Databyss

A note taking application for humanities researchers

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A note taking application for humanities researchers

3 followers

Databyss gives you the freedom to organize notes hierarchically (as a long stream of thought) or to build a network of associations by linking sections of your work to sources, topics, and authors. You can also pull PDF highlights directly into your flow.

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Launch tags:Writing•Notes•Education

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Databyss

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I am a philosophy professor who believed that the humanities could use far better tools for recording research. Students and teachers in the humanities take exorbitant amounts of notes, but often they get lost in the margins of books or in unsearchable documents. Databyss.org tries to streamline all the note-taking lessons I have learned after years of practice. You can # topics, or @ sources. You can create perfect citations with Zotero-like capacities. You can create collections and publish them for students or peers. There's a vast amount of capacities at your finger tips, and it is all free.

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5yr ago

Wow - this is actually shockingly good. I'm a psychiatrist / academic and I think this has applications beyond just the humanities. I was a bit skeptical but I've tried several of the more general products in this category such as Zettlr, Notion & RemNote and can see myself enjoying this much more for my academic writing & notes. My only slight anxiety is how realistic this will be to maintain and keep responsive as your userbase grows with your current free model but I'd definitely be willing to pay with some minor tweaks.

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5yr ago

I just found your roadmap and your 2.5 release was basically has the features I'd want before I paid so... :) More comprehensive export / offline backup is the other key feature which I can also is on your agenda. Excellent job Jake & co.

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5yr ago

Databyss

Maker

Hey Rahul, thank you so much for this response. I wanted to let you know that the entire program already works Offline first, not sure if that is what you mean by Offline backup. And yes, we will very soon be allowing you to make a zip of all your pages in markdown. Right now you have to do one page at a time. You should definitely join our discord if you have more questions: https://discord.com/invite/jyQVa.... Also, we just had our 501c3 exemption confirmed, which means we will apply for the grants we were hoping to. This should definitely add to the longevity of this project.

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5yr ago

Will give it a try! Thanks!

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5yr ago

Databyss

Maker

@liana_adamyan Thanks Liana. Please let me know if you have any questions or tips!!

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5yr ago

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