Trying to decide: Obsidian.md or Logseq — which one is the ultimate tool for knowledge management and note-taking?

Both have their strengths, but I’m curious:
Which do you use and why?
Pros, cons, hidden features — let’s discuss!

Realised that I much prefer #Logseq for my fleeting notes, i.e. my #CommonPlaceBook. I tried using #Obsidian for a while, but I much prefer the Logseq bullet point way of doing things.

I'm not giving up on Obsidian, far from it. It'll be for my permanent notes and where I do much of my #writing.

If this means I'll have two files, of exactly the same notes (but in different formats), so be it.

Hi all. PKM Weekly (23-Mar-25) is live

#Obsidian Web Clipper update, NotebookLM, how to use as Average Joe

#logseq How @dariods_ uses Logseq

#Tana App+AI updates, Office hours, UI Fatigue

#Capacities Folders vs Objects

#appflowy Updates

#Octarine Huge update

#Thymer no release, but updates

#remnote and Notetime Updates and other AI Apps

- https://ednico.substack.com/p/pkm-weekly-2025-03-23

- https://ednico.medium.com/pkm-weekly-2025-03-23-32943fdadfb5

Many thanks as always #pkmweekly

In anticipation of my apprenticeship/course in software development, I'm looking at note taking apps again. Used Obsidian heavily, but I think it's become too bloated. I liked and wanted to use Emacs, but it's so complicated, it's too much work (to have it sync etc). NotesNook looks good, but when I import my notes, none of the images show. Logseq do Orgmode now, so that's a strong possibility...
Anything else I should look at?
#PKM #notetaking #ObsidianMD #emacs #logseq #notesnook

Heute habe ich übrigens endlich entdeckt, dass ich bei #logseq nicht das Standard-Theme benutzen muss. Auf dem Marktplatz gibt es auch alternative Themes. Jetzt verwende ich "One": https://github.com/femto-code/logseq-one-theme

und finde es gerade sehr angenehm.

(Und natürlich kann eins sein eigenes CSS schreiben.)

Hi all. PKM Weekly (16-Mar-25) is live

#logseq DB Improvements
#Capacities Daily notes template
#Tana App updates
#Obsidian Speed updates, RAG plugin
#Appflowy Web updates
@wcools Thymer release
Orca Notes pricing
#RoamResearch AI Chat

- https://ednico.substack.com/p/pkm-weekly-2025-03-16

- https://ednico.medium.com/pkm-weekly-2025-03-16-a328a7552d9f

Many thanks as always.

So on my list of things to tinker with for ages has been @syncthing just set it up on my arch laptop and the syncthing fork app on my droid phone. HOLEY SMOKES. It's awesome. Got it syncin' my #logseq folder which yes I rather glibly call "connection_cove". 'syncthing #opensource

I really like the UX and UI of #logseq, I'm very productive with it, and I'd love to stick with it, but what I see of the project is kind of sad. As if I know already that it's going to enshittify sooner or later. Sigh.

Hi all. PKM Weekly (9-Mar-25) is live

#tana - Supertags, AI prompts and migrating to Tana
#obsidian - Why Obsidian? Claude with Obsidian
#Capacities - New Release
#logseq - Lost hope? and MCP
#Appflowy - Update
#affine - Readwise?
#noteey - Offline

- https://ednico.substack.com/p/pkm-weekly-2025-03-09

- https://ednico.medium.com/pkm-weekly-2025-03-09-ffbec112905c

Many thanks as always

I keep forgetting about #Logseq "hiccup" syntax so I'm putting it here where I might find it next time I go looking. I mostly need it when I want a line break in a table: [:br]

I love @obsidian , but it's a shame that it's not #opensource (even if I'm aware of all the reasons they have to keep it closed).

I might make the switch to another solution, but I don't want a #cloud. I want local files (#linux , #macos , #iphone ) synced with #syncthing . And I want #markdown (I considered "1 big text file" @ellane but a bit of formatting is so nice ).

It's an opportunity to reorganise the @johnnydecimal way!

With #joplin I can't choose the "vault" folder on #iOS. With #logseq neither. #orgmode , too much for me at this stage.

I'll continue my search...

TIL about Logseq "Advanced Commands". "Quote" is just what I needed for adding multi-paragraph quoted sections. https://docs.logseq.com/#/page/advanced%20commands

Stichworte #notetaking und #unplugtrump. Ich habe gesucht, finde aber aktuell nichts zur synchronisierten Nutzung von Notizen Apps wie #Obsidian, #Notion, #LogSeq usw. über Platform-Grenzen hinweg: Windows - Mobil Geräte... - Habe ich nicht genau genug geschaut? - Welches Szenario empfiehlt sich, um lokal gespeicherte Daten auch mit einem Mobilgerät nutzen zu können?

I'm nowhere near figuring out what #notes #application to use, and in addition to #Trilium / #TriliumNext, #SilverBullet and #Obsidian now I have #Notesnook on the list to look at as well
(#AppFlowy and #Logseq have taken VC money, so, uh, nah)

Curious what the #PKM community thinks of the Johnny Decimal system[1]?

I came across this years ago and it recently resurfaced.

Is anyone using this in their PKM software and successfully built workflows around it? It seems like an alternative to PARA and Zettelkasten.

[1]: https://johnnydecimal.com/

Oh, #logseq hat Plugins nur unter #macos und nicht auf dem #ipados… Irgendwas ist ja wirklich immer…