r/PKMS is a subreddit with 77k members. The community frequently discusses pkm, notes, pkms, app, and tools, and they frequently recommend/review note-taking app, notes app, and ai tools, and the most common flair used is discussion, method, other, feature, and free chrome extension.
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 Topics in r/PKMS
#1
Pkm
95 posts
#2
Notes
78 posts
#3
Pkms
57 posts
#4
App
53 posts
#5
Tools
35 posts
#6
System
35 posts
#7
Ai
34 posts
#8
Management
30 posts
#9
Organize
28 posts
#10
Obsidian
24 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
: "This sub became beyond useless with endless promotions of crap apps and market research posts"
87 posts
#2
Method
: "My PKMS for memory"
32 posts
#3
Other
: "[Open-Source] Dump your thoughts. Let your notes organize themselves. Ask anytime."
15 posts
#4
Feature
: "Infinite canvas as knowledge graphs are so underrated"
8 posts
#5
Free Chrome Extension
: "Chrome extension that auto-saves AI chats into a vault as clean Markdown"
1 post
#6
Self-Promotion
: "Self promotion thread (August 2026)"
1 post
#7
Project
: "I built a local-LLM harness that turns your daily journal into a personal wiki — people, pets, and projects, fully offline"
1 post
#8
Write-up
: "How One Line Becomes an Article: My Obsidian Writing Process"
1 post
#9
Obsidian Plugin
: "Obsidian BookOrbit Sync - A plugin to sync reading highlights from BookOrbit to Obsidian"
1 post
#10
Help/Guidance
: "Help/guide me to find the productivity tools"
1 post
Member Growth in r/PKMS
Yearly
+24k members(45.3%)
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Last updated: August 6, 2026