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Open source & local-first
Logseq as a team knowledge base means choosing which Logseq you mean
Logseq split into two apps in April 2026. One keeps your pages as markdown files and has no multi-user mode. The other has teammates and a SQLite database.
Oct 11, 2026 · 12 min readOpen source & local-first
Self-hosting Obsidian notes is three different jobs people keep confusing
Self-hosting Obsidian means three unrelated things: a sync backend, a desktop in a container, or a published site. What each gives you, and what none does.
Oct 10, 2026 · 9 min readOpen source & local-first
Confluence alternatives that use markdown, and where each one actually puts the file
Confluence stores XHTML and never exports markdown. Which alternatives keep your markdown in a database, and which write real files to your disk.
Oct 9, 2026 · 7 min readOpen source & local-first
The open source second brain: own your notes, forever
Why a second brain should be open source and local-first: plain markdown you own, no lock-in, self-hostable. How Baalda (Apache-2.0) compares to closed apps.
Aug 26, 2026 · 3 min readStart your team’s brain
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