Can you share a bit about the tech behind this? Are the desktop apps electron apps or something else? Thx!
Windows version is Electon-based, but not really hungry for resources. MacOS is not Electron-based.
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Show HN: NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app
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Re: Show HN: NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app
#72It seems the creator has been a senior SWE at Microsoft for 7 years now. It genuinely astounds me that as a solo dev he can make such a featureful app yet Microsoft the company has been failing hard in this realm for the last decade. Also it makes you wonder how many UI-design teams, product owners, and middle managers are entirely obsolete next to a single competent SWE with a bit of talent for UI/UX.
Although I agree with your observation wholeheartedly, it should be obvious that shipping something at Microsoft is way more involved than shipping a hobby project. Just security and privacy compliance is half the work.
That Microsoft is just not good at building consumer-facing software in general is hard to deny though.
Re: Show HN: NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app
#73It seems like you re-use the code from the web app to create the hybrid mobile apps.
Which tool / framework do you use to achieve this?
Re: Show HN: NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app
#74This might be an unpopular take, but I'm tired of all these Markdown text editors. It almost feels like a cop-out at this point. Ever since text editors started supporting Markdown, we've gotten away from all of these great rich-text editors. Apple Notes is an example of a notetaking application "done right", albeit with fewer features. It's enjoyable to use and offers good UI for attaching files. It certainly is not…
Obsidian's WYSIWYG editor is excellent and amazingly featureful. I use it for hours every day, only ever in "edit" mode w/ "live preview", just a couple plugins enabled, and it's by far the best interface to markdown I've encountered.
I agree, which is why I use it. But there are a few quirks that rely on on reading mode.
Re: Show HN: NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app
#75This might be an unpopular take, but I'm tired of all these Markdown text editors. It almost feels like a cop-out at this point. Ever since text editors started supporting Markdown, we've gotten away from all of these great rich-text editors. Apple Notes is an example of a notetaking application "done right", albeit with fewer features. It's enjoyable to use and offers good UI for attaching files. It certainly is not…
I can understand that. There're so many Markdown editors, choice paralysis easily kicks in. Markdown ist basically a must have for me though, because I know most applications will be outlived by my notes, and I want to be able to move on to a different editor. To try a new one, or even use multiple at the same time (say, on my phone and on my computer), it's unacceptable for me if I have to export and import all my n…
> because I know most applications will be outlived by my notes
A robust export option is what we're all looking for here.
> taking notes is a very personal thing
I agree with that.
Re: Show HN: NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app
#76The website leans hard on "fully cross-platform" for a program that clearly isn't.
If you are talking about Linux, you can use the Web version, which is Progressive Web Application, works offline and can be installed.
Re: Show HN: NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app
#77I have been an Evernote, then Notion and now a Jopplin user.
A feature I used a lot in these apps is the browser extension that allows me to quickly bookmark a web page into a note.
Would you consider such a feature?
Re: Show HN: NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app
#78Useful product. Are you planning to add integration with self-hosted Gitlab?
There are a few typos on the site you might want to review: https://triplechecker.com/s/259685/about.noteshub.app?v=rLAc...
Re: Show HN: NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app
#79Oh I like the web version! I just hooked up the web app to my _public_ blog repo, and started editing the markdown files. Hit save and it automatically performs a git commit on my behalf. Perfect. Next time I'm working on the files locally, all I need is a git pull and I am good to go. I like it. Although I didnt quite like that it asked for a permission to pretty much _everything_ in Githuhb - public and private rep…
The FAQ has the following instructions for more fine-grained access control: > To accomplish this scenario select generic Git notebook provider (instead of GitHub) and for the password field put fine-grained personal access token which can be generated to have access only to certain repositories.
I tried this and doesn't seem to work; though unclear what permissions I should be granting it, so possibly that is the issue.
Re: Show HN: NotesHub: cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app
#80Fantastic app, good, clean design, and a very useful use-case. I can see myself using it. However, a few questions: 1. Can I self-host it? If so, how? 2. Can I connect to a "private" Github repo? (I dont want my personal notes publicly viewable, unless I choose so) 3. What's the pricing model? Wasn't entirely clear. Thanks!!
You can't self-host it. Yes, you can connect to "private" GitHub repo. Pricing model is one time payment for native apps and free web app.
Can you provide more detail on connecting to a "private" GitHub repo?
The FAQ says "To accomplish this scenario select generic Git notebook provider (instead of GitHub) and for the password field put fine-grained personal access token which can be generated to have access only to certain repositories."
I created a PAT with EVERY permission within a selected repo, to the fullest-extent allowed by the fine-grained PAT, but still see "An unhandled error occured, please try again" when setting it up within NotesHub.