As easy to use as a word document or bulleted list, and as powerful for finding, collecting, and connecting related ideas as a graph database. Collaborate with others in real time, or store all your data locally.
Looking beyond Roam Research? Try Obsidian for local-first Markdown and a powerful plugin ecosystem, or Logseq if you want an open-source, privacy-first outliner. Prefer speed and simplicity? Reflect makes daily networked notes effortless. For a more visual workspace, Capacities uses objects, while Craft.do shines for beautiful docs and tasks.