were a pain to share and collaborate on. We found that storing everything on note-cards made it a lot simpler to link thoughts, ideas and knowledge together. Everything, from the design to the code of Supernotes has been built by just the two of us. We'd love for you try out Supernotes (all our features are available for free), and hear what you think. Also feel free to ask any questions and I will be happy to answer them! [1]: https://supernotes.app/changelog https://supernotes.app/changelog [2]: https://supernotes.app/blog/posts/embed-your-knowledge/ https://supernotes.app/blog/posts/embed-your-knowledge/

napolux 6y ago
What's your advantage over Bear, for example?
- tobeagram 6y ago
  Bear is a really powerful markdown editor, and we are big fans ourselves. However, you are tied down to the apple ecosystem, and it still relies on files / tags with no hierarchical organisation. Supernotes is entirely web-based and responsive, as you can log on and access your notes from any device. We are working on desktop and mobile apps at the moment! Similar to Bear Supernotes uses tags, but our note-cards are also nestable. For example, you can write a note-card with a brief summary on a book you are reading, and then add child note-cards which are quotes from that book. Once you have written a few cards you can filter by tags, connect cards together with bi-directional links and even add those child cards into other parent cards – we are the only PKM with a true multi-parent hierarchy!
rychco 6y ago
I didn't find an answer in the docs, but can I access my note cards offline? If not, is offline functionality planned? Really like the product.
- tobeagram 6y ago
  Really happy to hear you like Supernotes. If you lose internet connection, the platform enters a read only mode where you can still search for cards, but you will not be able to make edits / create new ones. Full offline functionality is planned once our Desktop Apps are out, so very soon!
  - rychco 6y ago
    I only had reading cards offline in mind & hadn't even considered editing/creating cards offline, so that's already more than satisfactory for my needs. Thanks!

napolux 6y ago

What's your advantage over Bear, for example?

tobeagram 6y ago
Bear is a really powerful markdown editor, and we are big fans ourselves. However, you are tied down to the apple ecosystem, and it still relies on files / tags with no hierarchical organisation. Supernotes is entirely web-based and responsive, as you can log on and access your notes from any device. We are working on desktop and mobile apps at the moment! Similar to Bear Supernotes uses tags, but our note-cards are also nestable. For example, you can write a note-card with a brief summary on a book you are reading, and then add child note-cards which are quotes from that book. Once you have written a few cards you can filter by tags, connect cards together with bi-directional links and even add those child cards into other parent cards – we are the only PKM with a true multi-parent hierarchy!

rychco 6y ago

I didn't find an answer in the docs, but can I access my note cards offline? If not, is offline functionality planned? Really like the product.

tobeagram 6y ago
Really happy to hear you like Supernotes. If you lose internet connection, the platform enters a read only mode where you can still search for cards, but you will not be able to make edits / create new ones. Full offline functionality is planned once our Desktop Apps are out, so very soon!
- rychco 6y ago
  I only had reading cards offline in mind & hadn't even considered editing/creating cards offline, so that's already more than satisfactory for my needs. Thanks!