Foam

Health v2 · maintenance only

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Adoption not part of the score

17379 stars · 774 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Foam is a personal knowledge management (PKM) and sharing system built on VS Code and GitHub, inspired by Zettelkasten-style note-taking. It provides wikilink autocompletion, graph visualization, backlink navigation, and optional publishing of your notes to the web.

Use cases

• organize research notes with markdown and wikilinks
• visualize a personal knowledge graph
• take Zettelkasten-style notes in VS Code
• keep backlinks and references between notes up to date
• publish a personal knowledge base as a website
• manage a personal wiki inside the editor

When to choose

• you already use VS Code and want note-taking without leaving the editor
• you want plain markdown files you fully own and can version with git
• you need graph views, backlinks, and wikilink autocompletion for a personal knowledge base
• you want a free, extensible alternative to Roam or Obsidian

When to avoid

• you want a polished standalone note app with a native mobile experience
• you don't use VS Code and don't want to learn it
• you need built-in real-time collaboration or hosted sync out of the box
• you prefer opinionated, batteries-included PKM apps over assembling your own workflow

Facets

plugin · maturity active

editor markdown documentation data-visualization developer-tools text-editors editor-plugin cross-platform pkm zettelkasten note-taking vscode-extension knowledge-graph wikilinks knowledge-management desktop

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