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FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by walteweiss »

gingerlime wrote: post #11
coldtea wrote: post #3

FSNotes is amazing. It's what I've settled on, not liking the lock-in (bad export options) of Notes.app, paying for increasingly crappier Evernote (I used in the past), cloud-sync-based note apps, very barebones FOSS apps, half-arsed stuff like Agenda, and Electron crap.

what I like about the notes app is that it can use imap to store notes. So they’re in-sync without iCloud and accessible from any imap client. The app itself is a bit annoying though with forced auto-spelling and a clunky feeling. Would love to find another app that relies on imap, but haven’t found any (admit to not looking too much)

What do you mean by IMAP? Isn’t it a mail sync thing? Or can you use it some other way?

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by Void_ »

utunbu wrote: post #20

I've jumped between note-taking Apps, Evernote, Bear, Typora, Notion, Obsidian, ..., you name it. Finally settled down with Obsidian as I can manage note files directly such as using Syncthing for backing up and syncing. This one does seem interesting and possible to integrate into my workflow, gotta give it a try.

If you're looking for Obsidian, but with a nicer UI, Reflect is definitely worth trying. (https://reflect.app)

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by daliz »

ghostpepper wrote: post #7

Coincidentally I discovered another iOS app for note-taking this week called Beorg, which leverages the emacs + org mode format so I can easily sync between iOS and Linux. This one looks nice too though; always good to see open source apps for Mac and iOS. I wonder how similar the markdown formats are.

I find the beorg UI ugly. I would really love an Orgzly for iPad.

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by dunham »

walteweiss wrote: post #31
gingerlime wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what I like about the notes app is that it can use imap to store notes. So they’re in-sync without iCloud and accessible from any imap client. The app itself is a bit annoying though with forced auto-spelling and a clunky feeling. Would love to find another app that relies on imap, but haven’t found any (admit to not looking too much)

What do you mean by IMAP? Isn’t it a mail sync thing? Or can you use it some other way?

IMAP is read/write and holds the mail on the server (unlike POP).

If you go into your internet accounts settings and tick "notes". Notes will surface it and stores notes in folders on the mail server. (Not all of notes functionality is available in the notes stored in those folders.)

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by voltaireodactyl »

Matthias1 wrote: post #23
blondin wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

long time google keep user. i am seriously considering migrating my hundreds of notes and recipes to notes.app because i have been having a bad feeling about keep. you are saying the grass isn't greener on that side either? what's bad about notes.app besides lock-in and export?

I’ve been using the native Apple notes for years now. At first it was convenience, but at some point I thought about it and decided there was no reason to switch. It has shockingly reliable sync (for Apple), and the right number of formatting options for me. I wish it could syntax-highlight code blocks, but that’s not a universal use case. Export is fine if you’re only moving a single note—it just strips formatting a…

There’s an app called Exporter on the MAS that will export all your notes as markdown (with images in a side folder) just FYI. I believe it’s free.

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by whimsicalism »

ydant wrote: post #26
utunbu wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just curious if you had tried Obsidian ( https://obsidian.md )?

Obsidian really is a great choice if you are looking for Markdown. Windows, Linux, Mac, Android/iOS mobile apps soon. It's polished, fast, and all around a great experience. Flexible inter-note linking (wiki style), visualization, backlink discovery, handles images and embedded documents well. All around a good product. I'm still looking for something with a cross-platform GUI that I like as much as I liked Obsidian.…

> Windows, Linux, Mac, Android/iOS mobile apps soon.

I think they are actually available now.

> arbitrarily nested hierarchy

What do you mean arbitrarily nested hierarchy?

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by dunham »

ydant wrote: post #26
utunbu wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just curious if you had tried Obsidian ( https://obsidian.md )?

Obsidian really is a great choice if you are looking for Markdown. Windows, Linux, Mac, Android/iOS mobile apps soon. It's polished, fast, and all around a great experience. Flexible inter-note linking (wiki style), visualization, backlink discovery, handles images and embedded documents well. All around a good product. I'm still looking for something with a cross-platform GUI that I like as much as I liked Obsidian.…

Import on Trillium was a little bit of trouble for me. I had to tweak some code, possibly because of the size of my import, and utf8 stuff got mangled. But it is interesting, especially the customization model.

I'm currently on Obsidian, which has a nice plugin model and you can just manipulate the files on disk if you want to. I also like that it does MathJaX and mermaid. I went from Notion to Craft but had to bail on Craft (nice community) because it didn't handle math or code well.

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by dmd »

gingerlime wrote: post #11
coldtea wrote: post #3

FSNotes is amazing. It's what I've settled on, not liking the lock-in (bad export options) of Notes.app, paying for increasingly crappier Evernote (I used in the past), cloud-sync-based note apps, very barebones FOSS apps, half-arsed stuff like Agenda, and Electron crap.

what I like about the notes app is that it can use imap to store notes. So they’re in-sync without iCloud and accessible from any imap client. The app itself is a bit annoying though with forced auto-spelling and a clunky feeling. Would love to find another app that relies on imap, but haven’t found any (admit to not looking too much)

What do you mean by forced auto-spelling? You can turn that on and off in the Edit menu just like in any other macos text field.
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