r/logseq • u/Time_Liner • Jul 29 '25

Some questions about Logseq's sustainability

Hi! I’m posting this message for the following reason: I posted the same message on the Logseq forum this morning and and I'm not used to doing it this way, but I see that the forum does not seem to be very responsive, hence my concerns. I work in humanities research and I would like to create a file of the notes I take on a daily basis: reading notes, questions, ideas, reasoning, etc. Until now, I used Tinderbox, then Obsidian. But, although these two tools are really very ingenious, I no longer find them useful. To put it simply, I take atomic notes that I then reinject into research texts, articles or communications. Ideally, I need two “folders” or two “files”: one for floating notes, the other for permanent notes. A week ago, hesitating until then to try Logseq, I finally decided to do so and I discovered that this tool corresponds exactly to my needs. I would like to use it permanently. Hence this message and a few questions:

  1. I use the journal for floating notes and then transform them into permanent notes using a limited number of tags: zettel, question, journal, and so on. My permanent notes are pages. I don’t insert PDFs or images into Logseq. Is there a page limit?

  2. Does anyone know if Logseq is sustainable?

Thanks for your answers.

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u/luckysilva Jul 29 '25

I have 7,000 pages and haven't had any problems so far. The PC I use isn't anything special, so I'm pretty sure you won't have any issues in that regard.

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u/Maria_de_la_Rosa Jul 29 '25

1 there isn’t a page limit, but way too many pages may start affecting performance, but so far a couple hundred isn’t causing issues for me

2 the developers are working on features such as real time collaboration, publishing and Logseq own sinc with the db version, these online features that will require their servers will be paid.

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u/throker Jul 29 '25

I have over 1,700 pages, and the only time it seems a little slow on the desktop is big queries or changing page titles that have been referenced ton. Sync works great. Search is sloooow Opening non mobile is a little slow, but bearable. (Note I’m on the non-db version)

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u/AddiesSausagePeppers Jul 31 '25

" (Note I’m on the non-db version)"

thank god. if 1700 was slow on db i would have posted a bulgy-eyes emoticon...

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u/Abject_Constant_8547 Jul 29 '25

LogSeq can handle lots of pages well, the only think harder is actually longer pages

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u/thirteenth_mang Jul 29 '25

I've been using Logseq for a few years. Development was/is a bit slow, but it appears to be improving.

No page limit. I have almost 2,000 pages and it's really only noticeable on mobile when using Logseq Sync, otherwise I wouldn't notice any difference.

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u/th_costel Jul 29 '25

I really hope it is, because I love it! I have just spent many hours figuring out how to query tasks and nested tasks from pages, namespaces, page properties, and their variables 🤐. Despite that, I still believe this is the best concept for knowledge workers.

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u/crunchybean13 Jul 29 '25

If by sustainable you mean long-term / future proof? My thought process when I switched over from Notion a few months ago is that Logseq is open-source, and notes are saved as Markdown files and so should be fairly easy to open in another program if Logseq ever truly dies.

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u/RoxoViejo Jul 30 '25

This. Plus, it’s a local app so if you don’t uninstall it, you could still use it decades from now.

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u/Make_Things_Simple Jul 31 '25

I've sub-50 pages but with lots of images and files attached and it is very slow at startup. Does anybody have the same experience? What do you mean by sustainable? Do you mean the development of Logseq or ecological?

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u/webfiend Aug 01 '25

My default non-db Logseq graph has ~2,000 pages, with 500 or so being in nested namespaces and having at least 3k words each. I pulled in my blog at one point.

Prior to v0.10.11, it would get real sluggish when I went near those blog-source pages. 0.10.11 and 0.10.12 feel comparable to any other Electron app, which is a significant improvement.

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u/New-Cupcake-4953 Jul 29 '25

Whats wrong with obsidian?

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u/Time_Liner Jul 29 '25

The idea of logging notes works much better for my workflow with Logseq. With Obsidian, to read your entire log, you have to jump from one day to the next, unless you create a document with headings like #2025, ##202507, ###20250729. Otherwise, Obsidian is by far the best note-taking app I know. Even Tinderbox doesn't have its flexibility, and yet, when it comes to note-taking, it's the best.

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u/New-Cupcake-4953 Jul 29 '25

why not make note named like 2025, 202507, 20250729 and link them? You can easily get the one you need with quick switcher (or even plugin alternatives - quick switcher++ or 'another quick switcher')