Archivy
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SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
4 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 1 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
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From 1 comment
More basic, but open source. Obsidian has very interesting features for showing and creating connections between pages, archivy seems to take a more standard structural approach.…
iFreilicht on HN
Idea seen as a useful successor to Perkeep and DokuWiki
From 2 comments
This is seriously cool and might do the things I wanted Perkeep to do[1] and more. [1]: but never could get it to because documentation seems to be close to non existant.
eitland on HNHmm... It seems that I should finally stop using (good but too generic) DokuWiki engine in favour of this. What interests me the most is an advertised ability to bridge…
Arech on HN
Objections
No privacy statement yet; maker says it makes no external requests
From 1 comment
Oh there's nothing of the sort with Archivy. No information is sent back and there isn't even a server where it could be sent to really. I haven't looked into redacting a privacy…
etherio on HN
Docs and UX seen as weak
From 1 comment
This was my first thought exactly. I _love_ the idea and tech behind Perkeep. But holy shitballs the documentation and UX are ...imperfect. This might be the midway between…
theshrike79 on HN
Requests
Privacy statement
From 2 comments
Is there a privacy statement? Given open source PIMS that variously phone home (when started, or when visiting assorted websites, etc), it's now something I look for, right after…
mncharity on HNThis is a great project! I think you should put in a simple privacy statement that comes down to "Archivy won't make any external requests" if it's going to be as simple as that,…
geoelectric on HN
Citation and reference support
From 1 comment
Any plans to allow references / citations? cite-proc or bibtex style reference processing would make this very useful for keep a research/science log
bravura on HN
Systemd service file
From 1 comment
It would be good to have a systemd service file
vibrant_mclean on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Obsidian?
From 1 comment
how is this compared to Obsidian?
M5x7wI3CmbEem10 on HN
Can it import Firefox bookmarks?
From 1 comment
Hmm... It seems that I should finally stop using (good but too generic) DokuWiki engine in favour of this. What interests me the most is an advertised ability to bridge…
Arech on HN
Alternatives named
Obsidian
From 2 comments
how is this compared to Obsidian?
M5x7wI3CmbEem10 on HNMore basic, but open source. Obsidian has very interesting features for showing and creating connections between pages, archivy seems to take a more standard structural approach.…
iFreilicht on HN
Perkeep
From 1 comment
This is seriously cool and might do the things I wanted Perkeep to do[1] and more. [1]: but never could get it to because documentation seems to be close to non existant.
eitland on HN
DokuWiki
From 1 comment
Hmm... It seems that I should finally stop using (good but too generic) DokuWiki engine in favour of this. What interests me the most is an advertised ability to bridge…
Arech on HN