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How is it different to Obsidian?

by enbugger 2y ago

dalmo3 2y ago
The tiddlywiki site is a tiddlywiki document. That alone tells you the difference.
- scubbo 2y ago
  That one is optimized to be a web site and the other is optimized to be a personal note-taking platform? ;P
- kvark 2y ago
  A markdown document (e.g. from Obsidian) can be hosted as easily.
  - karencarits 2y ago
    Yes, but the tiddlywiki file is the entire wiki. You've perhaps tried the dataview plugin for obsidian? Tiddlywiki is built on a similar idea, but much more flexible and powerful. However, tiddlywiki doesn't support in-text definition of fields (as far as I know)
Groxx 2y ago
It's a single-file self-hosting wiki. Rather different from a closed-source desktop file editor.
karencarits 2y ago
* Tiddlywiki has existed for many years (first version came 20 years ago, the rewritten version left beta 10 years ago), and longevity and backward compatibility are key values for the developers * A single-file Tiddlywiki is a single file that only requires a web browser to be used (e.g., you can email it to someone and they can just open it) * Tiddlywiki is extremely customizable, much more than obsidian. It's almost hard to describe, but you can make very interesting things with just basic knowledge about html and css. To cite myself: > the problem with TiddlyWiki is that it's hard to describe since its so flexible. I have a few local tiddlywikis that I use for catalogues and note taking/knowledge base. The note taking was inspired by another HN comment [3] that introduced Drift [4,5], which includes features such as tabs for backlinks, keywords, and freelinks. But you may also find the Projectify edition [6] interesting or one cloning Roam Research [7]. [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25305527 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25305527 [4] Source: https://github.com/bmann/drift-tiddlywiki-template/tree/master/drift https://github.com/bmann/drift-tiddlywiki-template/tree/mast... [5] Demo: https://ramirosalas.com/ https://ramirosalas.com/ [6] https://thaddeusjiang.github.io/Projectify/ https://thaddeusjiang.github.io/Projectify/ [7] https://rr-tw5.github.io/ https://rr-tw5.github.io/
jodrellblank 2y ago
Joe Armstrong of Erlang fame was a big fan of tiddlywiki, and he met up with the creator to give a talk together about tiddlywiki: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Uv1UfLPK7_Q https://youtube.com/watch?v=Uv1UfLPK7_Q “Joe Armstrong & Jeremy Ruston - Intertwingling the Tiddlywiki with Erlang | Code Mesh LDN 18”

How is it different to Obsidian?

dalmo3 2y ago

The tiddlywiki site is a tiddlywiki document. That alone tells you the difference.

scubbo 2y ago
That one is optimized to be a web site and the other is optimized to be a personal note-taking platform? ;P
kvark 2y ago
A markdown document (e.g. from Obsidian) can be hosted as easily.
- karencarits 2y ago
  Yes, but the tiddlywiki file is the entire wiki. You've perhaps tried the dataview plugin for obsidian? Tiddlywiki is built on a similar idea, but much more flexible and powerful. However, tiddlywiki doesn't support in-text definition of fields (as far as I know)

Groxx 2y ago

It's a single-file self-hosting wiki. Rather different from a closed-source desktop file editor.

karencarits 2y ago

* Tiddlywiki has existed for many years (first version came 20 years ago, the rewritten version left beta 10 years ago), and longevity and backward compatibility are key values for the developers * A single-file Tiddlywiki is a single file that only requires a web browser to be used (e.g., you can email it to someone and they can just open it) * Tiddlywiki is extremely customizable, much more than obsidian. It's almost hard to describe, but you can make very interesting things with just basic knowledge about html and css. To cite myself: > the problem with TiddlyWiki is that it's hard to describe since its so flexible. I have a few local tiddlywikis that I use for catalogues and note taking/knowledge base. The note taking was inspired by another HN comment [3] that introduced Drift [4,5], which includes features such as tabs for backlinks, keywords, and freelinks. But you may also find the Projectify edition [6] interesting or one cloning Roam Research [7]. [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25305527 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25305527 [4] Source: https://github.com/bmann/drift-tiddlywiki-template/tree/master/drift https://github.com/bmann/drift-tiddlywiki-template/tree/mast... [5] Demo: https://ramirosalas.com/ https://ramirosalas.com/ [6] https://thaddeusjiang.github.io/Projectify/ https://thaddeusjiang.github.io/Projectify/ [7] https://rr-tw5.github.io/ https://rr-tw5.github.io/

jodrellblank 2y ago

Joe Armstrong of Erlang fame was a big fan of tiddlywiki, and he met up with the creator to give a talk together about tiddlywiki: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Uv1UfLPK7_Q https://youtube.com/watch?v=Uv1UfLPK7_Q “Joe Armstrong & Jeremy Ruston - Intertwingling the Tiddlywiki with Erlang | Code Mesh LDN 18”