There have been a lot of threads regarding personal knowledge repositories[1][2][3] but they ask for something slightly different than what I'm looking for.

==> Do you know a good tool that would support my workflow?

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Specifically, here is the main workflow that I'm trying to support:

– Import documents easily (PDF, web pages), bonus point if I can easily reference the source URL.

– Annotate those documents (annotations of highlights like Polar). Write a quick 1-2 line summary about what it deals with (+keywords?).

– Write a digest of the document (several paragraphs). I want to be able to read a document, summarize the most interesting parts and reference the document. Important: inline images in the digest because documents can contain useful illustrations.

– Write a summary about a subject, referencing multiple digests/documents.

– Full search over all my notes/stored documents. Give priority to my notes. (word2vec-style embedding for keywords search would be an amazing addition but I don't count on it).

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Tools that I've considered:

– GitHub Gist/Git with markdown files: I use this currently (one Gist for each subject I care about). GitHub search is lackluster, imprecise doc cross-ref.

– Polar: I use this to annotate documents. Doesn't allow me to write digests about the documents I read.

– Zotero: Doesn't support annotations anymore[4].

– Mendeley: Proprietary and encrypted database[5]. I want my knowledge repo to be accessible in 10 years.

– Bookstack: Does it support cross-referencing to documents?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17892731

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21332957

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20007108

[4] https://www.zotero.org/support/screencast_tutorials/annotation

[5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18977461

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