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

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After GitHub.dev was released (hit “.” on any GitHub repo, to open it in browser-based VS Code), I immediately saw the notetaking workflow that I wanted: a GitHub repo, storing markdown that I can own/control, but editable in the browser, using my existing VS Code preferences (theme, keybindings, etc.). Unfortunately, VS Code doesn’t natively support wiki links, so I created an extension that simply adds that feature…

Foam is pretty good for this as well: https://foambubble.github.io/foam/

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

#152

If it has already integrated git, why not support syncing through the VCS instead of third party like Dropbox or iCloud? Is there any note taking app that automatically syncs changes with a remote repository, so I can simply provide credentials to a hosted git instance and it does everything out of the box?

There's a Git plugin for Obsidian: https://github.com/denolehov/obsidian-git

It's not quite out of the box, but installing community plugins is very easy through the settings UI.

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

#153

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Moving off Apple's ecosystem. Their definition of privacy/surveillance falls short of "human rights" level privacy and only protects against advertisers and hackers.

+1. As sweet as their hardware and ecosystem is, an open ecosystem is better for users. I'd move off if I could get most of what I enjoy within Apple ecosystem.

Yes, lifelong MacAddict here.

Something open that beats Apple's ecosystem doesn't yet exist today. But you can help it get there by being a customer and telling companies what you want. Re-creating an E2E iCloud suite doesn't seem impossible. For example Standard Notes is close to beating Notes - but it's still too complicated but with focused work on the UI it could win.

Discussion of open source phones: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28164208

Discussion of open source laptops: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28266315

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

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Haven’t seen Craft mentioned here but amongst almost all of the other already mentioned apps, Craft feels to me like it’s got the whole pack. Native apps, cloud sync that works, option for iCloud sync or offline storage, blocks that turn into pages, multi platform, Markdown, etc.

https://www.craft.do/ I assume you're referring to this, took a bit of googling.

That one.

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

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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.

How do you handle sync to mobile with Syncthing? Obs mobile only supports iCloud and their own sync service.

This is one thing I've been keeping an eye on. I cannot find a way of doing that now; I don't think I can make the Möbius Sync the other commenter mentioned work either since it can only access files under its own App directory.

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

#156

I will pay $100 a year for an iOS-like Notes replacement, de-Appled with these criteria: 1. Secure - E2E encrypted on cloud storage, vendor cannot read it 2. Accessible - standalone native app on desktop and mobile on all platforms (Linux, Windows, Mac/iOS, Android) 3. Simple - love how Apple doesn't even make you "title" notes, it just takes the first line 4. Shareable - with others with editing privs eg a grocery l…

You should look seriously at FSNotes, it’s got all your needs met I believe (have fun with standard notes- I found them very disappointing)

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

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I went through the same process and got stuck on GoodNotes on the iPad. Once I got used to using the Pencil for sketching, marking up other documents, and handwriting notes (when that makes sense), I was hooked. Obsidian is pretty cool and is progressing rapidly. If their iPad client gets Pencil support then I will probably end up there as well.

Same for me. Surprising that Obsidian doesn’t support native pencil option. I tried with excalidraw plug-in and it’s not sleek.

> Surprising that Obsidian doesn’t support native pencil option.

The app was only just released. I hope that it is coming.

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

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I will pay $100 a year for an iOS-like Notes replacement, de-Appled with these criteria: 1. Secure - E2E encrypted on cloud storage, vendor cannot read it 2. Accessible - standalone native app on desktop and mobile on all platforms (Linux, Windows, Mac/iOS, Android) 3. Simple - love how Apple doesn't even make you "title" notes, it just takes the first line 4. Shareable - with others with editing privs eg a grocery l…

You should look seriously at FSNotes, it’s got all your needs met I believe (have fun with standard notes- I found them very disappointing)

I have Joplin also, and yes it’s good, and it syncs well these days (not so in past I found) and there’s no good reason I have not be using it full time, but I’m not, something there niggles me in use, maybe it’s just a shade slower, hard to define, but moving from ios to OS X works great for me In FSNotes so I’ll probably be sticking with it for a while, I stuck on notational velocity for a long time and have only moved for the ability to add photos easily (improvement in Joplin only) and apply some security levels applicable on individual record levels

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

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Out of curiosity, why not just use Notes? (I’m aware there are legit reasons, but I’m curious about your scenario.)

Moving off Apple's ecosystem. Their definition of privacy/surveillance falls short of "human rights" level privacy and only protects against advertisers and hackers.

Fair enough. I will point out there is no commercial entity that does better than Apple on any of these counts. Open source will only get you so far: every hardware vendor other than Apple has lower standards for labor rights and sustainability.
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