This looks really good, thanks for sharing. Like other commenters, I use Zotero and will probably stick to that for the near future. The main feature for me in Zotero is sync'ing across devices. I usually read and annotate papers on iPad, and love that my highlights and notes are synced for when I write and need to reference them on either my MacBook or Windows desktop.
Your note-taking solution seems far superior though. Sometimes I wish we could smash together different software into just the right thing for us.
I'm eager to add synchronization and mobile support for Cahier. It could take some time because the amount of work is not trivial, but I know I'm able to deliver.
What other features are essential for you? Do you work on academia or in the industry?
Thanks for this. Your current features plus mobile synchronization will be awesome. I'm a researcher in industry. My current workflow is primarily in zotero. But definitely needed a better tool to synthesize notes from multiple papers in a high-level notebook. So this will be ideal.
I use an eink device (kindle scribe) for reading papers as well. Right now, the syncing between this device and the rest of the knowledge base is manual. It'll be perfect to have this also integrated into the workflow smoothly somehow.
Your note-taking solution seems far superior though. Sometimes I wish we could smash together different software into just the right thing for us.