
Precursors
First generation
Own way devleoped parallely to Roam; similar, yet unique
mem.ai
⚠️ Outdated!
Second generation
Main goal: A free alternative
myReach
Mobile first ☎
Freedom of note-taking + power of tables like in Notion?
Integrations
Kosmik
Best
“Roam” for programmers
Visual “Roam”
True
Whiteboards
Trying to implement some Roam’s concepts
New frontiers?
Focus on UI / UX
Incorporating features from community plugins from Roam and 1st gen
Better visualization of graphs
Heptabase
Scrintal
Searching for visual Roam
Inclusion of a calendar natively
Not local first
Return to subscriptions (not always)
Thunk Notes
Organizedly
Reflect
Zettlr
Notion.so
ObsidianMD
Just taking some features
Local files or local database
RemNote
Athens
LogSeq
Roam-genealogy
Tinderbox
Roam Research
Original
OrgMode
TiddlyWiki
Scrapbox.io
Dynalist.io
Workflowy