Logseq is the note taking tool I have been waiting for. I've used paper, Evernote, OneNote, my own custom mix of SimpleMind + NeuralNote (an app I developed for Android to match the notetaking style I wanted), and finally Logseq.
I have tried Obsidian. It is much more polished and has a more mature plugin marketplace, but IMO in it's effort to be more user friendly it has lost something that Logseq excels at; something worth a lot.
If you use Logseq and adapt your notetaking to its outlier approach, you can effectively make Logseq your second brain, legitimately. With Logseq I can pause and resume thought chains when I don't and do have time for them, losslessly. I can examine and correct my thinking and provide a chain of custody for the thoughts that have led to the decisions I've made.
It took me about a year to develop my current notetaking pattern in Logseq - I was too used to working with OneNote/Evernote/etc. that I wasn't leveraging the graph-based system effectively. Now that I'm fully on board, it's life changing.
Very solid PKMS with infinite outlining as a central mode of writing. FOSS project with a vibrant and fun community. It's easy to jump in and make contributions. Think of some way you could improve the product? You can write custom Javascript that gives you the full capabilities of their plugin api.
I highly rate this PKMS. It's an exemplar of the power of FOSS
A perfect alternative if you need a x-platform note/knowledge managing tool that keeps your data in a format that is future proof (Markdown) - so that they are not lost even in case the software would be discontinued. An advantage not to be underestimated.
I prefer it to more popular Obisdian - as it has no restriction & I can use it for my private and corperate work. I used Obsidian as well - until I got aware of this - yes, there are less plugins, but there is everything (& more) than I require and expect from my knowledge database.
Logseq is currently the best outline and knowledge management application I'm aware of, and I tested a bunch. I appreciate the outline-only approach, so you don't have to think about files and organizing in directories and hierarchy, you can just create notes which will get attached to your graph via deep-links, or attach nodes to a date.
Logseq is my daily driver. From Productivity management, accounting and to personal finance straetgy– all of these dimensions of my life has been amplified and augmented thanks to Logseq. Although I miss the absence of a sync feature– the feeling of safety and reassurance one gets when using Logseq as your second Brain and thinking tool is unparalleled.
If there is one tool I would love to be the patron for, that would be logseq.
