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Hey folks! I’m completely new to Lemmy and still figuring out how everything works around here... But I’d love to share a project I’ve been building.

It's called VOID (Versatile Open-source Infrastructure for Developers) - an open-source, local-first second-brain (note taking app but more powerful) application that combines the flexibility of Obsidian with the powerful organization of Notion.

Unlike many other tools, VOID is not just another note-taking app. It’s built with the idea of being a true second brain that you fully control. No vendor lock-in, no hidden cloud, no feature walls. Everything is open-source, customizable, and designed to adapt to your workflow instead of forcing you into someone else’s.

I'm currently building it with Rust, Tauri v2 and Vue.js. For certain plugins and configs, it also supports SurrealDB as a database.

check it out on my GitHub

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[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I have one suggestion so far. Consider moving to Codeberg. Github has become a very unsafe place to keep FOSS projects.

[–] Transhumanist@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

I would think about that, maybe I will backup everything on codeberg

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

no hidden cloud

Shots fired at Notesnook.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Neat project, shame on the basic premise. Just remember to delete your second brain once in a while, for the health of your first one, and actually use it for something creative once in a while.

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 6 days ago

Note taking has it's place, but I agree. Once you go from note taking into crippling habitual hivemind its lost the main point. The time I spent on making my notes look amazing and growing my thought library rather than working on executing my actual ideas was getting insane.

I've seen some of the Obsidian maxi's graphs in tutorial videos. There are people that have spent literal weeks of their precious time on these massive dot-to-line hoards. It really becomes literal e-hoarding. Like counseling levels of bad habit. Then they hold these humongous, continent-sized graphs up like a trophy. Mine's bigger than yours. Whip it out and prove it.

Now I only jot ideas I want to remember later if I'm in the middle of something, write down dreams I may forget (or nightmares, as it helps me calm down and analyze them logically), and keep to my diet and shopping lists.

I really don't need more than that. Any reminders or schedules go in my android FOSS calendar (Etar).

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Good luck with the project! I hope it becomes everything you want it to be, in time!

[–] Transhumanist@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

thank you, these words mean a lot to me

[–] sdiown@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

So basically, a markdown editor?

[–] frozenspinach@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Awesome! I want more and better apps in this space. I personally don't trust myself not to lose my phone, so I want to manually sync files to some trusted place, or preferably, have webdav/nextcloud for syncing the way some notes apps have it. It's your project, so do what suits you, but that's something that would push it to the top for me.

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[–] gaiety@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 days ago

this looks cool!

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Why is this better than zim?

[–] Transhumanist@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 days ago (5 children)

I didn’t even heard about zim before

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[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I thought Zim was just an archival format?

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 6 days ago

Nope. But some do use it for mediawiki dumps. Never understood that, really

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