A fully open-source and end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote
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Re: A fully open-source and end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote
#2I'm still using joplin + dropbox
Re: A fully open-source and end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote
#3Logseq
Re: A fully open-source and end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote
#4I have moved on to a plaintext lifestyle that isn't tied to any tooling. If I have to protect/encrypt the content, I will look at doing that at the container -- such as a Vault.
Tools such as Obsidian[1] are a good option for me, as I can use it as that -- a tool and not worry about the content being tied to any platform - open or otherwise. For your Vault protection, tools such as the Cryptomator[2] works well.
I reason that tools will come and go. Even for many open source ones, I had my experience of being unable to rebuild/recompile because of the outdated libraries, unmaintained code, etc. The world moves on, real fast. Plain text is and will still work in the future. I'm also OK, spicing it up a bit with MarkDown, which still can maintain human readability even if the reader doesn't know what Markdowns are.
I'm not against using tooling in a group/team, where the tooling plays a good role in making the experience smooth. I would also definitely love to pay for tools that helps the team improve and save time and frustrations.
Best of luck to your product, and I hope it serves the use cases of others who need it.
Re: A fully open-source and end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote
#5I get that Evernote seems stagnant (or even dead by many accounts) and it certainly is lacking in critical features such as e2ee, but all these (paid) alternatives are only covering a small fraction of Evernote functionally: mostly text notes. No OCR, no easy meeting notes, no templates...
Luckily, where I am I've access to (really!) low cost EN subscription (maybe I've got grandfathered into it? Right now it works out less than 1usd/year) So I'm just never tempted to find alternatives despite it's shortcomings.
Re: A fully open-source and end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote
#6I'm still using joplin + dropbox
Fun fact: Joplin log files include plaintext secret keys when you enable E2EE. I moved away from Joplin after that plus a data loss incident where Joplin decided that it wanted to delete all of my notes in the repository. Too many foot guns there! I did like the software though.
Re: A fully open-source and end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote
#7My primary requirement for personal note taking is self hosting. That's the only thing that assures me that my years of notes will be available when I wake up every morning.
(And if I don't wake up one morning, I doubt I'll miss the availability of my notes)
Re: A fully open-source and end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote
#8When I see 'pricing' on top of page and sign on requiring email & password, it's better to close tab.
Re: A fully open-source and end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote
#9I'm still using joplin + dropbox
Fun fact: Joplin log files include plaintext secret keys when you enable E2EE. I moved away from Joplin after that plus a data loss incident where Joplin decided that it wanted to delete all of my notes in the repository. Too many foot guns there! I did like the software though.
I haven’t found anything better than Joplin, have you?
Re: A fully open-source and end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote
#10Logseq
I'd love to use Logseq, but in my experience the mobile app is quite buggy.
Otherwise it works surprisingly well with my existing org-mode notes, if not 100% compatible.