[konradb]

Big plug for logseq here. After trying Evernote, Apple Notes, Roam Research, Obsidian, and Logseq, I'm finally happy.

Obsidian has got strangely popular... but for me Logseq wins because of the block-based way of working (which Roam also has) is much more flexible. Instead of just making monolithic notes, you can measure data points, reproduce blocks, query data, etc. You are crafting from much more flexible clay.

I can interlink all around my knowledge base. I can, in my daily journey, add points under tags or headings, that I can then query in reverse. I can make pages from blocks on other pages. I can keep track of meeting types, specific meetings, individuals at them, topics, etc. It is flexible enough to be very powerful but also doesn't need me to make upfront decisions. I can just build things out day by day.

[vunderba]

Has logseq changed recently? When I tried it, I really disliked the very rigidly based list style / bullet point architecture for notes. It works great for todo lists, but for longform journalism and notetaking was deeply unsatisfying.

I don't think obsidian popularity is very strange. It's got a very clean look to it, the search is very fast, it's very easy to interlink all of your notes together, it's got a graph builder, and it's trivial to write plug-ins in JavaScript and extend its capability.

I do wish it was open source – that's the only drawback to it for me.

[konradb]

By the sound of it, you'll still dislike it. It uses the bullet outlining, so definitely won't be good for longform journalism. Organising notes and research around that journalism yes, but not for the output.

Guess differences in approach make the world richer :)