r/PKMS is a subreddit with 78k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses pkm, ai, app, pkms, and note, and they frequently recommend/review note-taking app, notes app, and ai tools.
Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) includes methods and tools used for individuals to classify, store, and organize the information they learn and experience in their daily lives. There are a few objectives to this, including improving memory/recollection and creativity/idea creation.
Personal Knowledge Management Systems (PKMS) include methods like the Zettlekasten System and digital tools such as [[Logseq]]. Mind mapping could also be considered a method of PKM.
Popular Themes in r/PKMS
#1
Solution Requests
: "Digital cabinet recommendations"
17 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "I need help with moderating this subreddit."
10 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Need new ideas for tracking tasks / notes (limited tools available)"
2 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "Claimed — Building a New Kind of Knowledge Workspace"
2 posts
#5
Pain & Anger
: "Fabric.so charged me for Pro, I canceled after one day, and I've been waiting on a refund for over two weeks with no reply from support"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/PKMS
#1
Pkm
: "Transcripts flatten your thinking. I’m testing something that doesn’t."
30 posts
#2
Ai
: "Do you see a legit assistant role for Ai in PKMS?"
15 posts
#3
App
: "App to organize your interests... anyone else feel like they have too many hobbies now?"
11 posts
#4
Pkms
: "Do you see a legit assistant role for AI in Pkms?"
10 posts
#5
Note
7 posts
#6
Notion
6 posts
#7
Tired
6 posts
#8
Struggling
5 posts
#9
Tools
: "Help/guide me to find the productivity Tools"
5 posts
#10
Note Taking
: "made a free home screen widget for markdown notes, basically the google keep widget but for a folder of .md files"
5 posts
Products Discussed in r/PKMS
Note-taking App
24 reviews
#1
Joplin
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
SiYuan
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
Anytype
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Notes App
12 reviews
#1
Obsidian
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#2
Heptabase
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
AnyType
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Ai Tools
5 reviews
#1
Qolaba AI
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Suno AI
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Otter AI
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/PKMS
#1
Discussion
: "Transcripts flatten your thinking. I’m testing something that doesn’t."
96 posts
#2
Method
: "Task management and note discovery in Obsidian using only Bases (no plugins, no AI)"
20 posts
#3
Other
: "[Open-Source] Dump your thoughts. Let your notes organize themselves. Ask anytime."
18 posts
#4
Feature
: "An open-source CLI agent that distills massive document batches into atomic Markdown notes without corrupting your files, and much more."
8 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Self promotion thread (August 2026)"
2 posts
#6
Announcement
: "I need help with moderating this subreddit."
1 post
#7
Write-up
: "How One Line Becomes an Article: My Obsidian Writing Process"
1 post
#8
Help/Guidance
: "Help/guide me to find the productivity tools"
1 post
#9
Widget - markdown - opensource
: "made a free home screen widget for markdown notes, basically the google keep widget but for a folder of .md files"
1 post
#10
Question
: "How to export a multi-tab Google Docs document to a markdown note-taking app"
1 post
Member Growth in r/PKMS
Yearly
+24k members(43.1%)
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Last updated: September 14, 2026