TL:DR; Has anyone here successfully migrated their data & workflow from Logseq to Silverbullet?

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I’ve been using Logseq for a few years and it has been a life saver at work, trying to track the stuff going on - honestly, I’d have burned out if I hadn’t found it.

However, I still haven’t quite got all the things organised and I feel Logseq’s development is taking a different track that I don’t want to go down (db, collab, etc)

SilverBullet.md appears to be developing into the solution I’m looking for… although I don’t want a server-client architecture, so I’m running it standalone at the moment.

But, the learning curve feels so steep it’s tending to curve back on itself… or… I’m just too busy to focus on learning it.

I see how the file structure works, but I don’t understand how the templates, journals, etc work (really simple.in Logseq)

It appears to be 1 person developing this with lots of helpers who all seem happy to chip in with some AI generated code in the forum, but no meaty documentation, examples, etc.

If you’ve read this far… is it worth sticking with? Is there an FAQ I’ve missed? Any pointers or encouragement…?

  • Nibodhika@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Hey, I’ve been using silverbullet for a year or so. The first thing that I will say is that if you don’t care for client/server I would suggest just keep markdown files in a folder, that’s very portable and there are tons of plugins for editors to track that, that’s what I was doing before Silverbullet, and way before that it was org-mode which I still miss a few features sometimes. I’ve never used LogSeq, for any extended period so can’t talk about specifics there.

    From my experience these are the things I like about Silverbullet:

    • It’s mostly markdown, this means that if I ever have an issue with SB I can just access the files directly
    • Client/Server means I can add quick things from my phone/tablet/different computer very easily
    • Sync mode means I can edit even when offline and have it sync later
    • It is extremely hackable, if you can program you can make it do what you want and it can be amazing at times

    And these are some things I dislike about it:

    • Syntax doesn’t seem to be stable. I have some old files that don’t draw tables anymore because something changed in the extra syntax they have for queries.
    • It is very bare-bones, it doesn’t have the bells and whistles of other larger products and it never will, it’s not what it’s about.

    At the end of the day I think it’s a great tool for what it does, but you should understand what it is. If you’re expecting charts, diagrams or similar you will be sorely disappointed. If you expect a solid note taking app I think you’ll be very happy with it.

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      6 days ago

      Thanks for the insight.

      I need a UI that I can navigate links between files / topics / dates, so whilst I agree about the editor point (I use Markor for quick notes / edits on my phone), I need to be able to look up points during live meetings.

      And to your last points, yes, I’m trying to understand it, but it’s on-ramp is an almost vertical wall for a complete starter like myself… but maybe I’m hitting it too fast