Dendron v100 - Open source note taking for developers

I've been using Dendron for more than a year now having found it while searching for an app to build my second brain with--I neither wanted to keep using OneNote nor settle for one of the popular pseudo-free note taking apps. Today, Dendron is my PKM, my to-do list (I used bujo method), and my regular journals. Can't use it at work as we are stuck with OneNote in our MS-centric ecosystem, but maybe one day I'll convince my team to switch over. I love that Dendron is built on top of VSCode as it provides an endless supply of things to tweak and customize if your heart desires. This might not be the obvious choice for people wholly unfamiliar with VSCode, but unless you cannot live with a WYSIWYG editor, it should be easy to pick up. And one more thing--Dendron is what finally got me to learn Vim and stick with it! Can't live without both of them now. `Ctrl + L` to the end 🎉

Dendron has definitely been a tool that has solved all my needs, without the need to overwhelm me with a lot of customization options. Plus its integration within VSCode has made me feel like I never have to change applications, which makes me feel comfortable while keeping my notes on steroids using Dendron and VSCode features at the same time! That is great! Dendron has an amazing community.Wow I'm speechless. They are always whiling to help. Kudos to all Dendron team, and thanks for creating an amazing solution and community. :)

I've been using Dendron daily, mainly for its journal function. It has a lot of complexity under the covers, but for just daily work journaling it's really simple to use. The search function (leveraging VS Code) is phenomenal, and the reorganization tools are really helpful. I have quit using more tools like Dendron than I care to admit, but I am hopeful that Dendron will continue to be fun and useful.

Dendron has become the hub for my personal knowledge management and transformed the way I approach learning and task management. I started with Dendron earlier this year mostly for use in school and I honestly can’t fathom how I worked without it prior. My notes are both easy to create and even easier to reference for information when and how I need it. I can have all my knowledge everywhere I need it, easily export/publish it, and I know that the core information is secure and future-proof in a simple text based format.

I choose to use Opensource products only and I had tried various Opensource note taking tools , and a few non Opensource ones. I Really loved Basket Notepads because it have organization features and getting things done features but it was dead since 2014 and I was struggling to find something that close to it. I found out dendron around a year ago but at first I didn't like the Idea of having a note taking tool as an Extensions . I would like it to lightweight , and take notes quickly and look back quickly. So I tried QOwnNotes which is written in QT and have direct integration to nextcloud. The developer there is really nice and I contributed a few extensions. But then When notes are becoming big and many , it requires proper search and When i want to write proper markdown plus some code I found VSCode is best . Then i realize since i have to open VScode as daily basis why not just use Dendron ? So i give a tried and fall in love. It is full of features that is required to organize my researches. Very easy to organize Notes in Hierarchyn and then i found it have the most powerful organization system with auto-completions which making easy to store and retrieve information , super fast too . Combined with powerful search system of VSCode it become a match made in heaven. I use Dendron to : - Write project specifications - Store Research and Learning - Save code Snippets - Daily Logging Only thing i missing are Secret/Encrypted notes with unlock key , Launching Dendron Directly as seperate app, and ability to park to systemtray which i think it would need its own application (not sure it would be easy or worth it - since it requires forking vscode.)

Before I encountered Dendron, an insight or maybe it was just taste, had me decide that for long-term note-taking my solution needs to be based on markdown files and local-first architecture. So as a vim player I started to use https://github.com/Alok/notation... which was very empowering and a joy to use. Having that kind of setup I was someone that had very specific requirements and so most alternatives did not fit into my preferred way. But I was looking for more advanced features to organize my notes. Dendon's framing and solutions resonated with me. But only Dendron's cli-based architecture finally convinced me to convert my markdown files to it. It provided the assurance to have at some point in time a vim integration layer where I could access all the features I need from vim. Suddenly had access to features like refactoring, renaming, daily-notes, and schemas through VSCode and would still be able to do a fast lookup from vim. I had something even more empowering. Throughout already more than a year, I also got used to VSCode and found it to be a great alternative lense to my notes.

I haven't used Dendron that much, but I've interviewed at Dendron last year, and I remembered it as a company with an outstanding interview process that clearly cares about quality of both code and product, and Kevin personally as a great developer you would be lucky to work alongside of. Congrats on your producthunt launch, guys!

Dendron has been incredibly useful and is my go to tool for PKM, Meeting notes and Daily Journaling. Thanks to the active help of the Dendron team on discord and also via New user meetups, the adaptation to Dendron has been seamless.

I've been using Dendron for about half a year and it's done wonders for my note-taking habit. Previously I've stored my notes in Evernote but it always felt more of a hassle than not to create notes. Comparatively, Dendron feels so much more lightweight and the friction to create notes is very low. As such, I've finally taken on journaling (even though I've been saying that for years) thanks to Dendron and the fact that you can sync to github helps alleviate any concern I'll ever have of losing my notes.

Dendron is a fantastic platform for team and personal knowledge management - especially for developers and technical teams. @kevin_s_lin has been working on this problem since well before the existence of Dendron and he has a deep passion for solving knowledge management in a way that is accessible to everyone. I am excited to see what the future holds for the product 🎉🚀 I love that Dendron is open source, takes advantage of the VSCode ecosystem and uses Markdown in a standard file hierarchy.