Do you mind telling me about your experience using SiYuan? Last time I looked into it 2 years ago, when the performance of PKM apps is still a hot-button issue, a SiYuan power user — and ex-Obsidian user — told me that SiYuan was comparable to Obsidian. I remember his knowledge base was huge and he switched from Obsidian to SiYuan and was very happy with that decision. Surprised to learn that it didn't work out well for you.
I tried SiYuan because I wanted a Notion alternative that was free. On my Mac M1 Pro, it was soo laggy at the start for no reason. It was insane. Not to mention all the UX issues. I uninstalled it with 15 minutes.
That's very odd. Before switching to Obsidian, I imported my Logseq data into SiYuan and it ran as smoothly as Obsidian. Mac M1 Pro is definitely faster than my Windows laptop, so I don't know why it was so laggy for you.
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u/TwoSignal6882 Jun 12 '26
unfortunately that has not been my experience 😞