Logseq
Local-first, privacy-focused notebook supporting Markdown and Emacs Org mode. Offers offline use, encrypted backups, plugin extensibility, LaTeX support, real-time collaboration, and hierarchical organization for personal knowledge management.
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- Free • Open Source
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United States
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- F-Droid
- Flathub
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I was really a fan of logseq, even convinced my friends to use it, but the program is just to buggy, slow and the architecture is absolute crap. They wrote the whole thing in clojure which makes totally unreadable source code that only someone who wrote it can read or someone who spends month trying fiddle thru to understand the core. They try since years to create a DB version, but despite trying to convince them that the core needs to be rewritten in a typsafe and fast language like rust,...
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You have to use a markdown statement to embed an image within the note. I'm not fond of doing plug-in routines when there are other programs that facilitate standard items.
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Open Source (AGPL-3.0) and Free product.Rating
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- Updated Apr 23, 2024
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- Updated May 14, 2025
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It's like Dynalist or Workflowy but open source (GPL), and you can locally store your files (even to a SeaFile or Nextcloud instance).
I was really a fan of logseq, even convinced my friends to use it, but the program is just to buggy, slow and the architecture is absolute crap. They wrote the whole thing in clojure which makes totally unreadable source code that only someone who wrote it can read or someone who spends month trying fiddle thru to understand the core. They try since years to create a DB version, but despite trying to convince them that the core needs to be rewritten in a typsafe and fast language like rust, they frickle now since years on it and the finish line is not in sight. It's a shame because the idea is absolute super, but the actually implementation is crap. Have stopped using it some month ago
Logseq is a FLOSS note-taking tool that offers an exceptional user experience while keeping your data stored locally.
It provides a high degree of flexibility and offers a lot of features and formatting options thanks to plugins.
For anyone who needs a “second brain” while prioritizing privacy and open-source, Logseq is the best choice.
You have to use a markdown statement to embed an image within the note. I'm not fond of doing plug-in routines when there are other programs that facilitate standard items.
Has many plugins, are AI-supported, helps in making mind maps and publishing Wikis, and fully FOSS unlike Obsidian. Also it is less like a PM tool (e.g. Notion).
It is a Markdown based real personal database.
I've used Standard Notes, Obsidian, Joplin (my favourite up to now), and many others before these. The task creation and timers got me hooked and I started exploring. All the benefits of Obsidian, but it's open source! The simplicity of logseq is what made me just dive in last weekend. I started by setting up my first computer folder and syncthing to my phone. Then I opened the app on my phone. So far, so good. I started dumping info from my brain, other tools, lists, etc. Mostly it was just dropping in .MD files from Joplin. for the last week I've been just pasting and typing and tagging. as an obsessive organizer, it's been hard for me to let go and let the pages just make themselves by tagging all my notes, but that has been very freeing. UPDATE: I have it set up across 4 computers plus my phone and no issues yet with sync. I am enjoying just dumping my ideas, thoughts, tasks, and links I find, all in one place. Being able to search the journal entries for anything is useful and interesting. Search for logseq videos and follow the advice. Link and tag as you write. Powerful stuff. Nearly frictionless after setup.