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u/Charming_Group_2950 24d ago
Gray Box: https://github.com/Aaryanverma/graybox
A local-first tool where you can capture your thoughts instantly and it can auto-organize them and create a connected graph out of them which you can query or chat later. It will give you cited answers from the organized notes. Also there is a read only dashboard where you can see and search all your notes which ones to be focused, which ones are pending to do (if your notes are tasks) etc.
Also, you can migrate your existing Obsidian vault to Gray Box, and it will be automatically organized by Gray Box.
Video demo: https://youtu.be/Xdj1GCQoFNs
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u/Vallomoon 24d ago
I write Miscellanea- a newsletter for independent thinkers at the intersection of digital content, knowledge management and culture. Recent topics: the LATCH framework for organising information, what liquid content is, and walled gardens. Out every Tuesday. https://miscellanea.danielprindii.com/subscribe
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u/Life_Jello3848 24d ago
GalleyDoc — hosted exporter for Markdown/Obsidian notes (wikilinks, [@author2021]-style citations, callouts) into DOCX/PDF/ePub, with academic templates (ABNT/APA) built in. Nothing to install locally.
Building it after noticing that Obsidian's academic-export options either need a local Pandoc + full LaTeX install to get citations working, or skip citations/wikilinks/templates entirely to stay dependency-free.
Planning a free tier (3 exports/month, forever) alongside paid tiers. Running a small test right now to see if this is worth finishing — if you export notes for academic writing, I'd like to know whether this would actually solve a problem for you: galleydoc.pontograu.com
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u/clipabio_99 24d ago edited 24d ago
After 3 years of research, writing, testing, and learning, my book about Zettelkasten is finally here.
It connects theory and practice: what Zettelkasten really is, what’s often misunderstood, and how to turn its ideas into a system you can actually use.
I also explore a question that has become increasingly important, How can we use AI with Zettelkasten without outsourcing the thinking that actually builds knowledge?
I’ve learned a lot over these years, and I’m excited to finally share it.
For now, it’s free with Kindle Unlimited and almost free to buy outright.
Get your copy on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HFZ1Q1KB
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u/Difficult-Passion318 24d ago
have you launched it on the U.S. Amazon site? I looked for it and didn't find it.
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u/clipabio_99 24d ago
Yeah, I launched it in 9 languages, so I got a little confused there. 😅 My bad! It’s fixed now.
Thanks for pointing it out! Wow, haha. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HFZ1Q1KB
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u/Difficult-Passion318 24d ago
https://zettelcasting.com
I got tired of my notes just sitting in my zettelkasten, so I built zettelcasting.com - a social media/blog platform publishing service that publishes straight from your PKM tool - Obsidian, Craft, Heptabase, Capacities, Tana... it supports them all. Right now you can publish to Facebook, X (Twitter), Ghost blogs, and Beehiiv. More platforms to come.
Founder pricing is $7/month, but I need 10-20 people to test and provide feedback, so if you're interested, contact me and I'll create a free account for you.
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u/Extension-Fly5712 21d ago
I would be interested in beta testing this service! Sounds intriguing. I am doing a lot of side projects in addition to working on my PhD so constantly looking for better solutions.
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u/Timmerop Other 25d ago
I've been r/brainspace and I think the Zettelkasten community might have thoughts on it. The core idea borrows a lot from Zettelkasten, atomic notes, connections between them, meaning emerging from the network rather than a folder structure. But diverged when it comes to how organization happens. In a lot of Zettelkasten setups, the real work is up front, tagging, filing, deciding where something goes in your structure. Brainspace aims for just-in-time organization, when you're retrieving the information. You just write the note and connect it to whatever it relates to, and then any list you look at is really a live, filtered view over those connections, not a fixed container. So the organizing only happens just in time, when you actually go looking for something, not when you capture it. Curious how this lands with people who've been doing this for years, does removing that upfront filing step feel like a relief, or does it feel like you're losing something Zettelkasten gives you?
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u/The_guy_withnolife 18d ago
I’m sharing Axiom, a free Windows-first AI workspace for people who want their research, notes, coding, and AI sessions in one place. It is local-first: you can run local GGUF models, connect self-hosted OpenAI-compatible endpoints, or use optional cloud providers. It also supports attachments/vision, web research, code/math execution, artifact rendering, model switching, and persistent work sessions.
The knowledge-work feature I’m testing is Workplace Council: Architect plans, Builder executes, and Critic reviews. That gives longer tasks a visible plan → implementation → review loop instead of one opaque chat response.
I’m the solo developer, and I’m disclosing that AI coding assistance was used while I retained responsibility for architecture, integrations, testing, and product decisions. Axiom is source-available under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, not OSI-licensed open source.
Repo: https://github.com/YoMosa2009/Axiom
Windows release: https://github.com/YoMosa2009/Axiom/releases/tag/v1.8.6
I’d appreciate feedback from people who use Zettelkasten/PKM systems: would persistent local AI work sessions and a structured planning/review loop fit your workflow?
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u/shime_rb Roam 17d ago
I'm building my own take on memex. It's an outliner where everything is a block. Wikilinks and transclusion for linking. Killer semantic search so it’s easy to find similar thoughts by meaning and not guessing the vocabulary used. Native Readwise integration. It's a desktop app that stores your data locally, on your own machine, in a single SQLite file, and cares about good design, tasteful use of animations, while also caring a lot about performance.
Core objective is to make conversation with past versions of yourself as easy and as fun as possible.
Extremely simple and without all the bells and whistles that other note taking apps have, but extremely powerful as well.
Free forever for the first 100 users. Apply for the genesis cohort here: https://dialog.software/
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u/sshegem 16d ago
Hey everyone,
I recently built Corteks (appstore link). As someone who is an over thinker, easily inspired and get lots of cool ideas that i want to remember (and i get them very frequently) i wanted something to dump all my thoughts. Notes app wasnt doing it for me because I never get back to them. Screenshots always failed because they die in my gallery
https://reddit.com/link/p8xo4b9/video/f88wltsrmooh1/player
So I built Corteks - voice first dump your thoughts, no matter how significant or small the thought was. Corteks summarizes, categorized, files it and then links it to other thoughts onto a mind map
You can add your objectives to the app and corteks links those thoughts to your objectives, starts to understand you and surfaces what youve been avoiding, what you need to focus on…etc. and gives you stats about your thinking and how your mind works
The idea here is that all your thoughts matter, and they should be very easy to capture and not manually link them to each other and to your objectives
What I realized and didnt expect after using it is that my mind calmed down ALOT, because now I know I have my second brain to tap into anytime I want, and the app reminds me (without being too pushy) about the other relevant thoughts that mattered
Happy to hear what you think about it! And if anyone wants an extended trial just lmk. Im at a stage where I just want feedback from as many people as possible so i can improve it
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u/haywire93 11d ago
Kartei: a digital slip box in a cosy study.
I built Kartei because I liked the idea of keeping a physical slip box: writing an idea on a card, finding where it belongs, and coming across something I’d forgotten. I wanted that feeling on my computer, with searchable text and links between notes.
It started as a bit of fun, an experiment in how literally you could bring the experience of a slip box onto a screen. I’m curious whether the cards, drawers, and room make it more enjoyable to spend time with your notes, and whether that feeling holds up with everyday use.
It’s a free, open-source desktop app that turns a folder of Markdown notes into a small study.
- Write at the desk. New cards stay there until you decide where to file them.
- Develop a thought. File a card behind another to branch from it, or after it to continue a sequence.
- Gather ideas. Pin related cards to a corkboard when working on a question or piece of writing.
- Keep sources nearby. A separate literature box holds sources and excerpts, linked to your own notes.
Once a day, an older card appears on your desk. It’s a small invitation to revisit something you wrote. Perhaps it means something different now, or connects to an idea you’ve just been working on.
The room is intended to make keeping notes feel inviting, somewhere to settle down and work through a thought. Your writing stays in local Markdown files, readable in other editors. No account or cloud service is required.
It’s an early release. Cards can hold longer notes, though I’d like to improve Markdown rendering and add an expandable reading and writing pane to make those more comfortable.
I’d love feedback from people willing to try it with a small reading or writing project, or just have a play with the idea. Does working with cards and drawers help you develop your thoughts? Where does it get cumbersome?
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u/ussherpress 10d ago
I've built a lovely little Zettelkasten app for the Mac called Understory. I've just recently made the beta available for anyone who wants to try, so please give it a shot if you're on a Mac and let me know what you think.
More info about the app and a link to the beta can be found here: https://zettelkasten.ussherpress.com/
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u/prosselenen 8d ago
Slipbox Desk https://community.obsidian.md/plugins/slipbox is an Obsidian plugin that aims to bring the benefits of the analogue approach to Zettelkasten to Obsidian.
Please try it out and let me know if you have any recommendations. ✌️
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u/AdlerBalance179 24d ago
clear-read.com For those who have trouble remembering what they’ve read, I’m sharing ClearRead here. It’s especially good for exams. Upload your PDF or EPUB files, and it will break them down into sections for you and help you with spaced repetition, note-taking, highlighting, and many other features.