[RichardChu]

I'm making Notabase [1], which is a personal knowledge base for non-linear thinking. It's inspired by note-taking apps like Notion, Roam Research, and Obsidian.

I started it because I wanted a note-taking app for networked thought / Zettelkasten that is easy to use for the average user (not the average Hacker News reader). So you don't need to use Markdown if you don't want to, you can format text in other ways like using the formatting toolbar or through keyboard shortcuts. And syncing between different devices is handled automatically for you since it's a web app.

I also wanted to make it open source [2] so that anyone could look at the code and contribute to it if they wanted to. I'm not a big fan of the way that a lot of the apps in this space are closed source -- you don't really know what they're doing with your data, and it doesn't inspire confidence in the app's longevity.

It's still early in development, but I'm hoping to build a solid community behind it.

[1] https://notabase.io

[2] https://github.com/churichard/notabase