As a paid user and donor who has been using the software for half a year, I do not recommend its usage. Certain features of the software require account registration. However, the developers manage accounts arbitrarily, unilaterally changing account usage rules temporarily, and exercising speech control within the forum, directly altering or deleting posts that question their actions. You might consider using Obsidian or Logseq instead.

1yr ago

tresk

•2 reviews

My main writing app. Siyuan has all the features I need, it's extendable, and it works. I deduct one star because the desktop application is Electron-based, which I am extremely against, and they ask users to pay in order to sync their notes. I self-host my own, so I don't have to deal with either of those issues.

3mo ago

Daniel Winkler

•1 review

Version 3 has great additions to an already awesome app. General availability of databases and we can now set any LLM that is openAI or Azure compatible. I use ollama to serve Mixtral locally and use it in Siyuan.

11mo ago

亏月

•1 review

As an Obsidian user for two years, and continue to pay attention to applications such as Anytype. I think the experience with Siyuan surpasses that of Obsidian. Self-hosting allowed and local first, PDF annotation, block sync. Looking forward to next year's maze feature (whiteboard).

1yr ago

Shawn

•3 reviews

I've been searching for months for the ultimate PKMS. SiYuan is it, and it's made by a power couple who are dedicated to FOSS. Offline first, beautiful transclusion support, completely cross platform. I'm in love. The pace of development is incredibly rapid as well, as opposed to some FOSS projects that seem to be on life support.

1yr ago

Yoann

•2 reviews

Disastrous usability and aesthetic appeal, infrequent updates, no free synchronization quota, all of which are indeed dissatisfying. But in terms of functionality, it's almost impeccable, and flawless coupled with the plugins.

8mo ago