When it comes to digital knowledge management for creatives, Kosmik and Fabric.so are two interesting platforms. Both aim to help users capture, organize, and synthesize information, but their approaches and feature sets reveal key differences—especially for those who want to move beyond simple note-taking.

Web Clipping: Seamless Content Collection

Both Kosmik and Fabric.so offer web clippers, making it easy to save articles, images, and snippets from around the web. This feature is invaluable for researchers, designers, and anyone who gathers inspiration online. Kosmik’s web clipper stands out for the direct integration with its visual canvas, allowing you to instantly place your clippings into your creative workspace. Fabric.so’s web clipper is robust as well, feeding content into a searchable, interconnected knowledge base.

Visual Canvas vs. Networked Notes

Kosmik’s defining feature is its freeform visual canvas. Here, you’re not limited to linear notes or lists—you can arrange images, PDFs, web clippings, and text anywhere on the canvas, creating moodboards, presentations, or project briefings organically. This spatial approach is ideal for creatives who think visually or need to communicate concepts at a glance.

Fabric.so, in contrast, focuses on networked note-taking. Its strength lies in linking notes together to form a web of interconnected ideas, making it easy to trace relationships or build a personal wiki. While this is powerful for research and knowledge synthesis, it lacks the hands-on, visual workspace that Kosmik provides for asset-based creation.

From Organization to Creation

Fabric.so shines for those who want to build a structured, interconnected knowledge base. It’s excellent for writers, researchers, and thinkers who want to map out complex relationships between ideas. Kosmik, meanwhile, bridges organization and creation: its canvas lets you not only store and connect information but also actively work with your assets—arranging, combining, and presenting them visually. Kosmik also comes with an ai auto-tagging system making it painless ot resurface content that you might want to re-use.

One of the problem often encountered by creatives is that they can't find the original source of an asset or even find it easily within their file system. Kosmik dual approach (canvas to display, auto-tagging to file) makes it possible to build a moodboard in a few clicks while assets are cataloged in the background.

Kosmik offers you a seamless creative space for all your creative projects

Kosmik approach makes it adaptable to a variety of use cases from research to moodboarding, so studying. If you'd like to see how Kosmik performs in the real world take a look at this demo:

Which Should You Choose?

If your workflow revolves around connecting and synthesizing written ideas, Fabric.so offers a powerful, flexible system. But if you’re a creative who wants to interact directly with images, PDFs, and other assets—preparing moodboards, presentations, or visual briefs—Kosmik’s integrated canvas and web clipper provide a uniquely hands-on experience. Ultimately, your choice depends on whether you want to organize knowledge or bring it to life.

If you're ready to give it a try, download kosmik for free right here.

Paul