Laverna – A Markdown note-taking app focused on privacy

Post by dotancohen » Sun, Aug 20, 2017, 12:06 PM UTC

dade_ wrote: post #103

I recently tried it again, Laverna is very buggy and I just received an email from dropbox noting that the api they used is being deprecated. The app isn't really native, just a chromium window running a local web app. So if it needs to be mobile, I am using onenote, but have to use the web app in Linux, and search is useless on the web app. So for desktop only, I use Zim. Cross platform, lots of plugins, stores ever…

Post by dotancohen » Sun, Aug 20, 2017, 12:16 PM UTC

dotancohen wrote: post #111

dade_ wrote: post #103

I recently tried it again, Laverna is very buggy and I just received an email from dropbox noting that the api they used is being deprecated. The app isn't really native, just a chromium window running a local web app. So if it needs to be mobile, I am using onenote, but have to use the web app in Linux, and search is useless on the web app. So for desktop only, I use Zim. Cross platform, lots of plugins, stores ever…

I used to be a heavy Zim user, but the inability to store arbitrary text, such as code snippets, pushed me away. Does Zim now support Markdown as a storage format? If so then perhaps the issue of storing arbitrary text is resolved.

Post by mynegation » Sun, Aug 20, 2017, 12:22 PM UTC

zachlatta wrote: post #6

I've given up on using any sort of branded app for notetaking. At best it's open source and the maintainers will lose interest in a few years. When you write things down, you're investing in your future. It's silly to use software that isn't making that same investment. After trying Evernote, wikis, org-mode, and essentially everything else I could find, I gave up and tried building my own system for notes. Plain tim…

Post by s_kilk » Sun, Aug 20, 2017, 12:59 PM UTC

bitexploder wrote: post #13

zachlatta wrote: post #6

I've given up on using any sort of branded app for notetaking. At best it's open source and the maintainers will lose interest in a few years. When you write things down, you're investing in your future. It's silly to use software that isn't making that same investment. After trying Evernote, wikis, org-mode, and essentially everything else I could find, I gave up and tried building my own system for notes. Plain tim…

Org mode in a git repo. Easy enough. Don't need a fussy rendering step. Generate a PDF or HTML from org. Regardless of how you do it -- plain text will endure and using git makes it really simple. Markdown can never "go away" and neither can org files. They are inherently readable with cat and the naked eye. If I can't legibly read it with cat / less it will eventually leave me disappointed in some way.

Post by cannonedhamster » Sun, Aug 20, 2017, 1:03 PM UTC

pizzapill wrote: post #72

edanm wrote: post #66

I'd really love a good Evernote alternative, but the one feature that tends not to exist is full page bookmarking / web clipping. I want to be able to clip a full page easily into the program, which will also save a copy of whatever article I happen to be reading. I really wouldn't mind (and would even love) to roll my own notes system with vim/etc. But without full page clipping, it would be a problem. Another good…

100 % agree with everything you said. There isn't even a app on Linux and Evernotes web interface is the worst I've ever used. I _overwrite_ important notes with bs on a regular basis because the Ajax took two minutes to load and writes to something offscreen. But the Webclipper works most of the time. Laverna does not even have a Browser Plugin.