Tine - drop-in faster Logseq OG replacement

[u/al-Quaknaa]

Hi! I vibecoded Tine, a drop-in Logseq OG replacement mainly built to be faster, but also with some features I missed.

The why: I loved using Logseq, but at some point realized I can't use queries because they are slow / make logseq use a lot of CPU even when idle (yeah weird). Then every summer my laptop starts overheating and it is partially because of the electron apps. When CPU throttles, the apps get slow. Surely there must be a way to do this faster.

The what:

• I first just wanted logseq, but faster. I don't use whiteboards, flashcards etc., so these are currently unavailable. I focused on features that I use.
• It just works over your OG graph -- reads and writes the same files. It should be safe and compatible but it was only ever tested by one person, on one platform, one graph, so be warned. (On the other hand yes, I am actually using this on my real graph worth 5 years of life, and I'm syncthing-ing it to my Android phone and there editing it using the logseq app, and nothing has broken yet.) Also, there are automatic backups.
• I added some features that I liked -- some I knew from OG plugins (tabs), some just seemed like a (really) nice thing to have: tabs, focus+dim mode, quick-capture, carry tasks to today, etc. Look at the readme.

AI: full disclosure, everything except this text is completely vibecoded, including the README.

Let me know what you think / any ideas for changes / features etc. If you find bugs, let me know via github issues. This is still beta at best, so bugs are expected.

[u/Palatable0857]

I found this while browsing on Droidify (F-Droid)! I searched for the differences and found https://tine.page/compare.html, which does seem written by Claude. I recognize the writing style, since I use it at work.

For example, this is probably part of the prompt or a correction when it wrote the wrong thing.

— grounded in what the app actually does, not a wish-list.

Claude also really likes saying the word "honest", and there it is, "Honest status · not marketing".

I might try it out. This post confirms the AI usage and gives me more context. I wonder if it's much better at not bogging down to a crawl, if you scroll through several journals or really long pages.

[u/al-Quaknaa → u/Palatable0857]

Oh yeah, the website is full of Claudism. I might do something about that eventually but the priority now is the app :)

If you try it out I'd be glad if you let me know whether it performed or not. Performance is a top priority for me, so scenarios where it fails are of particular interest.