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Xwiki
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Extensions
More than 600 extensions are available.
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No SQL Server support
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Playground
You can try out XWiki in the Online Playground.
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Hosted
Cloud and Hosted offers are available.
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Windows, Linux, Mac
Technology:
Java
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DokuWiki
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Easy to set up and mantain
To install you need a webserver running PHP 5.2 or later where you unpack the downloaded archive and navigate to install.php in your browser, fill out the necessary information required for the one-page installer and you are done.
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Lots of plugins to manage
DokuWiki is highly modular. Even thing like WYSIWYG editors and categories have to be added separately as plugins. This can quickly lead to managing lots of plugins.
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Local and open source
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Plain-text file storage
Dokuwiki does not require a database, it stores everything in plain-text.
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Version control
Dokuwik offers unlimited page revisions.
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Access control
DokuWiki has built-in ACL support.
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Runs on any PHP server
It requires a webserver running PHP 5.2 or later of any kind.
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A dedicated page for recent changes
A dedicated page to quickly note what has changed recently can be set up.
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Search functionality
DokuWiki allows searching through pages.
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Very last, consuming very few Local
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Good selection of plugins
DokuWiki offers over a thousand plugins to extend its functionality.
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Good selection of themes
DokuWiki offers over a hundred templates to change the visual appearance of the site.
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Technology:
PHP
Markdown support:
Yes
Local hosting:
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Wiki.js
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Full of UI bugs and missing features
Many bugs that detract from the user experience.
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Modern UI
Modern and elegant UI.
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Search engine
Built in search engine.
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Built in access control
Restrict access to your Wiki to certain users or even just parts of your content.
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Supported platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
Markdown support:
Yes
Local hosting:
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MediaWiki
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The de facto standard
Mediawiki is a widely used wiki engine. It is used to power Wikipedia and thus most people will be more comfortable/accustomed to using MediaWiki.
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Access control requires an extension
There is no built-in access control, but you can download an extension for ACL.
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It has a powerful templating system
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Free and open source
Licensed under GPL.
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Version control
MediaWiki allows viewing past revisions of pages.
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It has a usable WYSIWYG editor
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Thanks to Wikipedia it is thoroughly documented
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Runs on any PHP server
It requires a webserver running PHP 5.2 or later of any kind.
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Great multilingual support
MediaWiki has full support for over 65 languages and partial support for over 300.
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Multiple database support
MediaWiki can store data in MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle and SQLite databases.
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Obsidian md
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Locally stored, not dependent on cloud
Everything is stored in your device. You can back them up, encrypt and process however you want to. Works completely offline. Read your notes anytime, anywhere.
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Closed Source
See related thread at Obsidian forum.
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Markdown makes for flatter learning curve
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Needs to be better at block level references, searches, tagging
For example, if you want a tag a block of text, for obsidian, its the whole page that will get tagged.
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Lightweight and very customizable
Variety of settings, and community themes & plugins, available from built-in marketplace. Every community plugin is open-source which means you can learn from it and develop your own.
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Proprietary software lock-in
Creates dependence on the application with the promise that the content is yours but that cannot be entirely true without the application being free and open source software. You will end up altering the way you create the content to take advantage of Obsidian features and your processes will evolve for its workflows. This replicates the lock-in pain that people experience moving their highly personal information from one proprietary platform to the next when that initial platform stops serving them well, goes out of business, or becomes a bad actor.
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Backlinking
This allows you to link notes back and forth really easily.
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Does not export to MS Word
Can export only as a PDF file.
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Fast growing
It's becoming more powerful everyday, it seems like they add many functions within several days.
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Requires .md files
Can't read .txt or other plaintext file formats. Can't read asciidoc files. (Available with a plugin.)
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Cross-platform: works on Linux, MacOS, Windows, Android and iOS
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No ability to add dates that link to a daily note, when that day/note may not yet exist
You can create a backlink which doesn't yet exist; it just doesn't auto-fill for you. (Available as a plugin)
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Very easy to use and link notes, preserves the standard form of markdown
Linking notes is a game changing feature. Very easy to use and link notes. Their implementation of markdown doesn't deviate from the standard form of markdown and so the same files can be used by other markdown programs without any consequence. While renaming note link still works.
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Too many plugins
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Multiple Vaults
A Vault in Obsidian is like a database. Internal links and files are not shared across Vaults. Each Vault is opened with a separate instance of Obsidian. Each Vault can have its unique app settings and plug-ins. Useful if you have distinct/unrelated projects or "data spaces" requiring different workflows and data relations.
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iOS version works only with icloud
Does not work with other cloud folders.
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In-line tagging
Ability to tag-as-you-write and find each occurrence of a tag in the entire vault makes it very easy to organize and retrieve notes. Supports nested tags.
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Needs to be polished
They still need time to fix some bugs.
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Infinite panes, split panes, lock panes
In Obsidian, pane = window = note = page Obsidian allows you to open as many notes as you can fit concurrently in your screen. You can split a pane horizontally/vertically. You can lock/link panes so they scroll in sync, useful for and edit & preview modes.
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V1.0 release is terrible
Don't download unless you can't find pre 1.0 version.
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Functionality extensions with a growing number of plugins
Also open for anyone to develop their own extensions/plugins.
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Daily Notes with template
Daily Notes plug-in, when clicked, generates a new note with the current date. Great for journaling and reduces friction in your writing habit. You can create a custom template for your Daily Note.
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Helps visualize personal knowledge in ways nothing else allows
The Graph view is more than an aesthetic gizmo. It allows you to grasp and recognise clusters of information, follow branches and easily filter out what you don't want to see. The "animate" option shows how your notes and links have grown organically. With a bit of tweaking to the visuals and the proper theme, your graph might even start to look like a disturbingly "alive", eerie thing.
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Random note
A plugin that, when clicked, surfaces a random note from your vault.
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Support for tags
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Readable as it hides the [[ ]] around links when in Preview mode
This is a big difference, as having to read through long-form texts laden with [[links]] gives friction.
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Slides for giving presentations from within Obsidian
Easily turn your notes into simple yet sleek powerpoint-style presentations by enabling the Slides plugin and adding the --- separator.
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Markdown rather than outline/blocks
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Keyboard shortcuts, Vim key bindings
Hotkeys can be customized in settings. Can switch on or off Vim key bindings in the editor settings.
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Great onboarding experience
The onboarding consists of well-written help documentation (saved as a vault) served in small chunks and organized systematically so that you become familiar with all its features as well as get hands-on experience in real time.
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Community of developers building themes and plug-ins
Due to the tool being very developer-friendly, there are tons of cool developments being made to it by 3rd party devs.
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Page previews on hover
When you hover on an internal [[link]], you get to preview the note without opening it on a new pane. Page preview plugin must be enabled.
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Intuitive and easy to use with an excellent help system built-in
The app doesn't frustrate the user - the built-in help is excellent.
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Embedding attachments, such as PDF
Variety of file formats are directly embedded in the markdown preview, e.g. markdown, image, audio, video and PDF files.
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Exporting as PDF
Allows exporting your markdown files as PDFs rendered with all of your plugins.
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Calendar
Daily and Weekly notes with Calendar Plugin.
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Graph view
A pretty, alternative way to represent links between your notes.
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Multiple cursors
A feature unseen in other tools. From the help doc, "This can be useful when modifying a lot of lines in the same way, for example putting - at the beginning of multiple lines to turn them into a list, or appending [[ to a series of links you’ve copied from elsewhere."
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Can copy search results and paste as lists and/or links in a new or existing note
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Advanced search
Supports extended searching by default. Community plugin called "Vantage" allows to make more advanced queries.
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Git integration
Version Control for your vault with Obsidian Git plugin.
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Aliases
Allows to refer to a note with multiple names.
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Big and helpful community
There's a Discord server and a forum. Join the community!
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Not locked to a provider
No lock-in to a certain company - just markdown files on disk.
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Mindmaps
Available as a plugin.
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Math
Uses MathJax.
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Templates
Allows to create templates with built-in plugin. There's also powerful community plugin called "Templater".
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Diagrams
Uses Mermaid.
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Linking to blocks
You can link to a block - e.g.: paragraph, blockquote, heading.
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Metadata
Add a custom metadata to a note with YAML front matter.
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Sketching
With Excalidraw.
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Academic citations
Supports Citations and provides inserting from Zotero.
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SQL-like queries
Advanced queries for the data-obsessed with Dataview Plugin.
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Workspaces
Saving and loading workspaces.
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Built-in Audio Recorder
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Folders and file level storage which is open to manage, does not lock navigation
With other options like notion, we can not see how the data is actually stored.
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HTML Support
Use HTML in a note.
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Incredible tool for PKM (Personal Knowledge Management) which allows anyone who has a computer and an internet connection to think better and create new insights
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Helps with planning and organization.
Variety of planning and organization plugins, such as Kanban boards or Day Planner.
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Supports importing from other tools
Supports importing from tools such as Notion, Evernote, OneNote, Apple Notes, Bear, Zkn3, TiddlyWiki 5, and Roam Research. Refer to Obsidian Help for more info.
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Supports several languages
Translations are made by the community at GitHub repository.
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Discord rich presence
Update your Discord status to show your friends what are you working on with Discord Rich Presence plugin.
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Syntax highlighting for code blocks
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Snapshots, file recovery, trash folder
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Copy and paste images easily
When taking notes, you can just grab a print screen from your clipboard and paste into the notes without having to do any file management
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS, Android
API:
Beta
Collaborative:
Upcoming
Search:
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Notion
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Full-featured on desktop, mobile and web
Even the right-click menus on the web are the same as the app.
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Not very fast using native apps
Can take time if you're switching between lots of pages often as it needs to load the data each time
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Unlike anything else
One of the most complete applications one can use to build a personal dashboard (or professional) and migrate all other services to it. No more calendar, task, notes, financials, lists, writing and wiki apps, just Notion.
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Not always very intuitive
Column filters are not that intuitive to apply.
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Pages within pages within pages, to infinity
You can have a ridiculous amount of information within a single note. Look at how it works, you'll be surprised!
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No true backup
True backup can only exist if it's automated and easily recoverable. Else, it's just an outdated copy or useless scrambled data.
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Flexible contents storage and organization
You can upload files and embed online stuff in any hierarchical structure using pages, toggle lists, etc.
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Designed with teams in mind, and less formatting than Evernote
Evernote may be more individual-oriented and has more formatting and such options available, but whether that affects you is down to personal preference. Try both and see which you prefer.
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Highly visual, with icons next to every new page and so on
This feature makes it very easy to find certain notes and such. And great for visual people as well. You could also add images as icons instead, if you like.
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Not yet a new protocol, as it could be! (or could it?)
Think of scuttlebutt or email. the best Evernote alternative would be a "web 3.0" of sorts. Something that would be just a simple file added to a computer and automatically replicated to other computers along with a website and any company could easily pick up the concept and make their own hosting, including some awesome google drive/host of sorts.
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Blocks offer incredible flexibility
The basic unit of organization in Notion is the block, which can be a chunk of text, an image, a bullet point, or even a link to another page. Each page consists of these blocks, which can be easily reorganized, moved to other pages, converted into other content types, or generally manipulated in many useful ways. Because of blocks, restructuring information in Notion is way easier than in any other wiki or notebook app.
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Does a great job with both notes and to-dos
To-dos in Notion aren't just dot point lists. You can drag and drop them into columns just like Trello (Kanban style), you can have sub-tasks, and you can easily mark things off as completed so they are no longer in your way. Notes are also powerful, with proper formatting and ways to manage and search for them, which makes it a great Evernote alternative.
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Cross platform
Works with Android, iOS, Windows, & Mac OSX.
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Awesome for wikis
You can easily start writing a bunch of web pages, share it with co-workers and choose whether to publicize or keep your contents private. It's also easy to hyperlink pages.
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Amazing view flexibility
You can create different views for a page's content and easily toggle between kanban, table, etc. (As long as the content is able to allow different views.)
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Quick and effective search
Just type in a word and you'll have results in no time at all.
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Attach files in tables
You can attach files in table cells, which is a feature missing in most spreadsheet-like applications.
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Great spreadsheet functionality
You can use calculation/formula, links, attachment, inter-referencing of data from other pages or tables, embed documents and images in the table cells.
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Renders Markdown Syntax
Add code blocks, Headers, bullet point, numbered lists, or To-Do boxes by typing using Markdown Syntax (instead of klunkily moving the mouse to formatting boxes)
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Less headaches when editing pages
Lets you restore your page to a past edit. Also works with sub-pages and databases. Though it is worth mentioning that it's a paid feature.
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Platforms:
Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Web
Collaborative:
Yes
Offline access:
No
Markdown support:
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WackoWiki
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Supports namespaces
It allows pages to be divided among "directories / namespaces" using forward slashes.
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Access control
WackoWiki has built-in ACL support.
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Highly customizable
You can use themes and plugins (actions, handlers, highlighters) to extend functionality.
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Section editing
Allows editing only a section of a page.
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File upload and management tools
WackoWiki allows to upload and manage uploaded files for certain pages and for the whole system.
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Very fast, consuming very few resources
WackoWiki allows to run it on web hostings with few resources.
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Forum component
WackoWiki allows to organize wiki pages with comments to a forum.
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Hierarchical page tree
WackoWiki has a hierarchical page tree and page categories.
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Version control
WackoWiki offers unlimited page revisions.
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Built-in template engine
It has a powerful and easy to use templating system.
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RSS-feeds
WackoWiki allows to feed recent changes, recent comments and news as RSS.
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Free and open source
Distributed under the BSD License.
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Runs on any PHP server
It requires a webserver running PHP.
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A dedicated page for Alphabetic pages catalog
A dedicated page for Alphabetic page tree catalog is set by default.
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News component
WackoWiki allows to organize wiki pages with comments to a news feed.
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Multilingual with UTF-8
WackoWiki is multilingual with full UTF-8 support
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Search functionality
WackoWiki allows searching through pages.
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A dedicated page for recent changes
A dedicated page to quickly note what has changed recently is set by default.
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A dedicated page for recent comments
A dedicated page to quickly note what pages has been recently commented is set by default.
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Responsive Mobile-friendly template
Has responsive mobile-friendly design template.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
License:
BSD
Technology:
PHP
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MoinMoin
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Straightforward installation
You'll need Apache and Python set up. To install MoinMoin itself download the archive, open it and run setup.py from the command line.
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Attachment history isn't tracked
While it supports attachments, if an attachment is deleted, it's gone.
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Portable version
There's a Portable version of MoinMoin that can be used without having to install it.
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Can't limit attachment size
There's no way to set a limit on attachment sizes.
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Users can create personal bookmarks
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Functionality can be extended with plugins
A selection of plugins is available at MoinMoinExtensions.
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Offline sync
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Global recent changes RSS feed
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Integrates with Xapian to allow searching through files
Xapian integration will allow searching through PDF, OpenOffice, Word, etc attachments.
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Full-text search
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Reasonable selection of themes
A few dozen themes are available for MoinMoin on the ThemeMarket, allowing you to quickly change the look and feel of the wiki.
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Version control
MoinMoin allows viewing past revisions of pages.
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Free and open source
Licensed under GPL v2.
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Trilium Notes
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Free and open source software
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Interface can be confusing
There is a fair amount of flexibility to the interface but it can also become confusing, especially when some parts are not necessarily simple to use. Most of the basic features nevertheless are intuitive.
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Note encryption
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Database storage rather than files
This makes it a little less simple to work with (also has benefits).
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Excellent WYSIWYG interface
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Not markdown
It will import and export markdown but it does not store content as markdown. This isn't necessarily a problem if you don't need it.
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Attributes that can be assigned to nodes and inherited
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Synchronization requires use of Trilium's sync server
This can be problematic to set up unless you have a web server that will support the requirements of this.
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Graph of node connectivity
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Note versioning
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Synchronization with a server
You can set up synchronization but you need a server to do this.
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Database storage rather than files
This enables the tool to do a lot of things that would be difficult with plain text file storage.
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Archival functionality
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Platforms:
Linux, Windows, Mac
License:
AGPL 3.0
Technology:
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Logseq
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Privacy-first
Logseq is a privacy-first tool for thought.
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Keyboard-driven editing/navigating is descent but average
It is only because I was a long-time Checkvist user that I say this. Checkvist has keyboard-driven controls which are in a league of their own.
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Networked notes
Similar to Roam's technique of letting the notes flow with links to each other.
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Still in Alpha
Logseq is still in Alpha and is under heavy development.
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Local-first software
Every topic is its own flat file. Nothing is better than keeping your data in the file system with an option of git source control or online backup. https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first/
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Daily journal is capture on Steriods
The daily journal feature allows you to quickly capture disparate topics under today's date and by way of tags make things organized and findable from any topic page.
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Open source
Logseq is opensource.
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Structured data over willy-nilly formatting
Lots of apps are too graphically flexible in how they allow content to be entered, placed, and formatted. They act like Word when what you want when authoring content is Markdown. Content and semantic structure, not graphical frills.
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Org syntax
Logseq support Emacs Org syntax out of the box.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, iOS
Technology:
Clojure
Offline access:
Yes
Markdown support:
Yes
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Gitit
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Lots of export formats
Giti has a multitude of formats that it allows to be exported, including LaTeX, ConTeXt, DocBook, RTF, OpenOffice ODT, and MediaWiki markup.
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Requires Haskell
On some Linux platforms a binary package for Haskell may not be included in the standard repositories. So, it will be necessary to compile Haskell from source code or find a non-standard package repository, which may seem like a hassle if you don't use Haskell for anything else.
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Supports markdown
Getit supports markdown, a plain text formatting syntax that is designed so that it can be read by HTML.
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Free and open source software (FOSS)
Licensed under GPLv2 so you can download source code and customize to meet your needs, provided that you know or are willing to learn Haskell.
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Can be used collaboratively by multiple people
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Renders math
Using MathJax.
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Zettlr
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Focuses on writers
While many Markdown editors don't offer specific support for a certain type of workflow, or offer features for scientific workflows only, Zettlr offers features that help the writing process of journalists or researchers in the arts and humanities. It's a lot more text-focused than most editors.
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Obtrusive, like someone WITH CAPS LOCK ON
Too loud, too much going on, and definitely an in-your-face sort of feeling.
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Citation support
While it supports a diverse range of syntax (chart, easy image insert, etc.) found in other editors, the great citation support made it possible to write real articles. Citation from Zotero and Mendeley can be inserted easily which is a huge plus.
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Large, slow, can't open just a single .md file
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Almost perfect
This is the best option, still not perfect, there are some bugs like creating / editing tables and resizing images, but the PROS destroy the CONS, easy quotes, WYSIWYM , attachments tab (supports attaching and opening links to any file), table of contents, TAGs, easy hyperlink between files (same as citations), export to many formats (like Word, HTML5, PDF)...
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Renders math in-place through KaTex
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
License:
GPL v3
Technology:
Electron, TypeScript
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Drupal
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Great for enterprise use
Drupal is stable, with powerful version control and access control methods and can handle large amounts of traffic.
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Steep learning curve
Drupal is not easy to get into and out of the box doesn't offer much. To get Drupal doing what you want it to, modules are required. To get modules, an understanding of how Drupal works is required. And that takes time.
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Free and open source
Drupal is free to use and open source.
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High resource consumption
A more complex Dupal installation can easily exhaust 256 MB of RAM with only one or two visitors.
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Active community
Drupal have one of biggest and more active communities across FOSS, maintaining a large and vibrant ecosystem of extensions and installation profiles.
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Documentation is a joke
With currently 3 different version of drupal in active use, and at that constantly changing capibilities within 2 of those, it means that when you look for documentation is if often for a different version that you are running and in addition is not at all easy to consume. Often the info you need is in comment #100 of a thread.
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Great templating engine
Twig is a game changer!
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Lacks good free modules and themes
Most good third-party modules and themes are costly.
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Multi-lingual support
Starting with Drupal 8, there's built-in multi-lingual support.
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It's easy to transfer config changes from dev to production
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Highly customizable
Drupal can be customized to do almost anything. It was built ground up with the intent of using a wide variety of small modules to get the exact result wanted instead of just the most common solutions.
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RESTful
Drupal 8 has REST services built in.
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Good accessibility
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Drupal has full SEO capabilities
(vs Joomla, which lacks SEO capabilities), there is an essential issue for promotion.
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Semantic HTML5
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Excellent SEO
Drupal was designed from the beginning to follow best practices in regards to SEO.
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Responsive front-end and back-end
Drupal 8 follows responsive design philosophy out of the box, both front-end and back-end.
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Drupal 8 and higher leverage composer and all of the wonderful PHP packages. Instead of building functionality from scratch, it utilizes existing libraries
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License:
GPLv2+
Technology:
PHP
PHP version:
5.3
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twig
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WikidPad
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6
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Free
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No MarkDown support
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No remote server needed, or wanted
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Export to HTML built in
Export to HTML built in and can work with Dropbox.
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Data is stored in standard Text files
Data can be viewed, edited, searched, exported easily, and can work with Git.
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Instant cross-referencing methods
On the fly WikiWord linking, as you type.
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Quick, auto-saving, and auto-organizing
Auto-organizing with URL and file linking, and instant new-page methods.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
Markdown support:
no
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Zim
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5
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No mobile app support
This is a desktop app and there are no mobile versions available. This can make it more difficult to use on-the-go if using cloud storage to store files from the app, as there is no mobile app version to access those files.
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Allows for organized, wiki-style navigation
Notes can contain links to other notes, allowing you to reference important information when needed. This way the user can connect and reference many different pages in the app, keeping things clean and structured, unlike Evernote, which makes this a good Evernote alternative.
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No native sync support
Zim notes don't automatically synchronize with other devices or offer built-in cloud sync support. Of course the user can add the files to Dropbox, or something similar, to then open them on another device with the app installed. But this is more of a work-around than a built-in solution.
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Plain text data format rather than proprietary
If/when the app is no longer developed (or if the user simply decides to no longer use the application or view/edit it on a non-supported platform), this can still be done with any plain-text editor.
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Looks ancient
Zim has a very plain and outdated interface.
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Automatically manages files and folders
Zim will automatically create a folder structure that fits your page hierarchy and adds/removes files such as images to/from appropriate folders.
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Good export options
Zim supports HTML, LaTeX, Pandoc Markdown, and RST. This allows ones documents to be easily used in a wide selection of other apps.
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Support for multiple platforms
Windows, Linux, and BSD are supported with their own clients. This is nice for those that use multiple operating systems but still want to use the same app on each.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
License:
GPL
Technology:
Python
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Bear
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8
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4
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Beautiful interface
Well-designed app.
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Only subscription-based
Can not buy it straight up.
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Easy to use
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No Tabs - can only view 1 note at a time
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Instant markdown preview in the editor while preserving original MD code
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No inline editing and markup of pictures
The only option is to open in an editor (thereby creating a copy) and saving it again.
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Easy tagging
For example: #tag/sub tag/foo/bar #tag2/foo/bar
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Sometimes there are sync problems between iOS and macOS
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Flawless sync
It's everything Dropbox Paper promised to be, but without the embarrassment. The notes are always in sync between devices.
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Lots of export formats
PDF, RTF, DOCX, HTML, TXT and MD.
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Hashtag support
Adding a hashtag with a keyword tags the note to make it easy to search.
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Simple to back up/export entire note database
Notes are exported as plain text, not a proprietary format, along with all embedded objects.
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Platforms:
iOS, OSX
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Nuclino
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6
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Real-time collaboration
Easy to collaborate with remote team members, simultaneously editing documents, tagging people in text and comments.
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Simple formatting
Not really a con, the formatting is similar to the text editor on Medium.com, so if you are looking for different font types and colors, it's probably not for you.
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Intuitive UI
Everything is drag-and-drop and quite easy to use. Items can be clustered and structured in different ways and the search function makes it easy to navigate.
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Fast
Everything like searching, editing, and navigating is super fast.
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Cross Platform
Works on all major platforms like web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Linux.
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Markdown support
Helpful for technical documentation.
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Integrates with multiple apps including Slack
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Platforms:
Windows, macOS, iOS, Web, Android, Linux
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TiddlyWiki
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Free and Open Source
No commercial interests, no ads, no registration, no nonsense. You own your notes 100%.
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Too many backlinks can cause performance issues
With 100k+ notes, backlink and brain graph visualization can slow down the wiki.
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Extremely customizable
This is a major aim and point with TiddlyWiki; people can relatively easily modify it to fit their particular application needs.
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Relies on browser performance, online or offline
TiddlyWiki is a single HTML file. Thus, if you directly embed e. g large images or videos in it (instead of using the features to display externally stored images and videos) it would make the file big and performance slow.
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Single html file
It's a single file and all your notes will be "accessible even in 25 years" because they can be seen in plain html text.
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Without JavaScript nothing is visible
You need a browser that is not outdated to open the wiki, if you want to edit the HTML wiki file inside browser. Or you will need to download app like TiddlywikiDesktop or TidGi App to edit the wiki.
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Self-hosted and indefinitely accessible
All content is stored within the same html file as the interface.
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Unintuitive, complex official user interface
Too powerful for some new users, requires stribg ability to learn many interactions and advanced features sets. But this can be change at anytime by install community theme and plugins. Or use edition like TidGi app to get Notion style experience.
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10+ years mature
Mature software, active community with members from all over the world.
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Relational links
Allows for relational links and lists between notes to keep things organized.
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Lots of plugins
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Progressive user level, from ease of use to programming your own plugins
Basic users can start with simple note-taking, progressively discover predefined features and existing plugins, then start using more fancy features (like filters, widgets, macros), in order to adapt their wiki to their needs.
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Multiple, user-defined usages
The list of possible usages is practically infinite in TW, and more importantly it lets the user define their own method of dealing with their content.
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Easy to use
Low barrier of entry for the non IT knowledgeable.
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Backlinking and backtagging and brain graph visualization
Follow the link back-and-forth.
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Lightweight and very customizable
Variety of settings, and community themes & plugins, available from built-in marketplace (CPL library). Every community plugin is open-source which means you can learn from it and develop your own. Some plugin don't require programming knowledge (written using WikiText), and is very easy to learn.
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Support many text format (Markdown, WikiText, HTML, WYSIWYG...)
Suit for programmer, writer, Notion style WYSIWYG editor lover, and HTML UI designer.
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Locally stored, not dependent on cloud
Everything is stored in your device. You can back them up, encrypt and process however you want to. Works completely offline. Read your notes anytime, anywhere, in any platform, and sync between without cost.
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Backlink and BackTagging, advanced linking and cross-references in various ways
Every card can link to other card, and other card will see the way it's linked to. Use Tag for nesting and build folder structure. Tags are tree shaped, and count of tag is limitless. Backlink can be automatically generated or selectively generated using advanced filter.
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Update all links when renaming notes (required the Relink plugin)
Renames titles in "Tags" and "List" fields by default. Relink plugin updates titles in all links automatically.
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Host your TiddlyWiki file on GitHub for free
You can use the TiddlyWiki saver to save your TiddlyWiki file directly to your github repository. If you also use GitHub pages, then you can load your file wherever you happen to be, make changes, and update.
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Active and helpful community typically answers questions within hours
The official support forum is at talk.tiddlywiki.org. It's frequented by a large number of knowledgeable TiddlyWiki enthusiasts. You rarely see a question go unanswered more than 2 or 3 days, and in most cases questions are answered within minutes. For harder questions, the developer himself frequently wades in to add information.
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The equivalent of DataView/SQL already baked into the product
You can create lists of anything inside TiddlyWiki like tags, title structure, date, custom fields and present it as links, checkboxes, tables or whatever structure you need using a few lines of wikitext (a markdown-like language with powerful widget ability built-in).
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Official CodeMirror Plugins for a complete editing experience
The official CodeMirror plugins allow you to close brackets, close tags, auto-complete, use VIM, Sublime or Emacs keybindings, and edit CSS, HTML, XML or Javascript text.
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Free multiple workspaces
In cross-platform desktop APP TidGi and Android App Tiddloid you can create as much wiki workspace as you want, they are free forever.
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Tags are first-class objects in TiddlyWiki
In TiddlyWiki tags aren't some kludgey text-based add-on -- they're built into the design from the first. Tags can contain spaces and non-Latin characters. Tags are available at the top of each note. Click on a tag and you instantly see all the other notes that share that tag. You can then change the order of that list simply by dragging and dropping from the tag-pill. Tags can tag other tags, allowing you to create multiple types of TOC's with the built-in tag macros. You can create new notes tagged with the current note with just one click.
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Encrypt your entire Wiki with SJCL without additional plugins
You don't have to worry about leaving your TW somewhere it might get exposed. You can activate the built-in encryption ability, using the Stanford Javascript Encryption Library to have your wiki encrypted with 256 bit security.
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Can embed images and documents for a portable, single-file solution.
TiddlyWiki gives you the choice of whether you access additional resources (images, docx, pdfs) externally from the operating system or internally as embedded objects.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS, Android
License:
BSD
Collaborative:
No
Dark Theme:
Yes
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Quip
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Offline editing
Quip allows for offline editing of documents which then sync upon connection to Wi-Fi. This way users can continuing working while not connected to a data signal, but they can still back up their work when they do finally get one.
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New version has performance issues
…on my old phone. Yes I know my phone is at fault but the old version wasn't annoyingly slow in the Spreadsheet component.
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Amazing mobile interface
Unlike other mobile apps, Quip has really innovated the text editor on mobile, making for a good Evernote alternative. It has a great interface for formatting text that stays out of your road so to maximize how much room you have to type.
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Not really free with stringent controls on trial
The trial is content limited which means if you start using it quite a bit they'll pick the perfect moment to swoop in and start charging you. It's better for them because it means they can look at your account and pick the best time to ask you to pay (hey we notice you're using Quip lots and have a new project you just started how about you pay now or you lose everything).
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Private document sharing
Files can be shared with others via a URL. The owner of the shared document can set it to be in read-only mode or they can allow anyone to edit it. Collaborators don't need to have a Quip account to participate. This feature makes for a great Evernote alternative, for those looking for a different app that has this similar function.
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Limited formatting on spreadsheets
Within spreadsheet cells, you can't do things like, for example, taking part of the text and aligning it to the center or to the left. Furthermore, in the mobile app, you can't jump to the next line to keep writing inside the same cell.
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Highly compatible
Quip can export documents to several formats, including .DOC, .PDF, .HTML, as well as a couple of others. This allows for compatibility with a wide selection of other apps.
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Can't rename files
You can't really rename documents per se in Quip. What you do is put the first line of the document as its title, so that it is displayed on the main list of documents on the app. The program suggests to combine it with a HL (Large Heading) format.
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MDwiki
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Possibly more secure on web server
Due to the lack of a built-in editor MDwiki may be less susceptible to spam and defacement compared to other options when served from a web server.
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External program must be used for editing
A separate program must be used to make changes to documents as MDwiki lacks a built-in editor.
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Doesn't require a web server
MDwiki is a self-contained JavaScript app that is very fast and can run in some web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox.
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Requires additional permissions in Google Chrome
Supposedly, you can get it to work in Google Chrome by modifying JavaScript permissions, but these same changes may decrease security.
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Markdown support:
Yes
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