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Gotta get in the greatest (IMHO of course.) https://zim-wiki.org https://zim-wiki.org I'm continually baffled at how the rest of the world hasn't discovered t
by jrm4 5y ago
Gotta get in the greatest (IMHO of course.)
https://zim-wiki.org https://zim-wiki.org
I'm continually baffled at how the rest of the world hasn't discovered this, but it could be because I sort of live at the margins of "ultra geek" and "normie."
Local, self-hosted "wiki-like" tool. You write notes, it saves them, supports links and todos and calendars etc. Tons of plugins for math, git, etc etc.
The killer aspect, I think, though. Any hypothetical "grandma" can open it up and use it immediately and it's very useful. But because it saves as plain-text (Markdown-ish) with links and pages equalling files and folders, it's always infinitely extensible with Bash or other scripts. For me, it's all the extensibility of org-mode without, I mean, you know.
- waiseristy 5y agoZimWiki was my favorite until I had mysterious performance issues on macos, so now I'm back to looking at browser-based solutions, ugh.
- happyweasel 5y agoI migrated to ZIM from OneNote desktop. OneNote Desktop was everything I needed. Did not migrate to the OneNote cloud thing. Nowadays it's ZIM wiki using SVN as a backend. Not missing out on anything in particular. Ok, the table plugin for ZIM is still lacking IMHO.
- hyperluz 5y agoOneNote allows hand written notes, that I use every time. Does ZIM or another note taking app for Linux allow hand notes?
- iFreilicht 5y agoNone that I found :( You can in theory use inkscape for sketching and then put the resulting SVG into Zim or any note taking app that allows embedding SVGs, but that's the best it gets from what I could find.
- japanuspus 5y agoHave you tried TiddlyWiki [0] which is running the brainfck.org Zettelkasten mentioned in the article. Seems like a very similar concept. I am intrigued by the concept and thinking about trying it out, so any input on picking one or the other would be great. [0]: https://tiddlywiki.com/ https://tiddlywiki.com/
- romwell 5y agoI've been using Tiddly Wiki for years, and can very much recommend it. To start, all you need is a template HTML file. No installation, no nothing - it's self-hosted within the HTML! You save changes by clicking the "Save" button, which generates an HTML with changes. If you really want, you can install a Node.js version which saves changes automatically. But you don't need it to start. I mostly use Tiddly Wiki to keep notes at work, but I also built this with it: http://romankogan.net/adhd/ http://romankogan.net/adhd/
- gwd 5y agoI started using TiddlyWiki many years ago and loved the idea, until browsers started cracking down on webpages saving files. Has that changed significantly, or do you still need some hack to work around it?
- SilverRed 5y agoZim wiki is awesome. You could even make it cloud synced by just having it save to your cloud storage folder. The only missing link is mobile support
- riccardomc 5y agoI've tried many alternatives, but I end up going back to Zim. I've been using it for a decade now with Dropbox/GDrive sync. I wish it had a mobile version and a better markdown editor like https://typora.io/ https://typora.io/
- jpindar 5y ago> Any hypothetical "grandma" can open it up and use it immediately Is this necessary? Would it be acceptable to say "Any hypothetical <person of a certain ethnicity> can open it up and use it immediately"?
- ubermonkey 5y agoNo, it wouldn't be, but that's because it's literally an entirely different idea. You're looking for offense or problematic language where none exists.
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- jrm4 5y agoI kind of see what you're saying, usually I say grandpa. But overall, no, I don't think it's a big enough deal to worry about.