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Re: Show HN: An open source alternative to Evernote (Self Hosted)

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Post by dicknuckle »

vivekweb2013 wrote: post #9
hohloma wrote: post #4

Another alternative that Im using and very happy with - Joplin ( https://joplinapp.org/ ). Also provides import from Evernote which mostly worked in my case.

Agree, but GitNoter is self hosted webapp it does not require any desktop/mobile client. It can be directly accessible with the browser. Thanks for the feedback. I'll check if import from evernote can be added as a feature to GitNoter.

I realize this is probably a big ask, but an import from Google Keep would be a huge plus. Google eventually kills off EVERYTHING good.

Re: Show HN: An open source alternative to Evernote (Self Hosted)

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Post by vivekweb2013 »

sandgiant wrote: post #12

Thanks for sharing, but almost all "alternatives to Evernote" lack some of the most important (to me) features like web clipping, OCR and related notes. The only real alternative to Evernote I've found is DEVONthink.

Thanks for pointing the web clipping. I've noted it. I can add this feature to GitNoter. Hopefully soon

Re: Show HN: An open source alternative to Evernote (Self Hosted)

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Post by KennyFromIT »

sandgiant wrote: post #12

Thanks for sharing, but almost all "alternatives to Evernote" lack some of the most important (to me) features like web clipping, OCR and related notes. The only real alternative to Evernote I've found is DEVONthink.

Give Joplin a try

Re: Show HN: An open source alternative to Evernote (Self Hosted)

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Post by lolive »

sandgiant wrote: post #12

Thanks for sharing, but almost all "alternatives to Evernote" lack some of the most important (to me) features like web clipping, OCR and related notes. The only real alternative to Evernote I've found is DEVONthink.

Web clipping?

Re: Show HN: An open source alternative to Evernote (Self Hosted)

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Post by lapser »

sandgiant wrote: post #12

Thanks for sharing, but almost all "alternatives to Evernote" lack some of the most important (to me) features like web clipping, OCR and related notes. The only real alternative to Evernote I've found is DEVONthink.

Not exactly open source, but as far as "alternatives to Evernote" goes, I've been told about Obsidian[0] (though I've not jumped in yet), which has plugins for OCR and web clipping, and considering the community, I'd be surprised if related notes aren't a thing.

[0] https://obsidian.md/

Re: Show HN: An open source alternative to Evernote (Self Hosted)

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Post by mgdlbp »

sandgiant wrote: post #12

Thanks for sharing, but almost all "alternatives to Evernote" lack some of the most important (to me) features like web clipping, OCR and related notes. The only real alternative to Evernote I've found is DEVONthink.

These days I tend to rely on archive.org (+ archive.today) and a plain link rather than web clipping tools. I just find it more useful coming back later to have access to the full fidelity of a page and its context.

It also feels appropriate to be publicly preserving parts of the web that you've found useful enough to note down. As someone at archive.org said, 'If you see something, save something.'

Edit: n.b. archive.org does honour takedown requests, though they're rare and usually somewhat predictable. cf. gwern's drastic approach of archiving all the pages he's ever visited, https://www.gwern.net/Archiving-URLs

Re: Show HN: An open source alternative to Evernote (Self Hosted)

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Post by glook »

vivekweb2013 wrote: post #2

Hi Friends, I'm the author of GitNoter. I'd love to answer any questions you have

You don't have to compare this to Evernote. I really like what you have done so far. The preview of the MD is fantastic. Feels hard enough for me to find just that! I love the use of GitHub. I'm in!
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