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Logseq is a local-first, non-linear, outliner notebook for organizing and sharing your personal knowledge base.

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A fast, keyboard-driven scratchpad for Linux with smart calculator, OCR, timers, and note encryption. Built for KDE Plasma with Qt6.

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Based on our record, Logseq seems to be more popular. It has been mentioned 300 times since March 2021.
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Logseq is a powerful and advanced tool for thought that has been gaining attention among note-taking enthusiasts and productivity seekers. In this article, we will provide an overview of Logseq, explore what users can...
Outliners (think Workflowy, Roam, Logseq) rely on blocks and indentation for primary connections, and references to other blocks or pages for richer links. They’re optimized for capturing quick thinking.
Refined user interface: Logseq offers a refined user interface that is easy to understand and pleasing to the eyes. On the other hand, Obsidian looks like a jumble of various UI elements which are hard to figure out...
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Using Logseq[1][2] for years and quite happy with it, especially since it has apps for tablets/iPad and phones as well, while being completely FOSS. [1] https://logseq.com/ [2] https://github.com/logseq/logseq. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago
Choose a local Markdown tool like Obsidian, Logseq, Foam, or Tolaria to store all your knowledge as plain .md files you own and control. - Source: dev.to / 4 months ago
I should call out another thing that convinced me was a user of forgetful (twsta) posted in the discord a skill for managing wok and todos from how they used to use Logseq. - Source: dev.to / 6 months ago
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