Sell me on this: why would I use TiddlyWiki instead of Notion or Obsidian or Org Mode, etc.? And what kinds of things is it not good for?
I’m asking seriously. I’ve seen it mentioned here on HN enough times that obviously a whole community of people think it’s great. I don’t know much about it other than that it looks clever. Have I been missing the best thing since sliced bread?
I'm not really well-versed enough to provide a nuanced take on why one would choose TiddlyWiki over those three, although I think it has something to do with the fact that at the end of the day it's just HTML. OrgMode locks you into emacs, Obsidian (app) and Notion are proprietary. Makes sense there would be a big contingent of systems-oriented people who swear by it.
Anecdotally, one of my buddies uses it to host his homebrew TTRPG ruleset, which the wiki structure actually works very well for. I just download the HTML file and then I can reference it without internet, which is quite nice.
IMHO, it's dependability. It's easy and flexible because I can set it up as a web service or use it offline. For the average reader of HN, it takes probably 10 min to set it as web service with npm and reverse proxy + SSL and then you can use it from any device. With a little CSS it can be beautiful and with plugins you can have a connection graph similar to Obisidian. Once it runs, then I don't need to worry about updating it every other hour because of bug fixes and compatibility breaks. And I know it will be there for the next 20+ years.
Sell me on this: why would I use TiddlyWiki instead of Notion or Obsidian or Org Mode, etc.? And what kinds of things is it not good for?
I’m asking seriously. I’ve seen it mentioned here on HN enough times that obviously a whole community of people think it’s great. I don’t know much about it other than that it looks clever. Have I been missing the best thing since sliced bread?
I'm not really well-versed enough to provide a nuanced take on why one would choose TiddlyWiki over those three, although I think it has something to do with the fact that at the end of the day it's just HTML. OrgMode locks you into emacs, Obsidian (app) and Notion are proprietary. Makes sense there would be a big contingent of systems-oriented people who swear by it.
Anecdotally, one of my buddies uses it to host his homebrew TTRPG ruleset, which the wiki structure actually works very well for. I just download the HTML file and then I can reference it without internet, which is quite nice.
IMHO, it's dependability. It's easy and flexible because I can set it up as a web service or use it offline. For the average reader of HN, it takes probably 10 min to set it as web service with npm and reverse proxy + SSL and then you can use it from any device. With a little CSS it can be beautiful and with plugins you can have a connection graph similar to Obisidian. Once it runs, then I don't need to worry about updating it every other hour because of bug fixes and compatibility breaks. And I know it will be there for the next 20+ years.