Using Foam

Foam is a personal knowledge management system built on Visual Studio Code and GitHub. It helps you organize research, create discoverable notes, and publish your knowledge.

See also [frequently-asked-questions].

Key Features

Wikilinks - Connect thoughts with [[double bracket]] syntax
Embeds - Include content from other notes with ![[note]] syntax
Backlinks - Automatically discover connections between notes
Graph visualization - See your knowledge network visually
Daily notes - Capture timestamped thoughts
Templates - Standardize note creation
Tags - Organize and filter content

Why Choose Foam?

Free and open source - No subscriptions or vendor lock-in
Own your data - Notes stored as standard Markdown files
VS Code integration - Leverage powerful editing and extensions
Git-based - Version control and collaboration built-in

Foam is like a bathtub: What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.

Getting Started

Features

Recipes

[recipes] is a collection of user-contributed patterns that describe different ways you could utilize Foam or integrate it with other tools.

Publishing

You can publish your Foam notes for consumption in different formats. Examples: [publish-to-github-pages], [generate-gatsby-site], [publish-to-vercel]

See [publishing] for more details.

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