After using Logseq as my main for a few years now, I have to leave it and looking for alternatives that easily import my MD files but usues a similar format if/when Logseq becomes usable again for me.
I need mobile (can’t even login to mobile anymore and have been sending them my money but nothing seems to resolve it)
Would prefer a similar format of note taking, Logseq really works for my brain.
Sync needs to work seemlessly (right now I have to login around 25% of the time I open the app, and since I use a pw manager that just ceative continuous small disruptions to workflow).
Other issues I’m facing with Logseq
Can’t login right now to beta or pre-beta desktop app without Logseq immediately crashing.
Was never able to log into online db version and upload my notes. it just hung after uplaoding and never worked.
Would love any suggestions that isn’t a folder system like Obsidian since I already have Apple Notes for that and it’s a mind-melting experience for me.
I’m basically on the search myself right now but have not found a nice solution yet.
What I tried:
switching sync to “manual” via git. works very well for me because I never touched the DB version and I’m quite familiar with git. Especially nice to check when logseq corrupted what file how and to reset that (or other apps for a matter of fact) YMMV
gitjournal for mobile: it is…okay-ish. obviously requires you to have your graph synced via git. does not have a similar format at all except some basic markdown. Has a lot of bugs. But I can search at least some notes on mobile now. And I can make a quick note in a “todo-sort” folder
2.1: note: the quick note workflow of slamming them somewhere to sort later should work with the webview of gitlab, github or what you are using
obsidian: tried opening my vault via that and I think it was faster indexing my 500MB of notes than logseq opening in general. I honestly didn’t notice anything about the folders, I am searching with wiki-links ([[]]) and ctrl-o or what it is there. Pretty sure you make it work good enough-ish with enough plugins, but haven’t gotten there myself yet
vscode/foam/loam/logfoam: Note taking performance is good like with obsidian, less plugins though bc it is primarily a code editor but foam and its forks bring stuff like wiki links. Still working on setting it up in a way compatible to logseq. No hopes for a mobile app though there IMHO
Thanks, these are great suggestions, especially since I can’t log into Logseq’s sync anymore with everythign crashing on desktop and nothing happens on mobile anymore. Today kind of sucked because I was at the doctor and needed a number and mobile just randomly stopped syncing and I had to drive 45 minutes home to get it. Now all important stuff is in Apple Notes till I can find a more reliable alternative. I’ll check out the Obsidian option. My last experience with it was folder based as stock, but I see now tht I’ve imported my notes that it’s not a folder structure for them.
It’s really insane to think a product has received millions in funding, paid opencollective support, and there isn’t so much as the most simple and basic communication to provide some faith in the ecosystem.
It goes without saying everyone has been incredibly patient, but in the age of LLM development, it’s only a matter of time where people spin up their own alternatives and are willing to build more supportive community engagement around their product.
I’ve been in the same boat, many times the iOS app has just failed completely (paid sync supporter etc), so it’s been completely unreliable as a dependable PKM.
Again, it sucks, we all love logseq and want it to succeed, but having zero idea what is going on makes it really difficult to stick around.
I don’t know if it will help you, but I’ve been happily using icloud to sync my md-based logseq graph for over a year. The only real caveat is that you need to remember to refresh/reindex if you’ve made a lot of changes on one device.
Thanks for the Obsidian suggestion. My biggest logseq complaint is the search. It’s just missing stuff for me. Major bummer because I like the daily journal with pages. Sync works mostly for me, but there are some times when it just throws up a ton of errors about pages already existing. Weird.
Ok so about an hour of research later and I basically have my Obsidian running just like Logseq. It’s just a matter of toggling backlink in notes. I did have to go through and “activate” some notes to make this work fully but that’s easy enough using the graph or search. Search is much better and the integration with Gemini (API) is way way better. Sorry Logseq but I think you just lost me.