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I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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Post by codetrotter »

prepend wrote: post #4

I like these apps because I’ve been trying note taking for 30 years and have had many false starts of solo projects over the years. So when someone releases it makes me a little happy. I like markdown because the interoperability is high. I’d like a command line way to just create a new note in one line that gets stuck somewhere that can be added on or moved around later (eg, “note Inkdrop should be investigated and…

> My problem is that phones are just too slow for me to fire up and start a note

How so? Is your phone really old and slow or something?

On my iPhone X it takes two touches from the home screen to get into the notes app (first touch) and start a new note (second touch), and this takes about two seconds (I measured the time). Not counting the touches or time taken to unlock the phone and to get to the home screen but that time is short too.

Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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Post by atorodius »

weystrom wrote: post #9

> Electron Markdown editor with monthly subscription to boot. Beautiful as it is, you're competing with Bear using the sub model, and my common sense to use buy-once native apps (like Sublime Text). This is a non-starter for me.

But Bear is also subscription based? Which buy-once app are you using.

Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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Post by weystrom »

atorodius wrote: post #12
weystrom wrote: post #9

> Electron Markdown editor with monthly subscription to boot. Beautiful as it is, you're competing with Bear using the sub model, and my common sense to use buy-once native apps (like Sublime Text). This is a non-starter for me.

But Bear is also subscription based? Which buy-once app are you using.

Yeah, but Bear has this huge following around it already and is OSX native, although it is missing e2e encryption support so Inkdrop has this going for it.

As for me I'm just using sublime text with a bunch of plugins and Markor on my phone. Resilio to sync between the devices.

Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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Post by Legogris »

I would love, love, love if I could self-host this and would happily pay a fee if it meant I got the source for the backend and could do that. Product looks great, but I will hold off until I find such an option.

I have been looking for years for a viable self-hosted Evernote/OneNote replacement I can sync between devices.

Takuya; You can differentiate from your competitors on business model!

Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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Post by ankeshanand »

weystrom wrote: post #9

> Electron Markdown editor with monthly subscription to boot. Beautiful as it is, you're competing with Bear using the sub model, and my common sense to use buy-once native apps (like Sublime Text). This is a non-starter for me.

Bear has no Android app, and no LaTeX support either, so this works better for me.

Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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Post by hashhar »

xref wrote: post #3

I just switched to the Joplin markdown note app (from DS Note, and Evernote before that). It’s free, works on desktop and mobile, etc etc. Frankly I love it and wish I switched earlier. Anyone have a good comparison vs Inkdrop?

Joplin kicks ass. The only area it might need improvement is regarding showing the tags associated with a note without having to click a button.

The mobile app, web-clipper and desktop apps are all wonderfully done.

Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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Post by jfreax »

Legogris wrote: post #14

I would love, love, love if I could self-host this and would happily pay a fee if it meant I got the source for the backend and could do that. Product looks great, but I will hold off until I find such an option. I have been looking for years for a viable self-hosted Evernote/OneNote replacement I can sync between devices. Takuya; You can differentiate from your competitors on business model!

You can already self host it by using a CouchDB compatible server. See: https://docs.inkdrop.app/manual/synchronizing-in-the-cloud

I didn't not try it myself, but it looks quite easy to setup.

Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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Post by jfreax »

hashhar wrote: post #17
xref wrote: post #3

I just switched to the Joplin markdown note app (from DS Note, and Evernote before that). It’s free, works on desktop and mobile, etc etc. Frankly I love it and wish I switched earlier. Anyone have a good comparison vs Inkdrop?

Joplin kicks ass. The only area it might need improvement is regarding showing the tags associated with a note without having to click a button. The mobile app, web-clipper and desktop apps are all wonderfully done.

Joplin is really great. I use it since a few month. Unfortunately, I have some problems with the Windows version that I have to use at work: After a few days it eats my memory (2GiB+) or hangs completely (I have to kill it with the task manager).

Otherwise it's great. The UI could use a little polishing, especially regarding the tagging system.

Re: I've been building a Markdown note-taking app for 3 years

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Post by jeena »

prepend wrote: post #4

I like these apps because I’ve been trying note taking for 30 years and have had many false starts of solo projects over the years. So when someone releases it makes me a little happy. I like markdown because the interoperability is high. I’d like a command line way to just create a new note in one line that gets stuck somewhere that can be added on or moved around later (eg, “note Inkdrop should be investigated and…

It's more for todos but might work well for notes too https://taskwarrior.org/ is a command line tool like that.
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