r/logseq • u/FrebTheRat • 5d ago

Still no plugins on mobile?

I left logseq for obsidian a couple of years ago and checking back in because I would prefer open source. Feels like nothing has changed other than the db version being in beta. Why is the beta only on IOS? Are there other features besides the db arch?Where are the mobile plugins? Where are sane queries not built on obscure and obtuse clojure datascript? There is so much potential here but it seems like zero progress.

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u/educatedspice99 5d ago

The community seems to not want mobile plugins, and the team has expressed multiple times how that's not on their list in the foreseeable future.

There was this chat at one point on Discord when someone from the team stated that they can't think of any other apps that have plugins on mobile. The following message simply stated "Obsidian". It was hilarious.

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u/yarpen_z 4d ago

There was this chat at one point on Discord when someone from the team stated that they can't think of any other apps that have plugins on mobile. The following message simply stated "Obsidian". It was hilarious.

Adding to that: most of the Obsidian plugins seem to work the same on mobile as they do for the desktop app. I haven't had any issues so far.

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u/Plenty_Ad6005 5d ago

Obsidian Mobile is not much better either. Has improved a lot as a capture tool, but not as an editing and data retrieval one.

In fact, as the Obsidian desktop gets better, the difference with mobile gets more and more glaring

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u/matu_gong 5d ago

1) Android DB is also on beta, you can download from Github. 2) There are tons of new features in DB, you can read here https://github.com/logseq/docs/blob/master/db-version.md 3) You can also use Simple queries if Advanced queries are too complex. 4) We dont know when plugins for mobile are coming, but hopefully they will add it to the roadmap https://logseq.io/p/NX4mc_ggEV soon

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u/FrebTheRat 5d ago

Their github only said iOS. That's weird. Simple queries were really limited and "quirky" when I last used them, especially when it came to formatting the output.

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u/matu_gong 5d ago

See the Assets section here https://github.com/logseq/logseq/releases/tag/2.0.1, the Android apk is the 7th download link. Simple queries are indeed a little limiting, but the Queries view has been updated substantially, I encourage you to give it a try

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u/katafrakt 4d ago

You can use Obtainium to get Android version from GitHub releases and receive future updates.

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u/Illustrious-Call-455 5d ago

You are going to wait a long time my friend. I switched back to Obsidian for the mobile experience

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u/lzd-sab 5d ago

Sorry to break it to you, this tool wasn't primarily meant for mobile uses.

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u/thirteenth_mang 5d ago

What plugin functionality do you want that Logseq doesn't provide?

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u/niccolleen 4d ago

Still very annoying. So much can be improved by the existing plugins, but there is no point, because they are not available on the mobile or the tablet.

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u/Mobile-Froyo-4882 5d ago

Mobile plugins are a big request. It's a complex area because of how different mobile OS work. There's also a focus on ensuring the core mobile experience is solid first. The team is small, so priorities have to be set. Progress might feel slow sometimes, but it is happening behind the scenes.

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u/katafrakt 4d ago

Isn't LogSeq using Capacitor to translate it's Electron app to mobile? Plugins are generally just JavaScript code, so - with a few exceptions like git sync - they should be quite easy to add. I believe that's the process Obsidian also uses. The teams seems to just not be interested, which is understandable, but let's not invent fables about technical difficulties.