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I like my current note taking app (ZimWiki) partly due to it being standalone.",{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"24899261","nullandvoid","This is really interesting for me. I've just got into roam the last few months after an intertest in trying zettelkasten (and my notion growing rather unwieldly), but the $15\u002Fm…",{"value":130,"source":89,"evidence":131},"No mobile app or web client",[132,136],{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},"24898885","Naac","Just quickly watched this[1] video showing an intro to Dendron. I'm currently using tiddlywiki[2] so that's primarily what I'm comparing it too. Both tiddlywiki and dendron look…",{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},{"value":138,"source":89,"evidence":139},"Too similar to Obsidian and Foam",[140,144],{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},"24900964","desireco42","I tried Dendron in the past, solid tool. I personally use Obsidian and would recommend it over others like Roam. It is super fast and super responsive. 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