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It feels like notetaking/wiki software have gotten a resurgence in the last few years. Not that it was ever not a thing, but like a new generation of people realized wanted to build new tools for it.

Personally, I think the variety of tools is very interesting, and while I like Obsidian and plain markdown file, I do love to see different options in the space with hosted options and different capabilities.

Notion feels like it's got this serious range from individuals up to teams at large enterprises. It's incredibly flexible and configurable and I have to assume that's a big part of it, but it was so interesting to watch it eat away at other things like Confluence over the years. My perspective is probably skewed (and I know Confluence and other are probably still massive and dominant), but I'm surprised such a simple concept is getting so much more software. Or actually, that's probably why it's a space with so much software.

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If you're familiar with the space, ever heard anything that ticks all these boxes:

(a) git versioned

(b) CRDTs

(d) front matter + markdown able to be SSGd

(e) comfortable UI for not-devs

(f) native (Swift) MacOS app, else Tauri/Electron self-hosted client+svc

(g) if online, OIDC / SAML SSO

Appears this can be cobbled leveraging Obsidian plugins, but unstable due to git vs. CRDT issues. And there are a few "CMS" for SSG stacks that almost but not quite meet this.

Dev of the Obsidian Relay plugin [0] here.

We support most of this (you'll need to also use Obsidian Git), but haven't released OIDC (please reach out of you need it!).

[0] https://system3.md/relay

very interesting, I'm looking for something like this, will check it out. In my obsdian vault, I keep a lot of code snippets and even entire python scripts. Do you see your method as being perhaps an alternative to dedicated github repos for tiny personal projects, replacing a million little repos? And at the same time having notes in the same repo?

Have you solved the git repo index problem, Ive found that large vaults cause a problem and require occasional cleanup:

```bash git gc --prune=now # Garbage collection

git repack -ad # Repacked objects, optimizing repository storage ```

Qownnotes. Syncs with cloud for multi device.

I’m also a bit surprised by this, but it really seems like there’s a growing need, maybe as a way to handle information overload or keep up with the ever-faster pace of learning and change.

When I started Typemill.net years ago, my focus was actually on ebook publishing. But over time, I noticed that a lot of small businesses were looking for lightweight tools for documentation, note-taking, and similar content. So, I naturally shifted to documentation and small knowledge bases.

For a long time, this space was pretty much dominated by big enterprise tools like Confluence on one side and Evernote on the other. But now, with tools like Obsidian, BookStack, Docmost, Outline, and others, there’s finally a broad range of modern solutions that fit different needs and sizes. I think that’s a great step forward...

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