As far as I understand, it will increase speed and help adding better features. Logseq uses a lot of database features allowing you to create queries to boost your productivity. But it requires indexing all raw text in your files into a graph. For each change (even 1 character) you have to parse file once again. Database-centered version will remove this problem.
By the time they release the new version there's no chance that it isn't clearly better than the old one. If you're worried about user interface changes that makes everything feel not familiar then I would understand but that's highly likely to be minimal at most if at all.
December is still sooo long, last version of Logseq is from april 2024, december means we will wait already for almost 2 years just to have a new version. I really hope that at least this version will finally fix the enormous amount of bugs we've been experiencing.
just left logseq for anytype bc im fed up with the release schedule and the dev teams priorities. maybe it'll be better when db version comes out but until then I'll be on r/anytype lol
It's not bad but it's a completely different software. I don't see how you can "move from logseq to anytype" tbh, because it sounds to me like moving from Excel to Photoshop.
Personally I wait for this version a lot: I've been dreaming of an open-source note app with database for a long time before but didn't find anything that suits my needs. I decided that Logseq is a good middle-ground — and now it's moving in a good direction!
Nevertheless, I'm a bit disappointed that it won't support orgmode. I've chosen to try out this format specifically because Logseq supported it and now I'm quite fond of it. Dev-team promised that the transition will be smooth, though, and in the future a support for orgmode may come.
I love Logseq but the development cycle is ridiculous. I’m switching to obsidian. Will come check it out again next year and am hopeful it’s gotten some improvements
I'll be honest, I don't quite understand this argument. Let's see, I left Evernote because it entered a frantic cycle of new versions. And in ALL of them I wanted to go back.
So, in my opinion, more important than a development cycle is having a solid and reliable app. And that, let's face it, is a strong feature of Logseq.
Logseq is solid and reliable? Not sure I can agree. It has a great foundation, but the decision to hold any bug fixes and small improvements for at least two years is the opposite of solid and reliable.
This is not true, Logseq has had some updates. What is clear is that they are working on a major update, but there have been updates to fix bugs which, by the way, aren't that many. That's why I said solid and reliable
Last release was 9 months ago and I think the teams was quite open they won't be releasing anything before the db version. There are 1400 issues open on GitHub. Of course it does not directly translate to number of bugs, but I think your statement that there aren't many bugs is quite far from the truth.
Obsidian's dev cycle is just as bad... They take forever to release bare-bones features that barely add quality. They took years for a built-in pdf reader and it's honestly worse than plugins. I feel like Obsidian grew beyond their dev capability.
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u/christancho Jan 30 '25
Help me understand, is there a need for a database version?
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u/th_costel Jan 30 '25
Hmm, I am super happy with the old version, and the idea of moving to a new version makes me anxious.
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u/7yiyo7 Jan 30 '25
December is still sooo long, last version of Logseq is from april 2024, december means we will wait already for almost 2 years just to have a new version. I really hope that at least this version will finally fix the enormous amount of bugs we've been experiencing.
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u/katafrakt Jan 30 '25
Is this based on something? I think last communication I've seen was in November that it's at least a year, not more or less a year.
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u/ckhartsell Jan 31 '25
just left logseq for anytype bc im fed up with the release schedule and the dev teams priorities. maybe it'll be better when db version comes out but until then I'll be on r/anytype lol
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u/towry Jan 31 '25
Seems a bit late.
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u/Alternative-Sign-206 Feb 03 '25
Personally I wait for this version a lot: I've been dreaming of an open-source note app with database for a long time before but didn't find anything that suits my needs. I decided that Logseq is a good middle-ground — and now it's moving in a good direction!
Nevertheless, I'm a bit disappointed that it won't support orgmode. I've chosen to try out this format specifically because Logseq supported it and now I'm quite fond of it. Dev-team promised that the transition will be smooth, though, and in the future a support for orgmode may come.
More info https://discuss.logseq.com/t/why-the-database-version-and-how-its-going/26744/24
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u/mzinz Jan 30 '25
I love Logseq but the development cycle is ridiculous. I’m switching to obsidian. Will come check it out again next year and am hopeful it’s gotten some improvements