Question — do you use:

- Obsidian
- Logseq

or a similar tool?

Which do you use and why do you prefer it?

(My caveats: I have been using Logseq for a bit—initially it being open source won me over—but anecdotally I feel like I see a lot more Obsidian use?) #obsidian #logseq

@allafarce I use obsidian, because I tried it first and liked it. I don't mind that it's not OSS because my files are just markdown files in a directory.

@llimllib @allafarce

It's not the same thing:

• With Obsidian you are taking the risk the company stops the development at all.

• With #Logseq that the company does the same but also the community gives up on improving it at all, that is way less likely.

Plus you can still trying to improve the tool by yourself if you have some programming skills. Or you can pay someone to do the development for you, like a bug fix or a new feature you need. With proprietary closed-source software like Obsidian this is totally impossible.

Using #FOSS tools is equally important for #portability and #DigitalSovereignty as using standard formats like #Markdown.

@post @llimllib @allafarce I'm with llimllib on this one to be honest. portable and standard format of my data is the bigger concern to me.

with standard markdown files, i know there's a multitude of other applications to open and edit them with full syntax coverage. with custom markdown, i'm relying on software that supports that exact set of syntax. it's another form of walled garden.

@alexis @post @llimllib @allafarce But Obsidian doesn’t do "plain" markdown either, right? Links won’t work like plain markdown links when opening your vault in any other markdown editor, neither do they for Logseq etc.
So why should one be worse than the other?