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Foam: A free Roam alternative for VSCode

by AbuAssar on 6/4/25, 10:57 PM with 10 comments

  • by sputknick on 6/5/25, 11:09 AM

    I tried switching to this a few years ago, but switched back to Obsidian. My problem was actually the strongest feature: the VS Code integration. Only about a third of my note taking is related to software development, so for me going into VS Code the other 2/3rd of the time was clunky. If 100% (or close to it) of your note taking is software related, this is a great product.
  • by metayrnc on 6/5/25, 4:59 AM

    After reading the README, the only missing thing seems to be the equivalent of Dataview from Obsidian. Will wait for something like it before considering switching.
  • by fouc on 6/5/25, 4:03 AM

    > Foam is a personal knowledge management and sharing system inspired by Roam Research, built on Visual Studio Code
  • by senkora on 6/5/25, 9:03 PM

    See also org-roam which is similar but for emacs using org: https://www.orgroam.com/
  • by mtzaldo on 6/6/25, 1:08 AM

    Is vscode the new electron?