Foam: A free Roam alternative for VSCode

64 points by AbuAssar 1 month ago | 10 comments
  • sputknick 1 month ago
    I tried switching to this a few years ago, but switched back to Obsidian. My problem was actually the strongest feature: the VS Code integration. Only about a third of my note taking is related to software development, so for me going into VS Code the other 2/3rd of the time was clunky. If 100% (or close to it) of your note taking is software related, this is a great product.
    • nchmy 1 month ago
      I used both from, essentially, day 1 and had a similar experience. Obsidian is just fantastic and I vastly prefer keeping it separate from my coding, even for coding-related notes.

      Though, once in a while I'll open the notes in VS Code just to make use of things like better find/replace, regex etc... - especially globally.

    • metayrnc 1 month ago
      After reading the README, the only missing thing seems to be the equivalent of Dataview from Obsidian. Will wait for something like it before considering switching.
    • fouc 1 month ago
      > Foam is a personal knowledge management and sharing system inspired by Roam Research, built on Visual Studio Code
      • senkora 1 month ago
        See also org-roam which is similar but for emacs using org: https://www.orgroam.com/
        • schonfinkel 4 weeks ago
          This is what made explore orgmode altogether and got me addicted to Emacs.
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          • mtzaldo 4 weeks ago
            Is vscode the new electron?
            • fouc 4 weeks ago
              Ha! That's ironic because VS Code is built on electron.