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SilverBullet v2 released: open-source, self hosted, programmable notes

community.silverbullet.md

SilverBullet v2 released!

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This looks like it could be an open source alternative to obsidian.md. Would anyone be able to speak to that?
- It is. The differece is that Silverbullet is self-hosted and not in app like Obsidian. The basics are the same, Obsidian has a way bigger community and more plugins, Silverbullet is easier to extend due to using Lua. Lastly, Silverbullet has queries built in, in Obsidian you have to use Dataview. If you need a markdown-based note storing system Silverbullet is great. Obsidian has more bling and customizability, but is not self-hostable.
  
  Obsidian now has a native query ability via the Bases core plugin. I've barely played with it though.
- I'm curious how it compares with trilium
I like what I am hearing. I was a big fan in the beginning, but it developed to add more and more features and some breaking changes, and I decided to stop using it until the bleeding edge development slows down
What is the outlook regarding breaking changes in v2? Should I wait a bit?
Bunch of ideas in this thread. Does anyone know of a good solution for reading text files (markdown) in a folder? I tried flat notes (too bare bones), An Otter Wiki (it was fine, but I couldn't get into it). I'll try silverbullet.
- Obsidian does that. But I don't believe it's FOSS
- Trying out typemill. Seems ok so far.
  Edit: crap. Search requires a license.
- VSCode with Foam. Or go old school with Vim Wiki.
That website scrolls funny on my Firefox mobile. Is that a sample of what to expect from the actual software?
- Looks fine to me (Firefox 142.0.1 on GrapheneOS 2025081400 on a Pixel 8).
Eww lua. Pass. Everything else looks nice.
- People seem to like lua. I have never used it, curious to know what people like and dislike.
- What's wrong with Lua in your opinion ?

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