Logseq is an open-source note taking application that supports Markdown and Orgmode syntax. As it prioritizes privacy, everything is stored locally on your machine for the desktop and web applications. There’s not currently a mobile app, but there is an option to use git for note storage and link the repository with Logseq.

Logseq provides a very promising feature set: back links, note graphs (inspired by Roam Research), automated card creation (for learning), templates, and much more.

Logseq application

Logseq Markdown Support

Logseq provides support for the following Markdown elements.

Element Support Notes
Headings Yes
Paragraphs Yes Every paragraph starts with a hyphen character (-)
Line Breaks Yes Use CR character (\r)
Bold Yes
Italic Yes
Blockquotes Yes
Ordered Lists No
Unordered Lists Yes
Code Yes
Horizontal Rules Yes
Links Yes
Images Yes
Tables Yes
Fenced Code Blocks Yes
Syntax Highlighting Yes
Footnotes No Not yet supported, but it’s on the roadmap
Heading IDs No
Definition Lists No
Strikethrough Yes
Task Lists No Logseq has predefined commands for this: TODO/DOING/DONE or LATER/NOW
Emoji (copy and paste) Yes
Emoji (shortcodes) No
Highlight Yes
Subscript No
Superscript No
Automatic URL Linking Yes
Disabling Automatic URL Linking No
HTML Yes Requires XHTML tags: tags must be closed or self-closing (e.g. <p/>)

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