Dendron v100 - Open source note taking for developers

As someone who was not from a technical background (never used VSCode and wasn't familiar with markdown), you would think Dendron would be not be my natural first choice for note-taking. However, in a short span of 2 months, I can safely say that I have found a solution to my problems with knowledge management! My primary issue with note-taking and the tools I used earlier, was categorization and then finding the notes that I had written more than a week ago. Dendron's flat folder hierarchy and note referencing features have made it easier for me to navigate between my notes and find ways of connecting different subjects with related topics (my earlier approach was just a jumbled up pile of links on one note). While Dendron functions primarily as my tool for note-taking, is has also largely been a resource to learn better practices for knowledge management and my overall productivity. I have no excuse not to track my goals and projects, especially with structurally-supporting features like schemas and hierarchies. More than anything, the reason this tool is so effective for me is that it allows me to use my working style to set up my workspace. There is still so much of the tool and it's features that I am yet to learn and use, but that's what makes it more fun. The journey to improve knowledge management has begun and I'm excited to be on the ride!

I've run the gamut of note-taking technologies and I've finally found one that stuck with Dendron. What matters to me the most is speed. Speed of finding notes, speed of creating notes and speed of linking them. That's important as it keeps me in flow as I learn and write down ideas. Dendron was created with a lot of thought put into how someone grows with their knowledge base and I can confidently say after nearly two years of using Dendron, that my notes have grown with me. It's still easy to find things I did last November and make connections with books I read over a year ago. This product also has a great community that is super knowledgeable about note-taking.

I have been using Dendron almost since last 1 year and I am in love with it. It is an amazing asset for Developers like me who interested in personal knowledge management and prefer spending more time in their text editor. After trying some other knowledge management solutions, I always kept coming back to Dendron, because it make me feel right at home. I am so grateful for Dendron and it's amazingness. Thanks @kevin_s_lin for building Dendron v100 from ground up! :)

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Dendron has been incredibly useful in my job and daily life. I work as a software developer consultant and need to keep track of a lot of information, preferably in Markdown. It has helped me not only store info, but pull it up quickly, and share it with fellow team members and new hires. Here are some of the things I use it for: • Sprints issues and progress • Meeting notes • Notes on current projects • Drawing process flow charts with Unicorn syntax • Store code snippets • Creating README files • Storing contacts and notes (especially helpful when working with customers!) • Topics I am currently learning about • Topics I have already learned • Tracking work hours And Dendron works with source control and can be published online into a clean, user-friendly webpage. Dendron is also great for recording campaign information for games like Call of Cthulhu or Dungeons & Dragons!

I've been using this for a month or so now. So far I've got further with this than any other note taking software I've used before. In the past I used org-mode in emacs to make notes with but it was a bit limited because searching through things and organising it was near impossible. However, being able to have notes as plain text was a huge plus for me with org-mode - it removes the thought of even wanting to mess around with the layout too much. I think the Dendron mix of being 99% plain text, with the ability to paste in images (saved to an assets folder automatically) is just perfect. I'm new to the PKM (Personal Knowledge Map) or graph style of mapping / linking / note making, so having it integrated into VS Code was great. I cannot stand using any text editors or applications that I can't take my key bindings and shortcuts etc, so this was a stand-out vs other note takers like One Note, Obsidian, Notion, etc. Right now the stand-out unsung feature is the speed of development of new features, fixes to old problems (not found may problems), and the responsiveness of the development team. In the future, like everyone, I think it'd be great to have mobile apps ... but after finally getting around to putting some personal notes onto github, it was pretty easy to sync with mobile apps like gitjournal anyway.

After many years of trying out new note taking apps to watch them become write-only dumps that I never seem be able to find relevant notes in a timely manner, the blend of rigid structure that hierarchies and schemas give and the freedom of free flowing note taking experience wikilinks gives in Dendron just made sense to me. It was easier to write but also retrieve what I wrote. 2 years later I am using it for multiple personal occasions and also in a professional environment every single day. I was introduced to Dendron at an important time in my life when I desperately needed a better way to manage my knowledge, and it helped me in all the right ways.

I've been using Dendron for half a year now — after switching back and forth between other solutions — and I've not looked back since! I use it for my studies, to organize my notes and write summaries and overviews. This has helped me greatly with exam preparations. As an added bonus, I can publish my notes as a website and share it easily with my fellow students. This cuts out the need to re-explain basic things and can provide fast and easy context to more complex explanations. Secondly, I also use Dendron at work. I organize and convert different data classes from multiple sources, which makes the Schema feature a bliss. My notes inherently have a tree structure that reflects my work, and the use of templates allows me to cut out on a good deal of repetitive typing. Moreover, the collaborative features of Git perfectly translate into note-taking, and Dendron integrates Git seamlessly with the Sync command. A colleague of mine and I are building out a knowledge base / vault together, with minimal coordination required. Finally, Dendron's community also sets it apart from the competition. Problems are resolved swiftly, and I always feel like I'm being listened to by founder and developers alike. I'm excited for Dendron's future!

Fantastic product!

Been using Dendron for about 4 months now, it fits my needs perfectly at the moment. I love the fact that syncing is just based on git, and is seemless if you've set up ssh keys to your git server (github or bitbucket). I've set up keyboard shortcuts that launch either my work or personal knowledgebase vscode workspaces, they have customized color schemes using the vscode workspace setting "workbench.colorCustomizations". I am still figuring out how to best structure my notes but dendron helps me with that, using the CTRL-L shortcut it shows me suggestions while I am typing the note location.