r/PKMS is a subreddit with 78k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses pkm, ai, pkms, app, 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
Advice Requests
: "Help me improve my vault frontmatter"
9 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Digital cabinet recommendations"
8 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "Giving Harbor.my some love"
4 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Need new ideas for tracking tasks / notes (limited tools available)"
3 posts
Popular Topics in r/PKMS
#1
Pkm
25 posts
#2
Ai
: "Do you see a legit assistant role for Ai in PKMS?"
15 posts
#3
Pkms
: "Do you see a legit assistant role for AI in Pkms?"
10 posts
#4
App
9 posts
#5
Note
7 posts
#6
Notion
6 posts
#7
Tired
6 posts
#8
Struggling
5 posts
#9
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
#10
Alternative
4 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
: "Building a long term second brain what architecture mistakes should I avoid?? 🙏"
79 posts
#2
Other
: "New “Kosshi” snappy-fast, native, db-based outliner for Mac/iOS"
15 posts
#3
Method
: "Task management and note discovery in Obsidian using only Bases (no plugins, no AI)"
13 posts
#4
Feature
: "An open-source CLI agent that distills massive document batches into atomic Markdown notes without corrupting your files, and much more."
9 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Self promotion thread (September 2026)"
1 post
#6
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
#7
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(43.6%)
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Last updated: September 7, 2026