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Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities

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Re: Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities

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Post by pkage »

henrysarabia wrote: post #70
ddsea wrote: post #36

I felt that Evernote was becoming increasingly constraining and slow/flaky, so after trying a few alternatives (text files/dirs, SimpleNote, Apple Notes, BoostNotes, Zim, etc), I've made a leap of faith to Joplin. My requirements: multi-platform, multi-device, auto-sync (more than 2 devices in free ver.), tags, webclip-ability, preferably markdown format with code rendering. Text diagramming such as PlantUML is a big…

It sounds like what you're looking for is Notion. It checks most of your boxes, I believe.

I can second Notion! I've switched over from Notability + Google Keep + an overstuffed bookmark folder, and it's been working great to keep my notes/projects/shopping lists together.

I just wish they had an API that I could use.

Re: Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities

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Post by ddsea »

henrysarabia wrote: post #70
ddsea wrote: post #36

I felt that Evernote was becoming increasingly constraining and slow/flaky, so after trying a few alternatives (text files/dirs, SimpleNote, Apple Notes, BoostNotes, Zim, etc), I've made a leap of faith to Joplin. My requirements: multi-platform, multi-device, auto-sync (more than 2 devices in free ver.), tags, webclip-ability, preferably markdown format with code rendering. Text diagramming such as PlantUML is a big…

It sounds like what you're looking for is Notion. It checks most of your boxes, I believe.

Thanks for the suggestion. At this point I'd rather avoid mandatory monthly payments in favor of voluntary donations to FOSS.

Re: Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities

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Post by reacharavindh »

ddsea wrote: post #90
sorenjan wrote: post #78

When it comes to todo lists I really prefer nested checkboxes, like Dynalist[0] has. That enables me to make a list of projects, where each project has their own todo items, and maybe they have sub items, and so on. I like being able to divide stuff into smaller and smaller chunks, and then checking them off as I go. [0] https://dynalist.io/

Looks like a strong candidate to replace Google Keep when they suddenly decide to shut it down.

And what happens when dynalist shuts down? That’s why I prefer self-hosted or plain old Apple Notes :-)

Re: Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities

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Post by JoachimS »

revscat wrote: post #63
gumby wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The only thing that makes me keep looking for an alternative to Apple Notes is search . 1. You can't restrict search to just one folder. 2. You can't use tags (would be better than folders) and search by them. I have a partial work around (I just type #tag and search for that) but it does't work that well -- the search correctly filters for "#foo" but shows "foo" highlighted in the sidebar...and doesn't scroll to the…

Quiver.

I really tried to use Quiver for almost a year. I converted to it from Org-mode in Emacs. The reason for converting was to get better typography and layout. I really want to get header rendered in different sizes, bold really looking bold etc. Quiver looked really nice ans pleasing. But the rendering engine in Quiver is flaky. Headings of the same type end up having different sizes for example. I also never felt a benefit of the cell concept. Instead often accidentally creating new cells that had to be fixed.

I've now moved to Bear, and the experience is much better. Yes, it stores notes in a DB, not as files. But it is a standard, open SQL DB you can talk to if needed. Bear renders markdown nicely, has nice themes. And syncs between devices quick. I now read and write journal notes etc on desktop, iPad and mobile. And Bear supports inline images. This, together with nice rendering of quotes, code etc makes making complex notes possible. If I only could change the caret to a non-blinking, block everything would be great. Notes in Bear really are beutiful and pleasant to write and read.

https://bear.app/

Re: Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities

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Post by surfsvammel »

I haven’t found something that does it all for me. I still use Evernote. Every time I get a real paper mail, an invoice or a receipt, I scan it with my phone and save to Evernote. For the PDF OCR search. Thats my only Evernote usecase.

For notes I use Bear. Which is, IMO, the best UX for note taking on iOS. But. It doesn’t have a web GUI or a Linux app. So. I can’t really keep using it.

I’ve tried them all. Joplin, SimpleNote, Evernote, Turtl, Laverna, you name it. But none of them have both Linux Apps and a great iOS app/experience. (80% of my notes is done from iOS).

One day I’ll have to go out to write something myself.

Re: Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities

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Post by cpach »

surfsvammel wrote: post #95

I haven’t found something that does it all for me. I still use Evernote. Every time I get a real paper mail, an invoice or a receipt, I scan it with my phone and save to Evernote. For the PDF OCR search. Thats my only Evernote usecase. For notes I use Bear. Which is, IMO, the best UX for note taking on iOS. But. It doesn’t have a web GUI or a Linux app. So. I can’t really keep using it. I’ve tried them all. Joplin, S…

I started with Evernote some years ago and so far I haven’t found anything better. The PDF OCR is great and having a web interface is also very convenient, e.g. for using it at work.

Re: Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities

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Post by brujoand »

sorenjan wrote: post #78

When it comes to todo lists I really prefer nested checkboxes, like Dynalist[0] has. That enables me to make a list of projects, where each project has their own todo items, and maybe they have sub items, and so on. I like being able to divide stuff into smaller and smaller chunks, and then checking them off as I go. [0] https://dynalist.io/

Yeah, this is why i use Vimwiki[0] both for notes and todo lists. Nested checkboxes and easy navigation through page links. It is vim specific though so that might be a problem for some.

[0] https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki

Re: Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities

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Post by freetonik »

surfsvammel wrote: post #95

I haven’t found something that does it all for me. I still use Evernote. Every time I get a real paper mail, an invoice or a receipt, I scan it with my phone and save to Evernote. For the PDF OCR search. Thats my only Evernote usecase. For notes I use Bear. Which is, IMO, the best UX for note taking on iOS. But. It doesn’t have a web GUI or a Linux app. So. I can’t really keep using it. I’ve tried them all. Joplin, S…

BTW, Google drive does OCR search within PDF and images files. It can even convert scans to Google docs.
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