I am looking for a note talking app to keep work notes in. My requirements are:

  • Allow hierarchical organization of notes (like project1, project1/build, project1/configure) and easy to navigate to different notes.
  • Allow basic formatting (heading, code block).
  • Run locally
  • (Optionally) Have a table of contents for quick navigation

Obsidian looked promising and had the additional benefit of storing notes in Markdown format for easy export. Unfortunately, I would need to buy a commercial license in order to store work-related information.

    • Zachariah@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      My first thought was OmniOutliner. Not cheap, but it’s best in class for sure.

      For cheaper/free alternatives, go to alternativeto.net and make sure to use the filters (OS, open source, etc.)

    • TAG@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 months ago

      I will take a look at Omnigroup.

      With OneNote, I have 2 issues:

      1. It has a rigid 3 level note organization (Notebook, Section, Page) and I cannot embed notes at different levels of the hierarchy.
      2. The version I have does not work offline (I have to sign in to a Microsoft account to launch the program).
  • Jocarnail@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I have heard good things about logseq and the other obsidian alternatives but in the end I never had the opportunity to try them

  • frosch@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Zettlr is a bit similar to Obsidian and FOSS, but imo lacks a bit in the hierarchical options.

    I really like Anytype, too. Also Foss, can run/store everything locally but they also offer hosted plans. It has a different paradigm where everything is typed. But this offers a lot possibilities (linking things, using sets and collections)