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Kodi vs SiYuan
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Kodi and SiYuan — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Kodi vs SiYuan: at a glance
What is Kodi?
Kodi 22 reaches its first release candidate, with HDR subtitles the last visible gain.
v22 Piers reached RC1 in late September. FFmpeg moves to 9.0.2 and libass to 0.17.5, and the fix list runs across video, disc, audio and subtitle handling. The one user-visible addition with real weight is HDR overlay support, including UHD PGS subtitles, with tone mapping to SDR on Windows.
What is SiYuan?
SiYuan's 3.8.10 alpha reaches 24 items, now with custom PDF sizes and better LAN sync.
SiYuan's 3.8.10 alpha.5 on November 3 lists 24 items, up from 19 in alpha.3. New this time: smarter LAN sync address picking on VPN and multi-interface setups, related database views in entry details, custom PDF page sizes, bottom-sheet dialogs on mobile and apostrophe-safe keyword search. The line already carried workspace-level AI memory, database sub-items, HTTP requests in templates and a built-in Markdown editor.
Kodi vs SiYuan: editorial side-by-side
Kodi
0.0COLLAB
Kodi 22 reaches its first release candidate, with HDR subtitles the last visible gain.
◆ Current state
v22 Piers reached RC1 in late September. FFmpeg moves to 9.0.2 and libass to 0.17.5, and the fix list runs across video, disc, audio and subtitle handling. The one user-visible addition with real weight is HDR overlay support, including UHD PGS subtitles, with tone mapping to SDR on Windows.
◆ Where it's heading
The cycle has narrowed as the betas suggested it would. Blu-ray work has moved from new menus to playlist matching, library updates and optical-drive faults, and many fixes target crashes, hangs and shutdown races. New capability now appears only where it completes something the alphas began, as with HDR subtitles following HDR playback work.
◆ Prediction
Further candidates or a final Piers release are the next step, and these notes point to fixes rather than features. No entry gives a release date.
SiYuan
5.0COLLAB
SiYuan's 3.8.10 alpha reaches 24 items, now with custom PDF sizes and better LAN sync.
◆ Current state
SiYuan's 3.8.10 alpha.5 on November 3 lists 24 items, up from 19 in alpha.3. New this time: smarter LAN sync address picking on VPN and multi-interface setups, related database views in entry details, custom PDF page sizes, bottom-sheet dialogs on mobile and apostrophe-safe keyword search. The line already carried workspace-level AI memory, database sub-items, HTTP requests in templates and a built-in Markdown editor.
◆ Where it's heading
SiYuan ships alphas every day or two and lets each release list grow until a freeze. The 3.8.10 line spreads across AI agent features, databases and mobile polish, while the desktop Electron process moves to strict TypeScript.
◆ Prediction
Expect more alphas, then a beta series that freezes the 3.8.10 list, as 3.8.9 did with its beta-to-RC run.
Alternatives to Kodi and SiYuan
Other Collab products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Kodi or SiYuan.
Hive
Hive's dashboard push reaches goals: sub-goals now expand inline.
Tango
Tango ships an MCP server, so AI assistants can answer from a team's captured workflows.
HelloID
HelloID's November release lets rule-mining results leave the console as Excel files.
NetNewsWire
NetNewsWire 7.3 beta starts showing media: enclosures, Media RSS and timeline thumbnails.
Komga
Komga's fourth NextUI beta adds bulk editing and remembers your filters.
Recent activity from Kodi and SiYuan
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1d agoSiYuanSiYuan 3.8.10 alpha 5 adds custom PDF sizes, LAN sync fix
- 2d agoSiYuanSiYuan 3.8.10 alpha 3 adds a built-in Markdown editor
- 3d agoSiYuanSiYuan 3.8.10 alpha 2 (same notes as alpha 1)
- 4d agoSiYuanSiYuan 3.8.10 alpha 1 adds AI workspace memory, database sub-items
- 7d agoSiYuanSiYuan 3.8.9 RC1: AI agent extracts images from PDFs
- 7d agoSiYuanSiYuan 3.8.9 beta 6 (same notes as beta 5)
- 1mo agoKodiFirst Piers release candidate adds HDR subtitle overlays
- 2mo agoKodiBeta 2 rebases on FFmpeg 9.0.1 and Libbluray 1.5.0
- 3mo agoKodiv22.0a3-Piers
- 4mo agoKodiv22.0b1-Piers
- 7mo agoKodiv22.0a2-Piers
- 1y agoKodiv21.3-Omega
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Kodi and SiYuan?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. SiYuan is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Kodi better than SiYuan?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. SiYuan is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Kodi?
Top Kodi alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Kodi alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/kodi for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to SiYuan?
Top SiYuan alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "SiYuan alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/siyuan for the full list with editorial commentary on each.