Dendron
Productivity
note-taking
SHOW HN2021
237points
85comments
#171of 2,533 in 2021
Top 7%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
7 positive, 28 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 43 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.
Execution: 2 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Hierarchical dotted names avoid folder clutter
From 2 comments
I found Dendron via HN a few months ago and absolutely love it. I was hemming and hawing with my Dendron file structure until I found the PARA method (in a Dendron tutorial):…
mcbishop on HNI tried Dendron once and was put off by the dotted namespacing (foo.bar.note.md). Would be a lot simpler if I could just use folders instead (much less clutter, and I'd be OK…
rcarmo on HN
Good documentation and marketing
From 1 comment
This get's posted to HN fairly frequently, always as a new Show HN. https://hn.algolia.com/?q=dendron.so Each time, it catches my interest, I try it out, and I cannot make it…
georgyo on HN
Works well for personal notes and PARA-style organization
From 1 comment
I found Dendron via HN a few months ago and absolutely love it. I was hemming and hawing with my Dendron file structure until I found the PARA method (in a Dendron tutorial):…
mcbishop on HN
Objections
Dotted namespacing is awkward; folders preferred
From 1 comment
I tried Dendron once and was put off by the dotted namespacing (foo.bar.note.md). Would be a lot simpler if I could just use folders instead (much less clutter, and I'd be OK…
rcarmo on HN
Hard learning curve and conflicts with VS Code extensions
From 1 comment
This get's posted to HN fairly frequently, always as a new Show HN. https://hn.algolia.com/?q=dendron.so Each time, it catches my interest, I try it out, and I cannot make it…
georgyo on HN
No mobile app of its own; relies on third-party apps
From 2 comments
Text editor extensions now have founders. Anyways, for these note taking systems, the one thing that I miss is a good quality mobile Android app to go with it. A lot of times I…
siproprio on HNI tried out Dendron a few months ago for personal note-taking, technical docs, and organizing tasks. I was excited at first, but overall the cons outweighed the pros for me.…
dgreensp on HN
Weak navigation and full-text search
From 1 comment
I tried out Dendron a few months ago for personal note-taking, technical docs, and organizing tasks. I was excited at first, but overall the cons outweighed the pros for me.…
dgreensp on HN
Requests
Outliner functionality
From 1 comment
One thing that's kind of important to me is that Dendron does not (as far as I can tell) have much in the way of outliner functionality. Other tools in this space do - for…
bachmeier on HN
Integration with static site generators like Hugo
From 1 comment
I notice that your directory structure and markdown formatting are very similar to those that are used by static site generators such as Hugo or Nikola. Do you have, or thought…
erezsh on HN
Dot graph rendering in markdown preview
From 1 comment
I think it would be really cool if there was a VS code extension where you could embed dot graphs in your .md file within a triple back tick block. Then when you hit the preview…
scudd on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Obsidian?
From 2 comments
Would love to see a feature comparison between Dendron and Obsidian.md if anyone has experience with both.
inakarmacoma on HNWhy? Isn't Obsidian better?
qwerty456127 on HN
Is there a way to post notes from mobile?
From 1 comment
This looks really cool! I'm going to give it a try. I always lose my notes. My workaround is a personal Discord server, to post notes to myself, which is nice to have a mobile…
gervwyk on HN
Alternatives named
Obsidian
From 2 comments
Would love to see a feature comparison between Dendron and Obsidian.md if anyone has experience with both.
inakarmacoma on HN>... it could disappear tomorrow and VSCode would take over as my notes. Yep. This is why I've been enjoying Obsidian too. I've been able to organize how I want, and it works…
Groxx on HN
Foam
From 1 comment
Thanks for sharing it. Here is another similar product: A personal knowledge management and sharing system for VSCode https://github.com/foambubble/foam
allenleein on HN
Zettlr
From 1 comment
Zettlr [1] with some custom CSS changes [2] has been working wonders for me. 1 - https://www.zettlr.com/ 2 - https://gist.github.com/drcursor/8dd91f28bf5a58dd5f23f828d48ae2d7
drcursor on HN
Joplin
From 1 comment
I have not seen it mentioned here a lot, but Joplin (another open-source, local-first, markdown-based, note-taking tool) also has a vscode extension (to search and edit notes in…
hobo_mark on HN
Roam
From 1 comment
How are people using tools like this and Roam, Obesdian, etc. etc. etc? Personally I could see the use if you were writing a book or something, but I feel like in practice for…
endisneigh on HN