Dendron
Productivity
note taking
SHOW HN2020
313points
168comments
#125of 3,028 in 2020
Top 5%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
9 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 8 critical, out of 38 comments about the project. Thread score +0.00.
Idea: 6 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 5 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Lightweight hierarchy creation without nested folders
From 1 comment
I met Kevin at the YC hackathon last year and first heard about Kevin's ideas around note-taking there. I'm really enjoying Dendron so far. The biggest thing for me is the…
stevenwliao on HN
Polished for a single developer
From 1 comment
This looks extremely impressive and polished, especially for a single dev. Looking forward to trying. Congrats
piazz on HN
Good retrieval and hierarchical organization
From 2 comments
I think Dendron is on to something great here - it's not just about note taking, it's also about highly efficient retrieval of notes. I have poked around it, but I intend to take…
jeffnappi on HNHey all, I've methodically used many of the available notetaking apps in the past year- Dynalist, Roam, Remnote, Obsidian, and Siyuan, on top of several years of using Onenote,…
iterating on HN
Objections
Only works in VS Code
From 3 comments
It only works for VSCode? This is so frustrating because this is exactly the kind of system I've been looking for.
JacksonGariety on HNUnsure about the tool being a vscode plugin. I like my current note taking app (ZimWiki) partly due to it being standalone.
waiseristy on HNThis is really interesting for me. I've just got into roam the last few months after an intertest in trying zettelkasten (and my notion growing rather unwieldly), but the $15/m…
nullandvoid on HN
No mobile app or web client
From 2 comments
Just quickly watched this[1] video showing an intro to Dendron. I'm currently using tiddlywiki[2] so that's primarily what I'm comparing it too. Both tiddlywiki and dendron look…
Naac on HNI met Kevin at the YC hackathon last year and first heard about Kevin's ideas around note-taking there. I'm really enjoying Dendron so far. The biggest thing for me is the…
stevenwliao on HN
Too similar to Obsidian and Foam
From 2 comments
I tried Dendron in the past, solid tool. I personally use Obsidian and would recommend it over others like Roam. It is super fast and super responsive. Advantage that Dendron has…
desireco42 on HNHow is Dendron different from Foam[1]? At first glance, both projects are very similar.
roddds on HN
Requests
Mobile support
From 1 comment
I met Kevin at the YC hackathon last year and first heard about Kevin's ideas around note-taking there. I'm really enjoying Dendron so far. The biggest thing for me is the…
stevenwliao on HN
Graph view
From 2 comments
Just quickly watched this[1] video showing an intro to Dendron. I'm currently using tiddlywiki[2] so that's primarily what I'm comparing it too. Both tiddlywiki and dendron look…
Naac on HNI wish Obsidian supported mobile devices, Github based versioning and cross-device synchronization.That would be the perfect note taking app for me. Is there such alternative? I…
berkayozturk on HN
Questions
How it differs from Roam, Obsidian and Foam
From 2 comments
I was curious what was different about this than Roam/Obsidian/ect. and checked the FAQ: > Dendron is a highly opinionated note taking tool that focuses on hierarchal note…
maxioatic on HNHow is Dendron different from Foam[1]? At first glance, both projects are very similar.
roddds on HN
How it differs from Emacs org-mode
From 1 comment
Can the author tell me the similarities and differences between this and Emacs org-mode?
bloopernova on HN
Alternatives named
Obsidian
From 2 comments
Enjoying Obsidian at the moment, will keep an eye on this one too, but honestly can't justify the switch away (note-taking is such a habit-based, "flow" tool) unless there's a…
agambrahma on HNI tried Dendron in the past, solid tool. I personally use Obsidian and would recommend it over others like Roam. It is super fast and super responsive. Advantage that Dendron has…
desireco42 on HN
Roam Research
From 1 comment
This is really interesting for me. I've just got into roam the last few months after an intertest in trying zettelkasten (and my notion growing rather unwieldly), but the $15/m…
nullandvoid on HN
Foam
From 1 comment
How is Dendron different from Foam[1]? At first glance, both projects are very similar.
roddds on HN
TiddlyWiki
From 1 comment
Just quickly watched this[1] video showing an intro to Dendron. I'm currently using tiddlywiki[2] so that's primarily what I'm comparing it too. Both tiddlywiki and dendron look…
Naac on HN