# Digital Gardening

A collective of gardeners publicly tending their digital notes on the interwebs

![An illustration of a plant with an pencil edit icon](https://res.cloudinary.com/dg3gyk0gu/image/upload/c_scale,w_850/v1590401937/maggieappleton.com/notes/garden-history/garden-wide.png)

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## Gardening Tools

#### Building a Public Garden

- [TiddlyWiki](https://tiddlywiki.com/) - A no-code personal wiki system
  - [Stroll](https://giffmex.org/stroll/stroll.html) a TiddlyWiki plugin with bi-directional links and other Roam-like features
  - [TiddlyMap](http://tiddlymap.org/) - a mind-map plugin that shows visualizations for TiddlyWiki.
- [Gitbook](https://www.gitbook.com/)
- [React-Notion](https://github.com/splitbee/react-notion/) - allows you to publish a React-based website sources from your Notion notes - "Notion as a CMS"
- [Gatsby Brain Theme](https://github.com/aengusmcmillin/gatsby-theme-brain) - Roam-like bidirectional links in Gatsby.js
- [Gatsby Andy Theme](https://github.com/aravindballa/gatsby-theme-andy)
- [Gatsby Theme Garden](https://github.com/mathieudutour/gatsby-digital-garden/) - A set of tools to build a digital garden with Gatsby.js. Pull data from Roam Research or markdown.
- [Simply Jekyll](https://simply-jekyll.netlify.app/posts/introduction-to-simply-jekyll) - A Jekyll theme with bidirectional links, sidenotes, and transclusion
- [Digital Garden Jekyll Template](https://github.com/maximevaillancourt/digital-garden-jekyll-template) - A simple, clean jekyll template with bi-directional links
- [Eleventy Garden](https://github.com/b3u/eleventy-garden) - A minimal template with backlinks, built in [Eleventy](https://11ty.dev)
- [Foam](https://foambubble.github.io/foam/) - Roam-like personal note management and publishing system built inside VSCode
- [Foamy NextJS](https://github.com/yenly/foamy-nextjs) - Basic Foam + NextJS with MDX starter for building a digital garden
- [Dendron](https://www.dendron.so/) - A structured note taking tool that merges the freedom of Roam-like linking with the order hierarchical organization
- [Roam-to-Garden](https://github.com/DoomHammer/roam-to-git/tree/roam-to-garden) - Turns a [Roam Research](https://roamresearch.com/) database into a Digital Garden
- [Hyperdraft](https://hyperdraft.rosano.ca) - Notes app that makes it simple to create a static site from plaintext / Markdown.
- [Roam Garden](https://roam.garden/) - Turns a [Roam Research](https://roamresearch.com/) database into a Digital Garden
- [Neuron](https://github.com/srid/neuron) - Managing and publishing system for plain-text Zettelkasten-style notes.


#### Building a Private Garden

- [Roam Research](https://roamresearch.com/) - A personal notes system for interconnected thought
  - See the following resources for converting your private garden in Roam to a public garden:
    - [Roam Garden](https://roam.garden/) a service that does all the setup for you based on JSON export
    - [Gatsby Theme Garden](https://github.com/mathieudutour/gatsby-digital-garden/) Gatsby theme that supports using Roam as a source
    - [Roam-to-Garden](https://github.com/DoomHammer/roam-to-git/tree/roam-to-garden) Jekyll based converter for your Roam Data
- [Org Roam](https://www.orgroam.com/) - non-hierarchical note-taking with org-mode in emacs
- [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) - a Roam-like knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.
- [TheBrain](https://www.thebrain.com/) - A tool for taking interconnected notes with an interactive graph.

#### Extra Gardening Tools

- [Webmentions](https://indieweb.org/Webmention) - About the Webmentions system
  - [Webmention.io](https://webmention.io/) - A service to add Webmentions to your Garden
- [Hypothesis](https://web.hypothes.is/) - A layer of social meta commentary

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## How-To's and Tutorials

- [How to build a digital garden with TiddlyWiki](https://nesslabs.com/digital-garden-tiddlywiki) by Anne-Laure Le Cunff
- [Install org-roam: an introductory technical guide with Doom Emacs](https://www.ianjones.us/2020-05-05-doom-emacs/) by Ian Jones
- [Building a Digital Garden](https://tomcritchlow.com/2019/02/17/building-digital-garden/) by Tom Critchlow
- [Webmentions - Joining the IndieWeb with Svelte](https://www.swyx.io/writing/clientside-webmentions) by Shawn Wang
- [How to plant a Garden](https://www.loom.com/share/05ac911308554668a6b35fd2b321d3d9) a video walkthrough for converting your RoamResearch DB into a public garden by [Vlad Sitalo](https://twitter.com/VladyslavSitalo)

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## Theory, Philosophy, and Navel-Gazing

- **[The Garden and the Stream: A Techno pastoral](https://hapgood.us/2015/10/17/the-garden-and-the-stream-a-technopastoral/)** by Mike Caulfield
- [Of Digital Streams, Campfires and Gardens](https://tomcritchlow.com/2018/10/10/of-gardens-and-wikis/) by Tom Critchlow
- [How the Blog Broke the Web](https://stackingthebricks.com/how-blogs-broke-the-web/) by Amy Hoy
- [My blog is a digital garden, not a blog](https://joelhooks.com/digital-garden) by Joel Hooks
- [You and your mind garden](https://nesslabs.com/mind-garden) by Anne-Laure Le Cunff
- [Digital Garden Terms of Service](https://www.swyx.io/writing/digital-garden-tos/) by Shawn Wang
- [What is a digital garden?](https://www.christopherbiscardi.com/garden) by Chris Biscardi
- [The Garden and the Stream: An IndieWeb Pop-up Session](https://indieweb.org/2020/Pop-ups/GardenAndStream)
- [The Swale: Weaving between Garden and Stream](https://bonkerfield.org/2020/05/swale-garden-stream/) by Will Stedden
- [A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden](http://maggieappleton.com/garden-history) by Maggie Appleton

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## Common Ground: Zettelkasten, Knowledge Graphs, Wikis, and Related Concepts

- [The Knowledge Graph Radar](https://github.com/brettkromkamp/knowledge-graph-radar)
- [Zettelkasten: knowledge and info management](https://zettelkasten.de/)
- [The Zettelkasten Method](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/NfdHG6oHBJ8Qxc26s/the-zettelkasten-method-1) by Abram Demski
- [A web of wikis](https://doubleloop.net/2020/05/16/a-web-of-wikis/) by Neil Mather
- [Bliki tooling](https://doubleloop.net/2020/05/02/bliki-tooling/) by Neil Mather
- [Hack Your Life With A Private Wiki Notebook, Getting Things Done, And Other Systems](http://webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/HackYourLifeWithAPrivateWikiNotebookGettingThingsDoneAndOtherSystems) by Bill Seitz
- [As We May Think](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/303881/) by Vannevar Bush (The Atlantic, 1945)

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## Digital Garden Directory

| Gardener & Link | 🛠 Build Tools  | 🌿Note Themes |
| -------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------- |
| [Andy Matuschak](https://notes.andymatuschak.org/)  | The Mystery Andy System | Note-taking, education, tools for thought |
| [Anne-Laure Le Cunff](https://www.mentalnodes.com/)    | TiddlyWiki   | Networked thinking, metacognition, evidence-based learning and self-education   |
| [Tom Critchlow](https://tomcritchlow.com/)   | Jekyll              |  Indie consulting         |
| [Shawn Wang](https://www.swyx.io/writing) | Sapper | Web development, writing, speaking
| [Kevin Cummingham](https://kevincunningham.co.uk) |  Gatsby | Web development, React, AWS, GraphQL
| [Maggie Appleton](https://maggieappleton.com/garden)   |  Gatsby + MDX   | Anthropology, metaphors, visual explanations, and web development
| [Chris Biscardi](https://www.christopherbiscardi.com/garden)   |  Sector / Toast?   | Web development, MDX, GraphQL, Gatsby
| [Wess Daniels](https://nurselog.online)   |  Tiddlywiki (Pre-Release 5.1.23)   | Culture and systems change, liberation theology, tech and pedagogy
| [Aengus McMillin](https://aengusmcmillin.com/brain)  |  Gatsby |  Programming, Stoicism  |
| [Azlen Elza](https://notes.azlen.me/g3tibyfv/)  |  | Design, Conversational interfaces, Tools for thought
| [Joel Hooks](https://joelhooks.com/)  |  Gatsby + MDX  | Bootstrapping / indie-hacking, community building, web development,
| [Ian Jones](https://ianjones.us/notes)  |  Gatsby  | Web development, Gatsby, Emacs 
| [Wayan Jimmy](https://notebook.wayanjimmy.xyz) |  Gatsby ([Hasura Gitbook Starter](https://github.com/hasura/gatsby-gitbook-starter)) | Coding, Learning notes 
| [Markus](https://re1.dev/wiki/) |  Eleventy | Design, linux, privacy
| [Max Stoiber](https://notes.mxstbr.com/About_these_notes) |  The Mystery Andy System | React, web development
| [Gwern](https://www.gwern.net/) | [JS, CSS, Hakyll, Haskell](https://www.gwern.net/About#tools) | Quantified self, spaced repetition, bitcoin
| [Chris Aldrich](https://tw.boffosocko.com) |  TiddlyWiki + TiddlyBlink + TiddlyMap | Art of Memory, IndieWeb, humanities, commonplace books, thought spaces
| [Neil Mather](https://commonplace.doubleloop.net) |  Org-mode | Programming, politics, climate change |
| [Gordon Brander](http://gordonbrander.com/pattern/) |  [Lettersmith](https://github.com/gordonbrander/lettersmith_py) | Design patterns, storytelling, systems
| [Bill Seitz](http://webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/) |  Flask/Python with [WikiFlux](http://webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/WikiFlux) | Product management, startups, wiki theory, engineering |
| [Daniel Chapman](https://www.dschapman.com/notes) |  Gatsby | Books, Writing, Poetry
| [Will Stedden](https://bonkerfield.org/) |  Custom coding a [side project](https://bonkerfield.org/2020/05/swale-garden-stream/) | Machine learning, automated language generation, quantum physics art, online transparency
| [Salman Ansari](https://notes.salman.io/) | Gatsby | Start-ups, engineering |
| [Fabien Benetou](https://fabien.benetou.fr/) | PmWiki (with plenty of extensions PHP/JS/NodeJS/WebXR/CSS/Processing/etc) | Everytyhing but particularly programming, tools, tools for thoughts |
| [Waylon Walker](https://waylonwalker.com/notes) | Gatsby | python, data-engineering, coding, learning notes |
| [Cristian Rojas](https://notes.crisrojas.com) | [Hugo Zettels theme](https://github.com/crisrojas/zettels)   | 🇪🇸 Drawing, coding, biology, introspection   |
| [Chinarut Ruangchotvit](http://autobiography.chinarut.com) | TheBrain | autobiography, personal transformation |
| [Steve Dondley](https://steve.dondley.com/notes/) | Jekyll, vimwiki | Tech, software, automation, some politics and issues |
| [Scott Spence](https://scottspence.com/garden/) | Gatsby + MDX | Web development, MDX, GraphQL, Gatsby, styled-components  |
| [Devine Lu Linvega](https://wiki.xxiivv.com) | C | Sailing, Design, Livecoding, Plan9 |
| [Milkii Brewster](https://wiki.thingsandstuff.org) | MediaWiki | Various life and tech topics, mostly Linux and audio FOSS |
| [Maxime Vaillancourt](https://maximevaillancourt.com/notes) | Jekyll ([open-source template](https://maximevaillancourt.com/blog/setting-up-your-own-digital-garden-with-jekyll)) | personal growth, ruby, web, linux |
| [Andy Byers](https://notes.ajb.app)  |  Jekyll  |   notes on coding, note taking, personal knowledge management and other random thoughts.  |
| [Abstractxan](https://abstractxan.xyz) | C++ ([Mizi](https://github.com/AbstractXan/Mizi)) | Tech, Art, Curating resources |
| [Nikita Voloboev](https://wiki.nikitavoloboev.xyz) | GitBook | Tool obsessed. Code, web dev, art. |
| [Luciano Strika](https://strikingloo.github.io/wiki/) | Jekyll | Personal Wiki, Digital Garden. StrikingLoo's Haphazard Repository of Knowledge, Opinions and Trivia |
| [Piotr Gaczkowski](https://garden.doomhammer.info) | Jekyll + Roam Research as backend | Book notes, Codex Vitae, cocktails, experiments |
| [Tymon Zaniewski](https://garden.tymon-zaniewski.xyz) | Jekyll ([open-source template](https://maximevaillancourt.com/blog/setting-up-your-own-digital-garden-with-jekyll)) | personal wiki, DIY electronics, making music |
| [Aquiles Carattino](https://www.aquiles.me) | Aqui Brain Dump | Science. Notes on books and papers. Technology Transfer. Working in Public |
| [Yenly Ma](https://yenly.wtf) | [Foamy NextJS](https://github.com/yenly/foamy-nextjs) and NextJS with MDX | Digital garden of gardens. Learning and making in public. |
| [Rosano](https://rosano.hmm.garden) | Hyperdraft + [Garden](https://hmm.garden) | Music / Design / Technology |
| [Chase McCoy](https://chasem.co/notes) | Gatsby + MDX | Web development, CSS, design systems |
| [Hiran Venugopalan](https://notes.hiran.in/) | Obsidian + Jekyll | Design, Branding, Business, Typography, Product |
| [Vlad Sitalo](https://vlad.roam.garden/) | [Roam Garden](https://roam.garden/) | How to define code readability objectively? Applying SRS to all the things, Building Roam Garden |
| [Joel Chan](https://joelchan.roam.garden/) | [Roam Garden](https://roam.garden/) | Knowledge synthesis, Scientific Creativity |
| [Blue Book](https://lyz-code.github.io/blue-book/) | MkDocs | Python, DevOps, life automation, health, art, ...|
| [Oshyan Greene](https://garden.oshyan.com) | Discourse | Productivity, Digital Gardening, Ideas, Reviews, and Recommendations |