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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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[–] NaNin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing! I'll give it a try

[–] Transhumanist@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Thanks, app is still in WIP state. Huge redesign and new cool features like databases coming soon

[–] PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de 108 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Unlike many other tools, VOID is not just another note-taking app.

no offense. but if I got a penny for everytime Ive heard this....

[–] Transhumanist@lemmy.ml 37 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

no offense. but if I got a penny for everytime Ive heard this…

yeah, I know) but I try my best to make this project as perfect and useful as possible

[–] PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

for everyone who walked this path of finding (or making) the perfect note app. there is no general perfect. everybody will find eventually a workflow which works - and evolves.

but I whish you all the best and that you may built an app which inspires many. :)

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[–] vort3@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the idea of being a true second brain

It's good that it's built with this idea, but what is the actual implementation of this idea? What features make it «a true second brain» that other «second brain» apps (obsidian and hundred other note taking apps) don't have?

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (24 children)

I did a bunch of research into second brain/zettelkasten apps (that is to say, apps that support note taking with note interlinking and rich text) earlier this year, and I couldn't find a single app in the category that's (1) FOSS, (2) stores notes as .md files natively (Logseq will import/export to .md, but it's not native), and (3) is cross-platform in some way (for my purposes, I need it to be on Linux, Android, and Mac OS, or have a usable web app). Even the ones that get close all have some kind of gimmick to them, or are super ugly or slow or otherwise hard to use.

If Void can get those three nailed, and do it in a usable way, it will fill a very particular and exciting niche.

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