After trying Joplin (for several years), I finally decided on Obsidian instead.
It is the better product and has a better 3rd-party support.
Joplin – An open-source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation
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Re: Joplin – An open-source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation
#102I tried many note-taking apps and finally settled on Notable[0]. It's simple and you can point it to a folder with markdown files and attachments. Plus, you can just sync the folder using any syncing service, and use Noteless[1] on Android. The tagging support is superb, you can cross-link notes, render math using katex, and export to pdf. Because of the simple folder structure, you can also use vim+fzf to search/nav…
Do you know how Noteless compares to GitJournal on Android? Thank you. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.gitjournal....
Gitjournal used to make a lot of stuff (including things like rendering math equations) subscription-only, which was sufficiently off-putting.
I just looked at it again, and I think they've gotten rid of the subscription and made it a one-time "pro" purchase. That's better than subscription I guess. The only added advantage I see is that syncing with git is built in.
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#103Re: Joplin – An open-source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation
#104The ideal “knowledge base” app I’ve been searching for is as follows: - Self-hosted - Attractive web client that loads very quickly and works well on mobile - Can point it at a nested directory of text/markdown and image/pdf files (no sql database) - Text files are editable in place (no “edit” button, etc.) - Markdown displays in a plain-text view (no hidden formatting characters, no “rich text” editor) Every app I’v…
Do you _really_ need a web client ? I use markor ( https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.gsantner.markor/ ) on android and it does everything I need. It's all a bunch of files, synchronized with syncthing, so I can use it on my desktop with any editor (maybe https://thiefmd.com/ , maybe another one). No need for a server, I can use it while offline, it's lightweight to install and maintain.
I want to be able to access the same content from my laptop, phone, and tablet. I used Obsidian for a while with a convoluted setup (a Git repo with an iOS shortcut that fetched when the Obsidian app was launched), but it proved too slow and error-prone to continue using.
I want the whole stack to be open source, which is why I’m not using Obsidian Sync or an iOS Syncthing client. So while I don’t technically need web client, I don’t know of any other solution that would work for me.
Re: Joplin – An open-source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation
#105Earlier quoted context omitted.
In which way can it be exploited?
If I serve you a 2000 line unformatted bash script from an URL and tell you to pipe it to bash, will you do it? Should you do it? Do you have the mental fortitude to format it and go through it line by line looking for possible exploits? It's 100% trivial to have it run rm or shred on all files you have access to while simultaneously printing correct looking install progress messages.
What’s the difference between that and downloading and running an installer?
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#106How does it compare to obsidian?
> How does it compare to obsidian?
Definitely personal preference, in my experience the UX is terrible compared to obsidian but the pricing and company are much more consumer friendly
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#107How does it compare to obsidian?
> How does it compare to obsidian?
Definitely personal preference, in my experience the Joplin UX is terrible but the pricing and company are much more consumer frienldy
Re: Joplin – An open-source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation
#108The ideal “knowledge base” app I’ve been searching for is as follows: - Self-hosted - Attractive web client that loads very quickly and works well on mobile - Can point it at a nested directory of text/markdown and image/pdf files (no sql database) - Text files are editable in place (no “edit” button, etc.) - Markdown displays in a plain-text view (no hidden formatting characters, no “rich text” editor) Every app I’v…
Obsidian has everything but "Attractive web client", but it does have a native client. The "database" is just a bunch of directories you can sync with any tool you want.
Any tool except Dropbox on macOS. Don't store your Obsidian library in Dropbox.
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#109I use and like Joplin a lot but the mobile app is pretty poor. I find it a frustrating experience
Contrary to popular belief, the mobile app is not forgotten - I count about 40 releases in total for the past 12 months. We probably spend as much time working on it than on the desktop one, but unfortunately it is much harder to develop for mobile, especially when you have to make sure it works on the many different Android devices and iOS versions, plus the extra work to comply with the ever changing requirements f…
Good hear, looking forward trying it out
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#110The only problem to me is that the "official" Joplin Server is proprietary: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/packages/server...