Show HN: MdSilo – A knowledge silo runs in your web browser

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  • mdSilo

    In-browser knowledge base on top of local plain-text files

    WYSIWYG markdown editor is such a rarity.

    Is this the source code: https://github.com/danloh/mdSilo-web ?

    How do I run it locally/on my server?

  • notabase

    A second brain for your knowledge, thoughts, and ideas.

    Hey, the creator of Notabase [1] here, which it looks like MdSilo was based off of.

    Your project looks cool! Always interesting to see how other people tackle note-taking. Thanks for keeping it open source.

    I'd encourage people to check out Notabase as well, which offers an alternative vision and UI which some people might like better. You can use it hosted, or self-host it yourself -- the code is open source [2].

    Best of luck with MdSilo! :)

    [1]: https://notabase.io

    [2]: https://github.com/churichard/notabase

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  • file-system-access

    Expose the file system on the user’s device, so Web apps can interoperate with the user’s native applications.

  • standards-positions

    I was wondering if/when Firefox would implement the File System Access API. Mozilla's official position [0] implies: Not anytime soon, as they consider it harmful, mostly due to security considerations.

    > There's a subset of this API we're quite enthusiastic about (in particular providing a read/write API for files and directories as alternative storage endpoint), but it is wrapped together with aspects for which we do not think meaningful end user consent is possible to obtain (in particular cross-site access to the end user's local file system). Overall we consider this harmful therefore, but Mozilla could be supportive of parts, provided this were segmented better.

    The GitHub issue discussing this position is now closed [1].

    [0] https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/#native-file-s...

  • logseq

    A local-first, non-linear, outliner notebook for organizing and sharing your personal knowledge base. Use it to organize your todo list, to write your journals, or to record your unique life.

    Although throwing this is quite late: This discussion shouldn't be left wihtout mentioning https://logseq.com/ which I and many others utilized as my place for notes, sources and texts. There is a lot of activity around it - promoting, extending and developing this toll further

    Having had only a short view on MdSilo I'm not able to distinguish all similarities or differences. Logseq is clearly defined as an outliner (every block is a bullet point) but all the other features look pretty similar.

    Especially that Logseq as well as MdSilo are living in (chromium-alike) browsers working on local files (accessible as plain text) is a feature which I can't underline enough as this allows to use your notetaking environment idependently of user privileges.

    Is anybody able to add something for a contrasting juxtaposition? With now 1000+ pages generated during heavy usage of Logseq during the last weeks it is unlikely for me to switch but might be helpful for other users.

    Indirect Mentions seem to be worth a closer look. Do we see this feature in Logseq as well?

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