The best of many PKM tools in one | Heptabase First Look

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I've been hearing a lot about Heptabase lately, and I wanted to figure out why. The tool has a number of features from other personal knowledge management tools compiled into one unique interface - that of a unique, highly visual PKM tool.
If you love Obsidian's Canvas feature, Heptabase might be the perfect fit for your PKM workflow.
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[@Gigusx]

I was gonna say how silly it is to require a subscription just to try things out (would skip it without a second thought), but I double checked, and they do have a free 7-day trial. Unless what you meant is that 7 days isn't long enough to decide whether you want to switch completely, but then it could've been phrased better.

[@EffectiveCo]

That's good news, when I signed up last month it wasn't there!

[@Gigusx]

@@EffectiveCo Fair! Glad they added it

[@WaldenPeace1]

Longtime Obsidian user here -- I'm actually in the process of migrating everything to Heptabase. It just has the right mix of features for my use case. I actually signed up for Scrintal and Heptabase last year, almost simultaneously, because I was intrigued by the visual notetaking approach. Obsidian's Canvas had not been implemented yet. I found both to be lacking, although Scrintal had a slight development edge at the time. That's changed, dramatically. I thought that with the rollout of Canvas that I would drop both; instead, Heptabase has impressed me with increased sophistication and features, and they're just getting better. Again, everyone's use case is different. But even though I try out a lot of apps, I don't change them very often (Keynote 1998 - 2008 / Evernote 2008 - 2016 (using Scrivener for publishing) / Standardnotes 2016 - 2020 / Obsidian 2020 - present), but note-taking is such a dynamic field at the moment that my switch frequency is accelerating. But with Heptabase I feel like I might've found a home. For now 😉

[@TheDoberman972]

Did you try capacities ?

[@georgeroukas7399]

I’m evaluating Heptabase as a replacement for Roam Research, which I love but which doesn’t seem to have gotten any material updates for quite a while. In contrast, I’ve been amazed at the pace of development for Heptabase. They have a document in their wiki that documents their vision and a discord where they communicate directly with their customers and give you the near term roadmap. It does have a bit of a learning curve for me because the model is different from Roam, but I’m finding that all the functionality is there, as well as a LOT more.

[@StevenMichels]

Great to hear your thoughts; you were spot on in how Heptabase combines the best of many apps. Note: The new mobile app is more full functionality now; it’s not just capture.

[@EffectiveCo]

I must've missed a release - I tested it last month and that's all it was. Thanks for the update!

[@santiagopuente660]

Excelent, thanks!

[@kyotalangard]

Can you make a video about DeepNotes?

[@neadfiles]

Hmm. Left a comment a few days ago with links to some Heptabase information for anyone who was interested in more info. Any reason that was taken down?

[@EffectiveCo]

I’m not sure what happened - wasn’t from my end - sorry about that though.

[@neadfiles]

I'll try again. Maybe KZbin thought it was spammy. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ @@EffectiveCo

[@lowkeyproducktvt2101]

KZbin doesn't like Links in comments is what I have experienced maybe because they want to reduce spams because every time I posted any link in any KZbin video the comment would have been deleted . I don't know know if the creator can control that but it is my theory that KZbin doesn't want you to post links until it's the creator it self

[@BrendanMyrden]

Interesting - I still would enjoy a more visual app, customizable for ideas.

[@LifeInGray696]

They now have a free trial option

[@lowkeyproducktvt2101]

As a student who doesn't earn anything I need a free version 😢

[@garolstipock]

7 long ample days

[@Ibramusbah]

It doesn't have outline feature.

[@JHProductivity]

It has. You can use bullet points.

[@kapiushonkapiushon46]

you look like the guy from pitch meeting

[@i_accept_all_cookies]

No self-hosting option? No thanks.

[@Chris-cx6wl]

Which self hosted PKM are you using?

[@i_accept_all_cookies]

@@Chris-cx6wl I'm still using Obsidian. It's not perfect, but it does the job.

[@desireco]

Just tried it... ewww... it has nice things but definitely not better then others and on top of that it is paid, so I have to think what will be with my stuff if I stop paying... Card Library is really way worse then in other tools and that should be a foundation

[@WarrenKirkpatrick]

What other visual apps have you tried that you think may be better?

[@desireco]

@@WarrenKirkpatrick Obsidian for start, Logseq as well. This is too generic