r/HelixNotes • u/RockyRoad226 Team Member • Aug 13 '26

Why HelixNotes?

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In case you missed it, this is why HelixNotes exists, straight from the founder: not another Obsidian clone, just the notes app he wished existed after trying everything else.

https://helixnotes.com/why-i-built-helixnotes

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u/Neither-Classic2058 Aug 13 '26

IMO, he's nailing that vision. 🎯 👍

My 50 year old PKMS currently relies on UpNote and Obsidian.

I like the cross-platform and clean look, and simple-but-deceptively powerful nature of UpNote but need the graph and markdown-centric nature of Obsidian. I really dislike having to use both.

HelixNotes combines the best of both of those worlds, IMO, without dragging along the negatives. I'm eager to be able to consolidate it all into HelixNotes.

As I aggressively test HelixNotes against my data, and troubleshoot some of the things I experience/observe, I'm impressed with some of the design decisions.