Bear turns 10, and it still feels like day one (blog.bear.app)
16 points by psxuaw an hour ago
tptacek 3 minutes ago
I'm gradually replacing most of the software I use with software I conjure myself, and Bear is the reason I'm probably never going to write an editor; it's not clear to me how I could improve it. Emacs is probably out the door by the end of 2027, but I'd be surprised if I wasn't still using Bear for years from now. It's quite good.
brink 18 minutes ago
It just so happens I am looking for a solid knowledge management application. Too bad this is Apple-only.
I've gone from Obsidian, to LogSeq, to Org-mode on Emacs a few days ago, and I think I'm probably going to stay there.
I'm no expert on the subject, but I'm pretty sure Obsidian is winning not because it's great, but because it mostly doesn't suck, and it runs everywhere. I have little doubt that Bear is a better app than Obsidian.
bananamogul 3 minutes ago
Joplin is another option, if you want a FOSS OneNote replacement
dominotw 15 minutes ago
dont do any knowledge managment. you'll be fine.
Ezhik 8 minutes ago
nothing left to learn
it's all already known
ballmerpoint 7 minutes ago
I’ve used Bear for years now and it’s great for writing notes and composing essays. I should probably subscribe to Bear Pro but they don’t have a lifetime option and I despise subscription models.
Luckily the paywall is mostly for export tools and cloud backup. The latter I don’t need, and it’s only a minor inconvenience to use Airdrop + pandoc for the former.
iberator 10 minutes ago
Nowhere on the webpage i could find WHAT IS IT?
sanjit 3 minutes ago
Agreed! You’d have to navigate to the top level on the site…
“Bear is a beautiful, powerfully simple Markdown note taking app to capture, write, and organize your life.”
expedited123 22 minutes ago
I thought this was about https://www.bearblog.dev/
ginko 3 minutes ago
I thought this was about a literal bear. Then again 10 years is not much of an age even for a wild bear.