SilverBullet v2 released: open-source, self hosted, programmable notes
SilverBullet v2 released: open-source, self hosted, programmable notes
community.silverbullet.md
SilverBullet v2 released!
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This looks like it could be an open source alternative to obsidian.md. Would anyone be able to speak to that?
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It is. The differece is that Silverbullet is self-hosted and not in app like Obsidian. The basics are the same, Obsidian has a way bigger community and more plugins, Silverbullet is easier to extend due to using Lua. Lastly, Silverbullet has queries built in, in Obsidian you have to use Dataview. If you need a markdown-based note storing system Silverbullet is great. Obsidian has more bling and customizability, but is not self-hostable.
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Obsidian now has a native query ability via the Bases core plugin. I've barely played with it though.
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That website scrolls funny on my Firefox mobile. Is that a sample of what to expect from the actual software?
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Looks fine to me (Firefox 142.0.1 on GrapheneOS 2025081400 on a Pixel 8).
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I like what I am hearing. I was a big fan in the beginning, but it developed to add more and more features and some breaking changes, and I decided to stop using it until the bleeding edge development slows down
What is the outlook regarding breaking changes in v2? Should I wait a bit?
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Bunch of ideas in this thread. Does anyone know of a good solution for reading text files (markdown) in a folder? I tried flat notes (too bare bones), An Otter Wiki (it was fine, but I couldn't get into it). I'll try silverbullet.
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Obsidian does that. But I don't believe it's FOSS
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VSCode with Foam. Or go old school with Vim Wiki.
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Trying out typemill. Seems ok so far.
Edit: crap. Search requires a license.
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Eww lua. Pass. Everything else looks nice.
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What's wrong with Lua in your opinion ?
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People seem to like lua. I have never used it, curious to know what people like and dislike.
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That’s awesome. I need to migrate off of Google Keep. It’s the last Google service I use.
If all you need is a simple note taking app, I recommend Notesnook. It is free and open source and offers E2EE cloud syncing. That is what I used as a Google keep alternative. Silverbullet is good, but may be too feature-full for something as simple as a Keep replacement.
If it’s not self hosted, I’m afraid I don’t want to use it. It looks nice, though.
It does look like they’re working on self hosting, which is awesome. Their GitHub says it’s in alpha.
Are there any apps that have similar UI to Keep? I really like the tiled notes as opposed to a simple list
What about maps? I can't seem to replace it.
I don’t know. I use Apple Maps. Probably not any better privacy wise, but I don’t know what is better that has similar features. I’ve tried Magic Earth and CoMaps, and they’re both promising, just not at the level that I’d be willing to switch to.