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nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Mind sharing what were your issues with Joplin?

My only issue is that it does not have any widgets on Android. So, I use Nextcloud Notes when I need that. But Joplin is actually great. You can self host a joplin server or sync using a Nextcloud server. It supports advanced markdown and I like the UI as well.

You can try Bookstack, but it will work on a web browser only. Another option is Obsidian, but I think only the apps are FOSS, the backend is not.

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rush@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Obsidian isn’t FOSS at all, sadly.

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woodgen@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Right, obsidian didn’t appeal to me since it’s proprietary.

I probably will look into setting up a Joplin server and maybe write a frontend for it. Also didn’t try frontend options on PC yet.

Until now I only tried the Android app and while it looked quite mature, I didn’t get quite the UX from it I was anticipating.

Some things that bothered me:

Creating a note requires 2 clicks, 1 should be fine.I want to start writing and decide whether its a todo later.

Tag management. In Keep #tags are parsed from text automatically. Although there is a conflict with markdown syntax, having to issue 3 clicks to add a tag seems bothersome

Tags are not shown in the main menu, but are another view.

Didn’t figure out what notebooks are supposed to be, but i guess some kind of directory system. Don’t see the point when having a tag system. In the end they are too prominent in the UI.

But the synchronization options and markdown capabilities are a big plus. mardown is actually a feature missing in keep.
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- lung@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’m a Joplin contributor and if you think the android app is halfway decent, that’s a win ahahaha. The desktop apps are what makes it a superstar though, with all the plugins and community. The mobile apps have been slowly modernizing but it’s real basic
  
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- liightninggod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Obsidian is just a glorified markdown editor and there are some open source plugins for sync that you can self host if you want!
  
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CubitOom@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
If you like obsidian but want a FOSS alternative, you might want to try out emacs org-mode and org-roam.

Here is an example video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyhPmypHDEw

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- gunpachi@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Is there any way to use org roam in vim ? I’m interested in trying it out.
  
  I have been using an android app named orgzly and have found org-mode to work just as good as markdown for me. For markdown I was using an app called Markor.
  
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  - CubitOom@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I haven’t used vim in a while, so not sure. But you can use vim key bindings in emacs with evil-mode.
    
    Org-mode can also be exported into markdown.
    
    Markdown is cool since it’s used in a lot of places. But org-mode has so many more features and can be a drop in replacement in most cases.
    
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