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engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Closing loop - we merged in a PR that lifted the codex toml modification logic from the codex source code, so it should be safe to use. We weren't able to recreate cases were the previous approach broke our test cases, but by porting codex logic we figure is the best way to structurally ensure there aren't unforseen changes.

If you run into any other issues -- let us know.

engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Added! https://openknowledge.ai/docs/integrations/opencode
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
OpenCode docs added - https://openknowledge.ai/docs/integrations/opencode

Let us know if any feedback.

engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Top priority, expect an update within days.
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Appreciate it !
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Currently yes. We'll be exposing a centralized CRDT server option in near future.
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Yes, we're working on Linux/Windows beyond the CLI/WebUI, Electron enables us to do that.
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Yup, OKF is more of a specification for a format, similar to e.g. Skills or MCP.

Our templates follow it and we have a starter pack for it.

You can think of our app as a general purpose IDE for any knowledge base/wiki/markdown.

Docs: https://openknowledge.ai/docs/workflows/supporting-open-know...

engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Ah, I was referering to https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/how-th... for "OKF"
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Talking about a few different things, OKFN and OKF.
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Web UI available for Linux/Windows. Updates docs !
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
I don't believe I've seen a KM app with true WYSWIG that's markdown underneath. Rest is indeed mainly packaging up all the second-brain, MCP, skills, and AI integrations to be out-of-the-box. More to come.
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Fixed!
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
As a founder of a company that revolves around AI, I get you. It can feel frothy // intangible // overwhelming.
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
There is a knowledge graph -- we'll update the readme to make clearer. We support wikilinks and forward/backward links are presented to the agent through the MCP server for "agentic search". There's semantic search support as well, etc.
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Great thought - we indeed added Claude/Codex terminal in there already. Was our quick win as we investigated this deeply.
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
collab between agent <> human happens locally via yjs

collab between human <> human happens using git/GitHub. so collab right now is auto-sync (~few min latency) + sharing functionality. Richer realtime collab is indeed something we're looking at.

engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Thanks nitin, these are all top of queue. We'll follow on quickly.
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Appreciate it. An anonymized repro file would help ensure we validate against your specific cases.
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
got it. we'll ship this within the next week.
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
To add one more thing: Codex/Claude/Cursor can open the OpenKnowledge web viewer within their own embedded web viewer. So you don't need the two apps open.

And we embedded the Claude terminal within the OpenKnowledge app itself if you prefer that. We are working on embedding the AI (including local models) more deeply within the app itself as well, expect updates in next week.

engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Is the issue you're seeing that it stripped comments, or something else?
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Got it yup, sounds like similar to the setups our team runs. Give it a shot and feel free to share any feedback.
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Git is used for the "auto-sync" and sharing functionality. Uses GitHub as the source of truth for the content.

Currently the CRDT is local and is used so that agents can edit the markdown concurrently with the user, and the user can edit it via the WYSWIG editor or the raw markdown editor. CRDT powers the live indicators, etc.

CRDT and git are reconciled so that git stays as the canotical version history.

engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Let me know if you see any gap with OpenKnowledge an this scenario. It's exactly what we aimed to solve (files are markdown and local, sync and team sharing happens via git/GitHub but is abstracted away from user).
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Checking this asap, apologies for any inconvenience.
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Curious: do you mean being able to select text and "add it" to clipboard/attachment for the LLM, or something else?
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
+1. We'll continue at it.
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Yup, taking a look at it. Expect it integrated within next week.
engomez··on Show HN: OpenKnowledge – open source AI-first alternative to Obsidian/Notion
Two key pieces: 1. True WYSIWYG UI 2. MCPs and skills support showing the OpenKnowledge web UI within the Desktop apps, as well as things like agentic search with embeddings and other goodies. We also add AI affordances into the UI, including an embedded Claude/Codex terminal.
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