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Foam: A free Roam alternative for VSCode

story by AbuAssar · 2025-06-04 · 10 comments

https://github.com/foambubble/foam

comment by Redster · 2025-06-04 · in Cursor 1.0

Zettlekasten with git and https://github.com/foambubble/foam - if I'm mobile I use WorkingCopy to paste links into an inbox file that I organize later.

comment by LinuXY · 2025-05-13 · in Ask HN: How do you store the knowledge gained in a day?

I just use Foam - https://github.com/foambubble/foam As a Visual Studio Code extension, it runs everywhere (except some mobile setups), is very fast, and provides me with the ability to tack on more features via other extensions. I set up…

comment by rcarmo · 2024-08-23 · in Zettlr: Note-Taking and Publishing with Markdown

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Foambubble/foam: A personal knowledge management and sharing system for VSCode

story by rcarmo · 2024-08-17 · 0 comments

You should have a look at Foam: https://github.com/foambubble/foam

comment by NicuCalcea · 2023-12-22 · in A structured note-taking app for personal use

…- [Slite](https://slite.com/) - [Dendron](https://www.dendron.so/) - [Foam](https://github.com/foambubble/foam) - [Anytype](https://download.anytype.io/) - [OneNote](https://www.onenote.com/signin?wdorigin=ondc) - [Evernote](https://e

comment by voiceblue · 2023-10-16 · in The cult of the Obsidian note-taking app

…markdown hierarchy, that still lives in a repo called "foam", has become indispensable to me. [0] https://github.com/foambubble/foam

comment by wgj · 2023-07-10 · in Ask HN: How Do You Utilize Your Personal Knowledge Base?

…- https://github.com/logseq/logseq - https://github.com/zadam/trilium There is also https://github.com/foambubble/foam mentioned, which I haven't looked properly at yet. For managed/hosted, those all have some variety of options for that.…

comment by 3np · 2023-07-10 · in Evernote has laid off most of its US staff and will move operations to Europe

…and ensure frontmatter behavior. All necessary settings exist. https://foambubble.github.io/foam/ https://github.com/foambubble/foam/issues/46 This supports basic static file and links functionality, not extended data tools etc., of course.

comment by Terretta · 2022-12-03 · in Silver Bullet: Markdown-based extensible open source personal knowledge platform

Link to code: https://github.com/foambubble/foam

comment by O__________O · 2022-09-15 · in H-m-m: Hackers mind map

…targets of those links will have backlinks. There's a nice "daily note" mechanism as well. [Foam]( https://github.com/foambubble/foam ) seems very similar but I haven't personally tried it.

comment by not_skynet · 2022-09-09 · in Evolving my note-taking processes

…as the fundamental element instead of "pages." (It's also worth noting that Foam doesn't do this - https://github.com/foambubble/foam/issues/294 - though apparently Obsidian does.)

comment by majormajor · 2022-09-02 · in Doug Engelbart’s design for knowledge-based organizations (1992) [pdf]

I read this as a prophecy of Foam ( https://github.com/foambubble/foam ), Obsidian.md ( https://obsidian.md/ ), and the like. See this thread on Foam from 2020: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23666950 Despite ”design for knowledge…

comment by Terretta · 2022-09-02 · in Doug Engelbart’s design for knowledge-based organizations (1992) [pdf]

…and I do miss the live preview feature and the Android app but it's way more than serviceable. [0]: https://github.com/foambubble/foam

comment by cropcirclbureau · 2022-07-27 · in After Obsidian and Logseq, I give Dendron a try

I personally use https://github.com/foambubble/foam Works great and straight forward to setup.

comment by donutshop · 2022-05-08 · in VSCode – Markdown Edition

Looks good, but not being able to access the raw files means tools like foam won’t work https://github.com/foambubble/foam . There’s a whole community using foam that would appreciate an app like this. To be fair you mention you have your…

comment by jayflux · 2022-02-23 · in Show HN: Supernotes 2 – a fast, Markdown notes app for journalling and sharing

…management and sharing system inspired by Roam Research, built on Visual Studio Code and GitHub. https://github.com/foambubble/foam

comment by pretext · 2022-01-20 · in A tour to my Zettelkasten note clusters

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Foam – personal knowledge management and sharing system inspired by Roam

story by rammy1234 · 2021-12-30 · 4 comments

you may be interested in these then (vs code plugins): * Foam - https://github.com/foambubble/foam * Dendron - https://github.com/dendronhq/dendron Obsidian is great as well, but there are caveats that may make it not so great with your…

comment by riffic · 2021-12-23 · in /tap – Powerful and customizable note-taking system

I like foam as well, it’s markdown, open source https://github.com/foambubble/foam Though admittedly I rarely use backlinking.

comment by reidjs · 2021-12-22 · in Show HN: I built my own second brain software tool

…in features. What benefits does Dendron have over Foam that would convince me to switch? [1] https://github.com/foambubble/foam/

comment by p1nkpineapple · 2021-11-10 · in Launch HN: Dendron (YC W21) – Structured note-taking for developers and teams

…for most of my career I just used a Notes.md file synced across devices with iCloud. I forked foam https://github.com/foambubble/foam A few months ago and have been using it as my note taking system. It works great even if you rarely…

comment by reidjs · 2021-08-19 · in The Zettelkasten Method (2019)

Foam bubble helps you build a knowledge graph of your notes via vscode/github: https://github.com/foambubble/foam

comment by speedcoder · 2021-06-17 · in Note Taking in 2021

…it. Here is another similar product: A personal knowledge management and sharing system for VSCode https://github.com/foambubble/foam

comment by allenleein · 2021-03-17 · in Show HN: Dendron – fast open-source note-taking in VSCode

…engaging yourself in building better bicycles of the mind. [1] https://github.com/karlicoss [2] https://github.com/foambubble/foam

comment by rektide · 2021-02-20 · in How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020)

…to OpenVSX, meaning you can run it on VSCodium if VS Code's telemetry and licensing give you pause: https://github.com/foambubble/foam/issues/26

comment by calebkaiser · 2021-01-14 · in Foam: A personal knowledge management and sharing system for VSCode

…Foam maintainers have been open and encouraging about making sure Foam works in VSCodium ecosystem: https://github.com/foambubble/foam/issues/26 My whole setup now is more or less run out of Foam. I push up notes to a Git repo, which…

comment by calebkaiser · 2021-01-14 · in Foam: A personal knowledge management and sharing system for VSCode

There is Foam that is OSS. I don't know how it compares with Roam, as I have not used it. https://github.com/foambubble/foam

comment by smnrchrds · 2020-12-26 · in Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list?

…that while searching for the gist of ThinkType sapped at my curiosity a bit. At the moment I use https://github.com/foambubble/foam with VSCode and have repurposed the backlinking functionality as my tag system (I make a blank file with…

comment by brianjunyinchan · 2020-12-17 · in Show HN: ThinkType – Write and Search Notes at the Same Time

…and is already pretty close to the base Obsidian experience of notes + backlinks + graphing https://github.com/foambubble/foam/

comment by dana_janssen · 2020-10-29 · in Introduction to the Zettelkasten Method

How is this different from Foam( https://github.com/foambubble/foam )

comment by mirrormaster · 2020-09-18 · in Show HN: Dendron – open-source, local first, anti-roam note-taking tool

you might like Foam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrsCQ3pApTs https://github.com/foambubble/foam

comment by mieses · 2020-07-26 · in Paul Graham Essay Notes

…use VSCodium[2] instead of VSCode? (I tried it super-quick with foam on VSCodium and I gave up.) 1. https://github.com/foambubble/foam 2. https://vscodium.com

comment by Brajeshwar · 2020-07-20 · in Show HN: Dendron – a roam like open source markdown note taking app

Looks really similar to https://github.com/foambubble/foam

comment by mirrormaster · 2020-07-19 · in Show HN: Dendron – a roam like open source markdown note taking app

https://github.com/foambubble/foam Roam-like note taking app using VS Code. Still early days but has momentum. Been using it for a week for some project docs, and so far I like it.

comment by swayson · 2020-07-19 · in Tired of note-taking apps

…web" experience built right into VSCode. Refreshing approach after years of mediocre Electron apps https://github.com/foambubble/foam

comment by theobr · 2020-07-18 · in Notable – A Markdown-based note-taking app

consider Foam: https://github.com/foambubble/foam or TiddlyRoam: https://joekroese.github.io/tiddlyroam/

comment by meremortals · 2020-07-17 · in Ask HN: How to take notes?

There is an alternative named "Foam" https://github.com/foambubble/foam which is described as a Roam Research alternative which combines VSCode, a Markdown editor and Github. Foam appears to be easier to use for people who don't use emacs…

comment by inetsee · 2020-07-03 · in Org-roam: Emacs org file based personal knowledge base system

There are already an open issue about it : https://github.com/foambubble/foam/issues/26

comment by Madeindjs · 2020-06-29 · in Foam – A Roam Research alternative with VSCode, Markdown and GitHub

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Foam – A Roam Research alternative with VSCode, Markdown and GitHub

story by DaniAkash · 2020-06-28 · 226 comments