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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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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…

did you test Google Keep?

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

#122
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 just switched from Notion (and Evernote, Google Keep) to Joplin, and currently I'm quite satisfied with its offering.

Some cons I felt while using Notion: - Mandatory to log in using a Google account is a _very_ big pushback for me - I need it to work all the time offline. - E2EE encryption? I don't think it's there. It's something I strongly desire for privacy reason. - It's a freemium subscription modal, I have nothing against it, but imho, completely free one is of course better - It's not open sourced, but Joplin is.

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

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post #10

After years of searching I’ve pretty much settled on one note-taking app: Apple Notes. Quite unexpected to me as well because I started off just to sort of “cache” random notes in it before sorting them out in OneNote. Then I found myself almost stopped using OneNote. It’s just ubiquitous enough when you have a few extra PC devices, (unlike say, Bear) and versatile enough so it’s not limited to texts like Notational…

I make a folder called "notes" on any given machine and make a new text document inside of it when I have a note I want to make. I know this isn't clever and "it doesn't scale!!!" but I have multiple computers and it's easy to merge the notes into a single backup, and I always know where to go for the notes I take. If I need to share a note, I use a github gist but it's also just a linear text storage so I'll prolly…

Simplenote would work pretty well in this case. Barebones third party clients for it on all major desktops OSes are available that allow usage of file system.

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

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post #57

This application makes use of ip-api.com by default, this site is free for non-commercial use only. this should probably be reconsidered, or least made clear to everyone.

I don't see any commercial offering here, seems to be based entirely on donations.

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

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Disclosure: I work at a competitor note-taking app called Notable [0], so I'm somewhat biased. I've made a comparison table [1] comparing Joplin and other popular note-taking apps, you may find it useful. Joplin could have been my go-to note-taking app, but IMO they made a few bad design decisions and there are few things I really don't like about it, maybe listing some of them from my point of view could be useful e…

Would be useful to also list disadvantages of notable. The most obvious is no app for android, which made it instantly usable for me.

I haven't done that as this is more about Joplin than Notable, but the comparison table I linked mentions the lack of an official mobile app.

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

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I use WriterPlus [0] on Android and ReText [1] on Linux for taking notes (markdown supported). Syncing notes is via Syncthing [2]. All plain text files so not much dependency on the apps themselves. Works perfectly.

Update: This thread prompted me to re-check the options on Android and I found Markor [3]. Much more polished and I was able to point it to the notes folder. Now I have the option of using it or WriterPlus (though seems to me that Markor's option of opening notes in preview mode by default + more customization options makes it better than WriterPlus).

[0]: https://writerp.fileplanet.com/apk

[1]: https://github.com/retext-project/retext

[2]: https://syncthing.net/

[3]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.gsantner.m...

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

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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…

Bear is working on a web app. But they give no timeline for now.

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

#129
post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How's the latency these days while you work with it? For me it was the latency while using it that was just a bit too annoying

It saves locally and the syncs to the cloud every few seconds. Latency is zero.

My bad, was a bit unclear. I was referring to the latency in Notion. Planning to give Joplin a try today...looks very promising indeed.

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

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post #37
post #10

After years of searching I’ve pretty much settled on one note-taking app: Apple Notes. Quite unexpected to me as well because I started off just to sort of “cache” random notes in it before sorting them out in OneNote. Then I found myself almost stopped using OneNote. It’s just ubiquitous enough when you have a few extra PC devices, (unlike say, Bear) and versatile enough so it’s not limited to texts like Notational…

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…

I’m actually currently getting a POC built out for a note taking web app that’s entirely focused on capturing/tagging/filtering, because of these exact reasons. The idea of folders in all note taking apps is just not efficient, and doesn’t leverage the power of searching and filtering solutions.

My app is intended for multi tasking individuals.

@iamdchuk is my twitter handle if you want to connect and check it out soon. I plan to start using the app this week for work myself.

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