TiddlyWiki: An Open Source Alternative to Notion or Obsidian
TiddlyWiki: An Open Source Alternative to Notion or Obsidian
Non-linear personal web notebook TiddlyWiki can be a note-taking or information-ordering system. It produces a wiki with interactive components.
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/16316509
TiddlyWiki is a “non-linear personal web notebook,” as well as an exemplar project in the open source community. It can be a note-taking or information-ordering system in a similar vein to Obsidian or Notion, although TiddlyWiki was launched back in 2004. It can also be thought of as producing a wiki with interactive components.
However, as I discovered to my cost, TiddlyWiki has never had a strong “start here,” because it is not tailored to one specific task. Obsidian, by comparison, has the advantage of a clear vision of what it does. TiddlyWiki bewilders you with options at first because it hasn’t been designed to be sold. The community focus is on adapting it to different use cases.
So I’m going to take the advice in this explainer and use TiddlyDesktop while mentioning that there are plenty of other arrangements. It is, after all, just HTML and JavaScript. Let’s get started…
Not using a tool with that name lmao... Come on FOSS, stop these hokey names that turn people off. Imagine trying to recommend "tiddlywiki" to a friend with a straight face.
Name would not be enough to stop me from using it but TiddlyWiki absolutely sounds stupid. It's probably a play off "tiddlywinks" but that also sounds stupid. It's something I'd cringe saying. I might unabashedly type out my recommendation with the name to a friend or send a link to it, but would try to dodge saying the name in an in-person conversation.
This hurts spread. One of the primary ways I find new software is by word of mouth from friends in-person (somehow I have an easier time ignoring or brushing off suggestions that are texted to me, and I take ones made in-person more seriously. I have no idea why), and I usually end up sticking with whatever they recommended.
you can just fork and rename it to something else corporate-friendly? the only one preventing "foss" from doing it is you
I like the name... its fun.
However, as I discovered to my cost, TiddlyWiki has never had a strong “start here,” because it is not tailored to one specific task. Obsidian, by comparison, has the advantage of a clear vision of what it does. TiddlyWiki bewilders you with options at first because it hasn’t been designed to be sold. The community focus is on adapting it to different use cases.
So I’m going to take the advice in this explainer and use TiddlyDesktop while mentioning that there are plenty of other arrangements. It is, after all, just HTML and JavaScript. Let’s get started…
You wrote this part twice in your post.
Cool tool though!
I've actually been using TiddlyWiki for years as a sort of JobWiki. I went with it because it doesn't require any special software, just a web browser, it's stored locally, and it's relatively easy to use. It hangs out on our network so it's easily accessible by my workmates or me, it works fairly well and I've probably not even scratched the surface of what it can do. I'd like to use Obsidian instead, BUT I think that's a bridge too far for some people that aren't tech saavy.
