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Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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This isn't self-hosted? I'm interested in a self-hosted solution that uses local markdown files and directories to manage content.

This is one thing I've wanted. A local app that lets me store all my data with markdown syntax, syntax highlighting, in local files and directories, specifically for macOS although a cross platform app would be fine. One that doesn't require an account or the internet at all for it to work. I've wanted this kind of app for many years (and wouldn't be opposed to making it if no existing solution is all that great at i…

Perhaps Boostnote? https://boostnote.io/

Been using it for a work journal for a while, and it's pretty reasonable. I used to use RedNotebook before that, but I finally got fed up with the lack of Markdown syntax.

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

#23
post #16

We use them in lieu of JIRA. Overall I like the product! I wish they had ticket numbers (I like to put ticket numbers in TODOs in the code for more context; I think it leads to more TODOs being done). I had to hack them in using timestamps and hashes. The ability to see tickets assigned to you (and not in closed status) would be useful too

A friend of mine said, Confluence is much better than JIRA.

I started using Trello.

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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post #9

This isn't self-hosted? I'm interested in a self-hosted solution that uses local markdown files and directories to manage content.

This is one thing I've wanted. A local app that lets me store all my data with markdown syntax, syntax highlighting, in local files and directories, specifically for macOS although a cross platform app would be fine. One that doesn't require an account or the internet at all for it to work. I've wanted this kind of app for many years (and wouldn't be opposed to making it if no existing solution is all that great at i…

Emacs with org mode, helm, and projectile as a starting point would hit all of your asks (although org syntax has differences from markdown, it's still quite intuitive).

I use org mode for: my tasks (gtd style), food log (using org columns), notes (easy export to any other format), habits. Alongside beorg for iOS for quick capturing on the go, I cannot imagine I would be any happier elsewhere.

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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I've been using Notion for quite some time now. It's pretty neat although I wish it was (a) faster and (b) had a better writing experience. I find Dropbox Paper to offer the best writing experience but Notion is unbelievably flexible, so I use it instead.

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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post #9

This isn't self-hosted? I'm interested in a self-hosted solution that uses local markdown files and directories to manage content.

This is one thing I've wanted. A local app that lets me store all my data with markdown syntax, syntax highlighting, in local files and directories, specifically for macOS although a cross platform app would be fine. One that doesn't require an account or the internet at all for it to work. I've wanted this kind of app for many years (and wouldn't be opposed to making it if no existing solution is all that great at i…

It sounds like a private git repo would suite you fine. You'll only need an internet connection to update when you've made changes on a different device.

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

#29
I use Notion for my personal productivity, and I highly recommend it. It's one of the few personal tools I'm happy to pay for. It many ways it's a personal wiki, and it is incredibly easy to use.

Notion has made it much easier to keep track of and refer back to my old notes. For example, I used to draft emails in an unorganized OneNote notebook. If I needed to find an old draft, I'd have to use search and hope that I remembered the right keywords. With Notion, I make all of my email drafts a subpage of an email page, which makes them much easier to find.

Re: Notion – All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases

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This isn't self-hosted? I'm interested in a self-hosted solution that uses local markdown files and directories to manage content.

(disclaimer: I'm building something similar)

Why is it every time something like Notion is mentioned, there is always someone who wants "local, self-hosted, Markdown"? Just build it yourself.

This clearly shows you have no understanding of the product at hand. Notion is so incredibly powerful that Markdown doesn't even scratch the surface here.

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