Notes and PKM apps compared

Some pros/cons of the notes and knowledge management apps I’ve tried.

Obsidian

Very snappy
Wiki links and knowledge graph
Lots of community plugins
Closed source
No Task management by default
Canvases
E2EE sync (paid)
Publish (paid)

Logseq

Customizable EDN queries for daily note page
Heavier weight than Obsidian
Open source
Close to Solarized Dark by default :)
Wiki links and knowledge graph
Outlines only — all documents have bullets
Org-mode support for TODOs is cool but the app tends to put weird org-style metadata in lots of places
Embed blocks in other notes
Turn any block into a template

Standard Notes

Listed setup is dead simple
- No way to insert images from the Files section? Dropping an image in a Super note seems to work but then does not show up on Listed after publishing
Open Source
Spreadsheets built-in
E2EE sync
New “Super Note” is main support going forward but is stored as a proprietary format

NixOps with Google Compute Engine

Tips for keeping Terraform and NixOps in sync, while still allowing regular SSH access to the instance.

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