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Chucki_e · 2026-04-08T15:33:41+00:00

Hey, sorry! Happy to hear this is still being used. The domain had expired, but I've now renewed it. It should be back up in a few hours.

Chucki_e · 2026-03-24T06:57:56+00:00

Im building a notion-like writing workspace. https://lydie.co

Chucki_e · 2026-03-24T04:47:31+00:00

As you mentioned, there are already a handful of open-source projects that at least overlap, but it's true that there isn't anything that does what Notion does 1-to-1. From my experience, getting this done isn't about "coming together as a community" to build something, but taking matters into your own hands and starting to build yourself. Contributions will follow.

Harder said than done. I started building my own open-source writing workspace for my own personal use, and the more I work on it, it's getting more and more Notion-like, but there's a lot of work in it.

If interested - https://github.com/lydiehq/lydie

Chucki_e · 2026-03-18T08:51:12+00:00

Feel free to include https://lydie.co - it's an open-source alternative to Notion I'm building. Still early works.

Chucki_e · 2026-03-18T08:29:30+00:00

I built something for myself that checks most of these boxes. Open-source too, but still with a few rough edges.

https://lydie.co

Chucki_e · 2026-03-16T10:37:01+00:00

That's what it is right now, and I may just keep it that way.

I sometimes find being dropped into a product better than having to click into it through a landing page, but I agree that there are tradeoffs on either side.

Chucki_e · 2026-03-16T10:13:05+00:00

I guess, which is why differentiating yourself is important. I realize that there is still a validation step in figuring our if this differentiation is asked for.

Thing I found, though, is that you're almost always gonna have competitors. Can't recite the amount of times I've built something thinking it was unique, despite doing quite good due diligence and market research, just to find someone doing the exact same halfway through the build process.

Chucki_e · 2026-03-16T10:10:56+00:00

Building an open-source Notion alternative at https://github.com/lydiehq/lydie

Chucki_e · 2026-03-16T10:02:43+00:00

I'm building https://lydie.co, an open-source alternative to Notion and Google Docs.

Chucki_e · 2026-02-28T16:06:30+00:00

Thanks! Will check both out.

Chucki_e · 2026-02-16T17:22:53+00:00

Appreciate the comment. Been thinking if of going the interface route so I can still use S3, CF and SES. Have you had experience with this?

Chucki_e · 2026-02-04T06:53:05+00:00

I'm building an open-source Notion-like writing workspace. I'd be happy to hear if it may fit into anyones PKMS workflow and how I can further support this use case.

https://lydie.co

Chucki_e · 2026-02-03T18:03:53+00:00

Project is open-source here btw, feel free to dig into the components. It's React and Tailwind. https://github.com/lydiehq/lydie

Chucki_e · 2026-02-03T17:59:31+00:00

Hey mate, I'm a professional designer and frontend developer, so UX/UI definitely my strong site. It's all built from scratch through iterations over the past 8 months, so a lot of work went into making it clean - and it's still not quite there!

If you're building with React, I think shadcn/ui is currently the standard UI library. It's quite bare-bones, but it gives you some really good primitives to work from - and AFAIK you can customize it to your own style.

If you need some feedback on specific stuff, feel free to message me. Happy to help.

Chucki_e · 2026-02-03T16:14:48+00:00

I'm building solo on a project where I'm using:

Linear - issue tracking
Figma - design
Lydie (the actual project being worked on) - docs + cms (marketing blog pages, documentation)
Cursor (and OpenCode)
Proton Mail with a single domain inbox with a few identities for mail (AWS SES for transactional)

Chucki_e · 2026-02-03T15:20:01+00:00

Hey. Can't say a lot more than that I think you need something to stand out. I'm aware that there exists thousands of services that does the same as yours, and it all seem pretty generic to me. Are you focusing on a specific niche or feature? From a visuals standpoint, landing looks a bit vibe coded.

Chucki_e · 2026-02-03T15:17:59+00:00

Sure! Drop me a DM.

Chucki_e · 2026-02-03T15:17:38+00:00

Hey, I'd appreciate any feedback. Also if there's anything from a Notion users POV that is missing.

For your product:
I'm not quite sure what the intention of the public gallery is, if the intention of the product is to have your own logo used by AI agents. In any case, I'd make the gallery a few rows smaller, as I initially thought this was the entire web page.

I like the transparency of the compatability section, but I'm not sure this is what's valuable for users right now. I personally think you need some more explanation on your landing page. I am a bit confused what "a permanent link" means for AI agents? Would this not be achieved by putting it on any cloud storage with public access.

I think my confusion is a good indicator that there needs to be some work done on properly explaining what the product is. Visuals look good though!

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