@@zigurat10 free as in freedom, if they done somthing that isn't good for people but themself, no one would be able to fork it and make it better :) but i doesn't care for that now cuz they have done a fantasic job of flexibility and and some best decisions for there editor and my data is mostly future proof even free softwares like libre office and other editors don't give the sense of ownership of data
The vault in Obsidian is just a regular directory containing your md files. It's highly portable and the files can be easily used with any text editor.
There is a neat little application called Joplin. It is simple, has live preview and sync capability. It's a hill i will die on. For those who hate snaps, on Debian and co. it's a snap
As an avid ghostwriter user, I gotta say, I was super pumped to see my go-to markdown editor made your top 5! Also, I found out recently that ghostwriter is a KDE app now. When did that happen? I must have blinked and missed it. Excellent video, as always!
Yeah, the thing about Obsidian is the amount of plugins you can get, they even have one for PlantUML. I really like it for documentation because PlantUML + the plugins for better tables and stuff like allowed me to remain there without having to switch apps. The downside (kinda?) would be that you'll end up hoarding tons of plugins because everything looks so cool and shiny, you'll end up more worried about the plugins than actually writing and getting your work done. Also, Vim + markdown preview plugin is really good as well.
And if you are a true hero you do get accustomed to the emacs key bindings and discover you can re-use all these bindings ( readline library ) in things such a the bash shell etc etc. Then you get soo much more productive. 😉
vim with the markdown preview plugin makes it awesome as a markdown editor, plus vim keys ofc. i used to use obsidian but it would lag like hell as soon as the file got a little longer and especially when it's latex heavy
I use Vim, Apostrophe and a self-hosted HedgeDoc instance for my Markdowning. I especially like how multiple people can edit a document on HedgeDoc at the same time and use that feature frequently.
Mark Text supports inline and block math. Comes in handy as a STEM student. No need to compile a latex document everytime you want to write down some quick math formulas.
I've been a really big fan of Obsidian, it's just a huge shame that they aren't FOSS. I use the mobile app all the time for writing down notes and reminders, and for pulling up things like grocery lists. In general having easy access to my synced vault anywhere is super helpful and I haven't found anything in the FOSS space that replicates this. The best I can think of is a hybrid approach, using Obsidian proprietary on mobile, syncthinging the vault to desktop and pointing a markdown editor like org roam or ghostwriter at the vault for desktop use
Honastly i too thought if the same(not being FOSS), but it's a highly cuztamisable yet feature packed software it will really suffer in foss world with small core dev team and cannot stay like KDE does. some people try to debloat it and some try to add more feature that is not well tested and broken... Still it giving vibes of a FOSS app... the devs know how to make good decisions
I think the biggest thing for me is the output; output to PDF or output to HTML allowing an easy setup for the CSS linking etc. - thanks for the reviews though, some new stuff I didnt know about. Will have to give them a try
Atom works great for simple editing, but Zettlr is a professional level product, with of course the learning curve that goes with that. Also keep in mind Kate and Gedit do a good job with the right plugins. Thief MD deserves a shout-out for btford/write-good logic. The great part of Linux is all these great choices. Your office writer will gather dust.
"VS Code" with "marp" extension is another good choice, for daily markdown. If Only CLI is acceptable, another good choice is using the "Vim"/"NeoVim" editor and `mdr` for live rendering, in a side-by-side `tmux` pane.
Only a little tangent, usually I write stuff in markdown with neovim. Yesterday somebody wanted me to write something in Confluence, what a horrible experience.
Frustratingly, I use Typora. It just feels better, but it is closed source, which is why I don't really want to go to Obsidian. I'd use MarkText, but they've been promising themes forever and haven't delivered on that -- and I need themes. I don't need a bunch of themes, just one or two that suit me, but I'm picky, and if my workspace doesn't look right I become uncomfortable as I work. Atom with some plugins was doing well for me, but I don't want to use a project that is going to get killed soon.
What about "trillium notes"? I'm using it for quite some time and I'm very pleased with it. It's open source, full of features, very customizable, cross platform and can be self-hosted on your server (as a docker container).
I was kind of surprised how nice it was to edit Markdown in VSCode (or VSCodium, Code OSS) once you install a couple of extensions for that purpose. Did not like Obsidian.
I use Vim for editing and have the markdown file open with Gwenview at the same time for live preview. Not ideal, but what you gonna do, if you love Vim and won't accept any other editor?
Lots of things I like Obsidian for, not perfect, and not open source which sucks. But it's NOT exactly a markdown editor, it is really a note taking app that uses markdown internally which is great for me since I like my notes being in plain text if possible. Though i am looking for something better, and preferably OpenSource. I'll use proprietary software if I have to, but I always prefer open source when I can. Obsidian is really rather heavy and slow to launch for me to use it as my main markdown editor... then again it is an appimage which does not help. Same goes for my IDE which is quite heavy, proprietary, and also supports markdown quite well... but I'll never use it as my main editor and I am actively looking to replace it with something that is better or at least close in function and open source.
I've been loving VimR as a neovim client on my work computer. Unfortunately it's MacOS only. I'm surprised there isn't a cross-platform neovim client with markdown rendering. I'm not much of a frontend developer, so I'm not going to pick it up, but it is a bit of a gap in the ecosystem
Hello from New York City! How can Flatpack apps be installed on Linux Mint? Is Flatpack a type of package manager? Thank you for informative video. Have a good day.
Flatpaks are already in Linux mint if you're using a recent version. So let's say you wanted to install discord from flathub you would do in the terminal: flatpak install discord and follow the prompts.
Apart from it not being foss, Obsidian is the perfect tool for me with all of its notetaking features. Though on Obsidian theming, Obsidian actually has many community themes under Options > Appearance > Themes > Manage. I personally just use the default theme with a few css snippets to add colors to my headings.
@@bitterseeds I would only consider proprietary software if there is no FOSS option available or if the only ones available are trash or do not solve my problem, then I might use it. As there are plenty of markdown editors out there, many of which are good, free and open source software, I would not consider Obsidian for my use, unless it goes FOSS.
So now that your first does that mean you have time to properly report issues when you spot them out. Or even provide proof of work/city sources in your next video?
VS Code makes for a pretty good md editor with the auto preview enabled. That said, I have also used Ghostwriter too. There is something to be said about using a dedicated md editor with a split screen, where the whole app can be minimized leaving your code windows front and foremost.
I honestly like how Obsidian presents itself. The problem is the fact that it's not free software.
oh shit, here we go again. What's not free about Obsidian?
@@zigurat10 obsidian is not free software thats it, you can look up the definition
How about Logseq ?
@@zigurat10 free as in freedom,
if they done somthing that isn't good for people but themself, no one would be able to fork it and make it better
:) but i doesn't care for that now cuz they have done a fantasic job of flexibility and and some best decisions for there editor and my data is mostly future proof
even free softwares like libre office and other editors don't give the sense of ownership of data
@@zigurat10 for example,we are not 'free' to take it, trim to down to a good markdown editor without the vault and graph
you've quickly become one of the Linux UA-camrs I share the most opinions for programs with
Obsidian has more than light and dark modes. There are dozens of themes you can choose from. You can even roll your own if you can use CSS.
The vault in Obsidian is just a regular directory containing your md files. It's highly portable and the files can be easily used with any text editor.
There is a neat little application called Joplin. It is simple, has live preview and sync capability. It's a hill i will die on. For those who hate snaps, on Debian and co. it's a snap
Joplin also supports vim keys :D
As an avid ghostwriter user, I gotta say, I was super pumped to see my go-to markdown editor made your top 5! Also, I found out recently that ghostwriter is a KDE app now. When did that happen? I must have blinked and missed it.
Excellent video, as always!
Yeah, the thing about Obsidian is the amount of plugins you can get, they even have one for PlantUML. I really like it for documentation because PlantUML + the plugins for better tables and stuff like allowed me to remain there without having to switch apps. The downside (kinda?) would be that you'll end up hoarding tons of plugins because everything looks so cool and shiny, you'll end up more worried about the plugins than actually writing and getting your work done.
Also, Vim + markdown preview plugin is really good as well.
Neovim with the plugin MarkdownPreview is all I need
If u love vim and vim keybindings then use emacs with evil-mode then u can also customize org-mode and also export it to markdown 😁
And if you are a true hero you do get accustomed to the emacs key bindings and discover you can re-use all these bindings ( readline library ) in things such a the bash shell etc etc. Then you get soo much more productive. 😉
Are you going to take a look at NixOS? Love to hear your thoughts!
vim with the markdown preview plugin makes it awesome as a markdown editor, plus vim keys ofc.
i used to use obsidian but it would lag like hell as soon as the file got a little longer and especially when it's latex heavy
I moved all my note taking to Inkdrop. It’s not FOSS, but it is one of my favorite apps and the developer is pretty awesome.
I use Obsidian for notes. It bus out if a note is too long so I can't use it to write a whole short story in.
You will not regret using obsidian. I also use MarkText along side it. Obsidian is for organising and authoring new notes
its proprietary tho
@@Kaspiannn absolutly proprietary... !!!
yet awesome... most proprietary apps sucks WRT customization and data owning, but Obisldean drvs got it right
@@vaisakhkm783 doesnt change the fact i do not trust proprietary software
I prefer VS Code for Markdown, as it has a good preview toggle.
I've used obsidian in the past and have really enjoyed it. More recently I have switched to Emacs and I enjoy that workflow as well
Now you switched to windows and one note and enjoied that workflow as well
I use Vim, Apostrophe and a self-hosted HedgeDoc instance for my Markdowning. I especially like how multiple people can edit a document on HedgeDoc at the same time and use that feature frequently.
I love Apostrophe, can't want for the port to libadwaita and GTK4 😁
Mark Text supports inline and block math. Comes in handy as a STEM student. No need to compile a latex document everytime you want to write down some quick math formulas.
I've been a really big fan of Obsidian, it's just a huge shame that they aren't FOSS. I use the mobile app all the time for writing down notes and reminders, and for pulling up things like grocery lists. In general having easy access to my synced vault anywhere is super helpful and I haven't found anything in the FOSS space that replicates this. The best I can think of is a hybrid approach, using Obsidian proprietary on mobile, syncthinging the vault to desktop and pointing a markdown editor like org roam or ghostwriter at the vault for desktop use
Honastly i too thought if the same(not being FOSS), but it's a highly cuztamisable yet feature packed software
it will really suffer in foss world with small core dev team and cannot stay like KDE does.
some people try to debloat it and some try to add more feature that is not well tested and broken...
Still it giving vibes of a FOSS app... the devs know how to make good decisions
I think the biggest thing for me is the output; output to PDF or output to HTML allowing an easy setup for the CSS linking etc. - thanks for the reviews though, some new stuff I didnt know about. Will have to give them a try
I use NeoVim for MD with neovim md preview that pops it up in the browser
Thank you.
Atom works great for simple editing, but Zettlr is a professional level product, with of course the learning curve that goes with that. Also keep in mind Kate and Gedit do a good job with the right plugins. Thief MD deserves a shout-out for btford/write-good logic. The great part of Linux is all these great choices. Your office writer will gather dust.
"VS Code" with "marp" extension is another good choice, for daily markdown.
If Only CLI is acceptable, another good choice is using the "Vim"/"NeoVim" editor and `mdr` for live rendering, in a side-by-side `tmux` pane.
Obsidian is fantastic for me. I use it for note taking. For me there is no better note taking app for Linux.
Only a little tangent, usually I write stuff in markdown with neovim. Yesterday somebody wanted me to write something in Confluence, what a horrible experience.
Frustratingly, I use Typora. It just feels better, but it is closed source, which is why I don't really want to go to Obsidian. I'd use MarkText, but they've been promising themes forever and haven't delivered on that -- and I need themes. I don't need a bunch of themes, just one or two that suit me, but I'm picky, and if my workspace doesn't look right I become uncomfortable as I work. Atom with some plugins was doing well for me, but I don't want to use a project that is going to get killed soon.
I've been using typora for the longest time and idk it feels kind of complete perfect one for me
What about "trillium notes"? I'm using it for quite some time and I'm very pleased with it.
It's open source, full of features, very customizable, cross platform and can be self-hosted on your server (as a docker container).
Класс! Polybar в стиле Vim! Сделаю себе такой же!
I just wish obsidian was foss, other than that I rly love it
joplin too
I use Kate and Okular, side by side. Save in one and the other reloads.
I was kind of surprised how nice it was to edit Markdown in VSCode (or VSCodium, Code OSS) once you install a couple of extensions for that purpose. Did not like Obsidian.
ThiefMD is a great one too, and for some reason, almost never ever mentioned in videos like these
I've used it but I hate the name. It's silly but true.
I used Typora, then I switched to gedit since markdown is so simple a text editor with basic highlighting is all you need
MarkText is just what I need 👍
But it hasn’t been maintained for two years :/
I use Vim for editing and have the markdown file open with Gwenview at the same time for live preview. Not ideal, but what you gonna do, if you love Vim and won't accept any other editor?
Lots of things I like Obsidian for, not perfect, and not open source which sucks. But it's NOT exactly a markdown editor, it is really a note taking app that uses markdown internally which is great for me since I like my notes being in plain text if possible. Though i am looking for something better, and preferably OpenSource. I'll use proprietary software if I have to, but I always prefer open source when I can. Obsidian is really rather heavy and slow to launch for me to use it as my main markdown editor... then again it is an appimage which does not help. Same goes for my IDE which is quite heavy, proprietary, and also supports markdown quite well... but I'll never use it as my main editor and I am actively looking to replace it with something that is better or at least close in function and open source.
vscodium has a great markdown plugin with live preview :)
Does Joplin competes with Obsidian?
I've been loving VimR as a neovim client on my work computer. Unfortunately it's MacOS only. I'm surprised there isn't a cross-platform neovim client with markdown rendering. I'm not much of a frontend developer, so I'm not going to pick it up, but it is a bit of a gap in the ecosystem
Hello from New York City! How can Flatpack apps be installed on Linux Mint? Is Flatpack a type of package manager? Thank you for informative video. Have a good day.
Flatpaks are already in Linux mint if you're using a recent version. So let's say you wanted to install discord from flathub you would do in the terminal: flatpak install discord and follow the prompts.
@@TheLinuxCast or you could just open the software manager and install from there
@@olifloof I couldn't remember if the mint software center used flatpal or not so I didn't say.
@@TheLinuxCast fair
any markdown app with support for images, graphics?
obsidian support images, not sure about graphics tho
Apart from it not being foss, Obsidian is the perfect tool for me with all of its notetaking features.
Though on Obsidian theming, Obsidian actually has many community themes under Options > Appearance > Themes > Manage. I personally just use the default theme with a few css snippets to add colors to my headings.
Yep. This is how I matched it to the rest of my desktop. I obsess over everything matching my chosen them ... Nord.
For me not being FOSS means I won't even consider it an option tbh
@@softwarelivre2389 Yeah, I'm not as religious about things as I was in the late 90s/2000s. It's free to use and is quiet nice. But to each their own.
@@bitterseeds I would only consider proprietary software if there is no FOSS option available or if the only ones available are trash or do not solve my problem, then I might use it. As there are plenty of markdown editors out there, many of which are good, free and open source software, I would not consider Obsidian for my use, unless it goes FOSS.
I use NeoVIM and for preview I use `grip`.
What happened to your old favotire, Typora?
Anyone use ReText? It's my goto Markdown editor.
first
So now that your first does that mean you have time to properly report issues when you spot them out. Or even provide proof of work/city sources in your next video?
Hats off
@@nevoyu what are you even talking about?
Vs code with foam?
marktext with obsidian
VS Code makes for a pretty good md editor with the auto preview enabled. That said, I have also used Ghostwriter too. There is something to be said about using a dedicated md editor with a split screen, where the whole app can be minimized leaving your code windows front and foremost.
Why Joplin is not in the list?
Because this is HIS top 5.
Because Joplin is not technically a markdown editor
Joplin is my choice...
Vscode imo
I stopped amrkdown ages ago after I discovered emacs org mode. Obsidian is closed source proprietary junk
Is Obsidian foss?
No.
oh man theres like 200 themes lol
Other .... Typora
69th like. Nice.
Markdown is dead, you should go with Org which is way way better and the syntax pretty awesome.