cross-posted from: https://lemmy.selfhostcat.com/post/93395
I’ve gone handwritten, obsidian, onenote, and now Trilium. Considering switching to something else because there is no offline mobile support.
I use memos and trilium together but since neither offers mobile offline support considering switching both. No reason to run two services when I could run one.
Considering:
- Joplin
- Logseq
- SiYuan
- ?
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Obsidian with paid sync feature. Have obsidian on multiple computers and devices and don’t have to deal with setup or management of the sync process.
Trillium. It works well via browser and reasonably on a mobile browser.
Obsidian is excellent but I can’t install any applications on my work computer and the web hosted version was buggy and slow. If I didn’t have IT blocking me I’d be using Obsidian again.
I use Joplin. It’s fairly simple and very comparable to Evernote if you’ve ever used that, but it’s perfect for my needs.
I used LogSeq before, it’s very similar to Obsidian, the big difference being that it’s open source. It’s got a ton of features and the built-in whiteboard is actually really good, but I found it a bit overkill for my simple note taking.
- Logseq also makes each line start with a bulleted list which quickly made me go insane
Flat notes. I’ve tried a bunch of different more complex apps but I keep coming back to flat notes.
As in a folder of text files? Because that’s what I’m doing. Syncing across devices with Syncthing and editing/adding files with whatever markdown editor works best in each platform.
I assume https://github.com/dullage/flatnotes
Ah, makes sense!
I use Joplin. The functionality is nice, but visually the app looks a little outdated in my opinion. It’s worth it though.
I did too with the joplin sync server until, without a failure or any error messages, it ate all my notes.
Same, the builtin sync between devices using WebDAV was the critical feature for me choosing Joplin over Obsidian.
Just a folder + syncthing. no extra infra is necessary + easy to backup.
Silverbullet for web access (including mobile pwa) and syncthing + markor on android.
Yes syncthing is well and alive on android (to prevent the usual posting “its dead on android”, no it’s not)
Joplin has a pretty slow UI and it doesn’t save notes in standard markdown format.
Why not use the silverbullet pwa on android?
Obsidian, or a normal txt
I use obsidian but I wish there was an open source notes platform that could do what I want:
- Excalidraw support ( or similar ) with PDF import and annotation support ( this is achieved by a plugin on obsidian )
- Vim mode
- Markdown for everything
I have tried so many notetaking tools and the closest I ever got was using xournalpp for PDF annotation and drawing, then writing plain markdown in helix / neovim, with a live markdown rendering pane on the side. Was just too clunky though.
Mobile offline sync is a lost cause. The dev environment, even on Android, is so hostile you’ll never get a good experience.
Joplin comes close, but it’s still extremely unreliable and I’ve had many dropped notes. It also takes hours to sync a large corpus.
I wrote my own web app using Axum and flask that I use. Check out dokuwiki as well.
Obsidian and it syncs to my home server
Obsidian with syncthing for syncing between my phone and PC.
Yup. It’s a shame they don’t natively support cloud solutions like iCloud, which is what leads to workarounds like syncthing. It’s because they want to push their paid cloud option instead. But I also recognize that iCloud and their cloud hosting isn’t self-hosted, so it wouldn’t really fit here.
This is what I’m using and I haven’t found any reason to switch yet.
I’ve used Joplin for years. IDK why people have a hate on for it, it’s fine.
300 page 5 subject 5-star branded binder for actual schoolwork
for personal scheduling/journaling?
Recently discovered KleverNotes by KDE, while only a desktop app it’s really really nice! It’s dead simple and straight to the point markdown editor. Recommend folks to check it out.
I really want a FOSS solution for my notetaking, but I feel like I want too much. I love how well OneNote works with my Surface in terms of drawing notes, but I also love writing notes in Markdown and graph structure. I’ve at least been trying out Dendron for the latter, and it’s been alright.
It doesn’t look like you can draw in your notes, but this looks good! I think I might give it a try.
