zettelkasten-mode VS deft

I tried to do this on top of deft, but unfortunately deft is designed as a user-focused package and can't be reasonably used as a library. I tried, mind you (warning: this package is very broken and hacky), but even if I had gotten that to work I think I would end up wanting a richer index and pre-processing of input data (when entered into the zettelkasten index, I should be able to parse out all forward-links for example, and store them separately so they're searchable without a regex over full-text).

If, like me, OP is a little slap-dash, happy-go-lucky, can't-decide-what-to-use, lazy, or uncoordinated, https://github.com/jrblevin/deft is a pretty handy package.

For (neo)vim users, there's notational fzf [1], which also requires fzf to be installed [2]. For Emacs, there's Deft [3]. They all what to me are nvalt's core functionality which is fuzzy search into quick note creation/editing. They can also be used in conjunction with nvalt or other markdown based applications since all of them use plaintext. For Deft, you can also choose to create .org files.

[1] https://github.com/Alok/notational-fzf-vim

[2] https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

[3] https://jblevins.org/projects/deft/

Check out Deft.

Take a look at Deft, this is what I use.

You may be looking for deft: https://jblevins.org/projects/deft/

I like deft for this.

Honestly I've been in the same boat as you for ages and have even tried writing my own zettelkasten packages here and there on top of things like deft (I started with zetteldeft, which shows).

Is there an easy way to move a ton of org files into org-roam? I've used just a flat directory of org files that I've searched with the excellent Deft package for years, and I'd like to give org-roam a whirl. Is there an easy way to import all those notes in bulk? (Don't all notes need an ID?)

‘Course, there’s an Emacs command to do that: Deft mode.