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2023-02-08T16:14:01-05:00

FYI Dendron has been disconsintoued

dendron vs trilium vs org-mode

Paul mullins on Twitter: "@kevins8 @RobertHaisfield @tallguyjenks @dendronhq I recently switched to using trilium notes from dendron for a variety of reasons one of them being note higharchy features. Trilium notes using a sqlite database allows cloning entire folders of notes into other parts of the hierarchy." / Twitter

  • WYSIWYG editor that operations as markdown
    • Tables in markdown are a pain the ass
    • Using embedded images in markdown requires rendering the markdown in a separate window  
  • Books of notes
  • Tag inheritance 
  • Version Control on a per note basis works better than git
  • API
    • Code is supported as a first class citizen
    • The code written in tilium is part of trilium 
    • Adding Buttons to the UI
    • Custom javascript such as a graph of weight over time
    • SQL queries on your notes
  • Hierarchy stuff
    • Files vs Folders
  • The database stores everything as basic HTML and everything can be imported or exported as markdown
  • Comparison to Orgmode
    • Orgmode is a religion I wish I could join
      • It is not user friendly, I had spellcheck break and went down a rabbit hole of linux tools that support spell check
      • You add a new package and then you need to explicitly add it to your workflow, I forget the next day I added the package and never use it
    • Org-mode supports the date time object
    • Org-Agenda, TODO seems like a pretty dam ideal workflow
      • Web Dav Calendar Plugins
    • Org mode links are rendered as the text without the link but one can easily see where the link goes and edit it
    • Pasting links can get the URL title
    • Org-Roam is a true competitor to roam in and of itself and its note map gui is the best one I have ever seen
      • Org-roam dumps all notes to a sqlite database anyways