Hi,
I am Matto, I am retired, but still work as a. freelance writer for the Dutch Linux Magazine.
Although I am an Emacs user, I think Silverbullet might be a nice system for me, because I love to tinker with my tools 
Just installed Silverbullet, and have not much experience with it.
I think it is wonderful that Silverbullet is made available under an open source licence. A big thank you for that!
Hi,
Iām dot, from France.
Many thanks to Zef and the whole community for this wonderful tool that I discovered over the summer, thanks to @fflorent and his package for Yunohost. Iāve started using it for personal notes and Iām thinking of using it in a professional context too. Incidentally, I donāt work in the IT world. A tool like this can therefore attract far more than just the āhackerā community. 
During my first few weeks of use, I based my use of SilverBullet on a misunderstanding: using sync mode, I thought I had to switch to online mode from time to time to synchronize with the server 
Now that I understand the use of sync mode better, I find that it really does bring together the best of both worlds and avoids the need to use a third-party synchronization solution (like Nextcloud), as I had to set up with LogSeq.
To perfect my use of SilverBullet, I need to define the best strategy for organizing my notes (tags, attributes, folders, linksā¦) but this issue is not specific to SilverBullet and applies to all software (I saw that there was a topic on this subject).
To my mind, SilverBullet is already very feature-rich and sufficient for regular use. I wonāt be original in saying that itās attachment management thatās perhaps the most important missing element.
Merci encore Ć toutes et tous !
Hi, Iām Alex
I work as a software developer for the last 35 years. About 10 years Iām taking notes. At different periods Iāve been using Evernote, Notion, Obsidian, Logseq, back to Obsidian, back to Logseq and now itās SilverBullet. Iām constantly scanning ānotetaking spaceā and someone mentioned SilverBullet. At the time Iāve been looking for something that would work as a web service and it was a perfect fit. The hackability adds the beauty to it. It feels like I donāt need to change the whole thing any more, but just add some code to tweak things.
I just found this about seven minutes ago. I am a long-time wiki and logseq user and was looking for something simpler. I am a former teacher and now work from home in the New Orleans area.
Hi everyone! As many before me, Iām a current Logseq user. I think I saw a post on Reddit about Silver Bullet and a mention on the Logseq Discord.
Currrently looking for a way to host a graph-based note-taking application and SB seems to have all the functionalities that I currently use in Logseq as well, with the benefit that the files live on the server instead of the client. The PWA is neat, but I donāt expect to neat it a lot and it makes me more afraid of conflicts too.
I also believe that the fact that itās developed in a more popular language is a benefit (despite loving functional programming, so I do have somewhat of a soft spot for ClojureScript).
What draws me most to SB is the hooks-system. During the pandemic Iāve played a lot of D&D using Foundry VTT (Virtual Tabletop). It also had a very extensive API and hooks system, that made it very easy to write macroās and plugins. If SBās extensibility is going to be on par, than that will definitely be a big plus for me.
A (very) minor disadvantage is that I do like pretty software and SB is not that nice looking yet. I reckon a little CSS can fix that though, so Iām happy the focus is on functionality and not implementing a bunch of themes for different people.
Currently trying out SB on my laptop, but plan to host it on a low-consumption server once I get all the parts in.
Hello all. Wanted to say thanks to Zef and the whole community for working so hard to make and improve this thing.
Iām just a good ole boy from the U.S., from a small town in Mississippi and now living in Texas. In my 40s I realized I had ADHD and when I got a diagnosis and some medication, everything turned around for me. Now at 48 I have taught myself some Python, learned some CAD and have two 3D printers, and I am about to graduate with a BS in Psychology and Iām applying for grad school.
I found out about Silverbullet almost by accident. I found myself watching a YouTube video about notetaking apps that specifically focused on open source, free-to-use apps that saved files in plain text. This sounded great, since I had looked at the ones Iām sure everyone has heard of but didnāt like the idea of putting my personal things on other peopleās servers in proprietary format. Silverbullet was mentioned at the end as something the maker of the video had just heard of, didnāt know much about, but felt it was very promising. Sorry I donāt remember the name of the channel right off. If I remember it or find it I may edit this, but they only had like three videos uploaded and havenāt added anything for a while.
I make a lot of notes and reminders in my phoneās notes app, but I am CONSTANTLY hounded to back everything up to Googleās cloud, even though I have said no every time it keeps asking, and I am tired of having to tell it no repeatedly. I also like the idea of not having to email screenshots of notes or copy & paste or whatever else I have to do to get all my stuff in one place.
I have been putzing around with SB for about a week now, learning Linux at the same time because I finally got a bellyful of Windows as well, and I have gotten online and accessed it from my phone and work PC, and been playing with getting my head around things like space script and making it look the way I want.
I feel like one of those novices from the great mystery schools of the past, when the secrets were hidden in the texts and you had to read between the lines and figure out what it all really meant, in order to prove yourself worthy of initiation. I see all the brilliant folks here making it look so easy, and I feel like I have found myself amongst wizards and warlocks But I keep reading the docs, and Iām getting it figured out.
Thanks again, Zef, for the great app and the fun puzzle! It helps keep the brain young!
Hey guys, I am Archie,
I started Obsidian to make a PKB for myself around 2021. At that time I was very new to the idea. I liked its local first approche very much, but didnāt know about FOSS programs. I started on Windows and moved to Linux. I recently found out about SB as I was asking about alternatives, I specially looking for a way to access my vaults from web without publicly publishing them for everyone. The ideas around this app are awesome. I think getting rid of an electron app to write notes is a good step. But there are many things to figure out until finally fully move my workflow from Obsidian to here.
I hope I can learn from you guys.
Hello, Iām Mario from Mexico, and I work as an IT Manager.
Iāve been trying out SilverBullet for about a week now, and I have to say, Iām loving it. Before this, Iāve used quite a few note-taking apps like Evernote, OneNote, and Joplin. But when I started hosting my own applications on my NAS and wanted something that supports markdown, I made the switch. I used Obsidian for a year until I stumbled upon SilverBullet in a Reddit comment. After checking out the docs and watching Zefās tutorials, I found the query and template features really handy for organizing my day-to-day notes on a front page.
One of the aspects I appreciate most about SilverBullet is its accessibility that allows me to access my notes from any location without the need for supplementary installations.
Hi All,
Iām Ian, based in the UK, am a technical trainer, have been a consultant and worked in most areaās of IT in my long career/ Thanks to Zef for this very interesting app, Iāve been through all the usual suspects and am now looking for something simpler. Silverbullet looks excellent, am looking forward to tweaking and building this out.
Cheers
Ian
Hi, Iām Ben, based in the US. I had been looking for a solid but simple self-hostable PKM and after trialing a few Silverbullet was my favorite by far. Thanks to Zef for putting this together.
Iām Akos, from Germany a tech enthusiast who loves exploring creative and technical pursuits. from cooking hot&spicy dishes to diving into 3D printing&Laser engraving and home automation projects.
I discovered SilverBullet while browsing Awesome-Selfhosted, searching for self-hosted apps to break free from Big Tech monopolies like Apple and Google. SilverBullet stood out with its lightweight, modular approach, and Iāve been hooked ever since. Itās a powerful tool that lets me shape my workflows exactly how I want.
A massive congratulations to @zef and the whole community for creating and maintaining such an outstanding project! Itās a privilege to be part of this journey, and Iām excited to see how SilverBullet evolves in the future.
Looking forward to connecting with this amazing community, exchanging ideas, and seeing how everyone else uses SilverBullet to make their lives more organised and creative!
Hi there! Iām Vance (they/them pronouns). Iām an artist, writer, amateur developer, and all-around maker and tinkerer. Based in the US.
Iāve been obsessed with personal knowledge management for a few years now. Back in college I used Evernote religiously, but then when Evernote started restricting how many devices you could use, I started looking for other options. Switched to Notion around 2021-22 and got super excited about that for a little while, became kind of a Notion power user, but I got frustrated with it being online-only and proprietary and laggy as heck. Looked into LogSeq but couldnāt get past the whole āeverythingās a bullet pointā thing; I do lots of long-form writing. Got pretty excited about Dendron for a while, but the project went unmaintained not long after I started using it, and there had always been some friction anyway. For a while I just kind of gave up on note-taking and PKM. Then last year I decided to give Obsidian another shot, and thatās been my daily driver ever since, particularly for my daily journaling.
Then last night I came across SilverBullet mentioned on the Obsidian Reddit and was blown away by how it seems to have almost exactly everything Iāve wanted from a notes app: Markdown-based for future-proofing and portability; super fast and responsive editing; accessible online when needed but also able to be local-first (best of both worlds!!); able to query and āresurfaceā and do calculations on data from notes; open source. The fact that itās made for the āhacker mentalityā is perfect for me, because Iām someone who genuinely loves and makes a hobby out of just the process of building and customizing systems for myself. (Iām always seeing folks in the Obsidian community say āyou should work IN your notes, not ON your notesā as a way to tell people to stop tinkering with plugins etc and just write, but Iām always like, why canāt I enjoy both?!)
The only real drawback I see at the moment is that it doesnāt have a very rich plugin ecosystem quite yet. Which is obviously understandable considering the size of the project, like, no shade meant hahaābut I donāt know if Iām gonna be able to fully switch over from Obsidian without, say, a periodic notes plugin. (But maybe I can learn to build it myself!)
So Iāve only been using it for a couple hours lol, weāll see how it goes and whether it sticks for me. Maybe Iāll come back and update this after Iāve used it a bit longer. But I feel like Iām 100% the target audience.
Given my background in visual arts, Iām hoping to contribute some design flair and CSS wizardry to the community! And, as I continue my journey of learning JS and TS, hopefully contribute code someday too! Also interested in helping with documentation.
Huge thanks to Zef for this brilliant app!
Hi there, my name is Christoph, I am a scientist (Marine Biology) based in Germany, using Macs and iPhone.
I have been taking notes about work (mostly) using different solutions, but mainly orgmode, Tiddlywiki and Logseq, oh and zim wiki.
I first learned about Silverbullet on the personal website of a PKM aficionado (Jack Baty IIRC), it also popped up on HN at some point, donāt remember which came first.
I am currently kicking its tires on a local install but I am already loving the power that is in the hands of the enduser, some of the almost casually presented plugs and use-cases are mind-blowing.
At the same time many of the things that I presume I will use most often are easy, in fact, built-in already. I love that keyboard-driven manipulation of outline items is already there, including moving entire subtrees (outline items plus children) around.
I regard SB not so much as a solution but a toolbox, which is something that I am used to (much of science is tinkering really) but the quality and power of the tools at my disposal 
Itās early days for me, so I will reserve judgement for now but I am excited Thank you very much!
This is a cool app, and I foresee enjoying using it for a long while. Only hitch so far is I havenāt figured out how to create a space that is viewable but not editable by users other than myself.
Welcome, @TheNunnceler
The way https://silverbullet.md is doing this is by hosting two servers pointing at the same files. One with the read only environment variable set. 
Thanks; thats clever!
Hi Iām Marcin. Iām currently working as a Engineering Manager at the biggest polish e-commerce platform - Allegro. In a few months will be a Principal Software Engineer in the same place. Finally going back to my technical roots 
My note-taking journey is long, and Iāve spent years searching for a silver-bullet (pun intended) with no luck. Iāve tried some tools like org-mode, Obsidian, Logseq, TiddlyWiki, Dendron.
I was unsatisfied with all of them (for different reasons) and few weeks ago I started developing a tool that - in essence - was supposed to work similarily to SilverBullet (Iāve even considered Lua for scripting).
Single thing I wanted to work differently was to be able to show multiple notes in a stream like in the TiddlyWiki. Other than that @zef basically built my dream tool
Iām taking my notes separately for private and work purposes. Privately itās more like knowledge base and some parts are a bit zettelkasten-ish. Most of my note-taking though is project & meeting tracking and workday daily notes.
Iāve found SilverBullet on r/selfhosted few days ago, and am absolutely in love. Thank you @zef, now I donāt have to build it 
Nice! Heavy user of Allegro (although I worked at OLX myself a few years back). Just looked you up if youāre based in PoznaÅ (like me), but I see thatās not the case. Welcome!
Unfortunately no, I visit PoznaÅ sometimes on business trips though
Hi all, Iām Nick. I work for a FinTech in the UK as an Engineering Manager (cloud infrastructure, DevOps, that sort of thing). Although Iām still hands on, I spend more of my time taking meeting notes and managing a todo list or ephemeral (inbox-style) notes outside of systems like Jira.
I previously used Logseq for a few years and fell in love with outlining, finding it naturally fit the way I keep notes, and also loved the daily journal as an easy way to not have to āthink aboutā organising or structuring my notes.
More recently though, I have struggled to surface information from my notes and found Logseqās query language (Datalog, I believe) to be difficult to learn and work with, despite having a (increasingly outdated) software development background.
I came across SilverBullet a few weeks ago while looking for Logseq alternatives and although itās not specifically an outliner, I like that I have the option and some support for folding/indenting along with more traditional note taking.
After some experimentation and importing my Logseq graph (as simple as copying/pasting and a bit of renaming), I really admired the power and flexibility that SilverBullet offers.
Iām very excited about v2 and believe the simplification/reduction in things like Space Script, snippets, templates, widgets is a good thing. Itās certainly made my onboarding process smoother and simpler by focusing on Lua.
Already, in the few weeks Iāve been using SilverBullet, I have created a notes/organisation system that is more dynamic and effective than I achieved with Logseq in 3 years. I am confident that SilverBullet can do everything and more than I am likely to need and I am inspired by some of the things shared here in the community.
Many thanks to Zef for the hard work over the years and others who have contributed both to this community and the codebase! Itās been a positive and friendly experience and I hope to give back as I learn more 