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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

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Post by Icathian »

maroonblazer wrote: post #133
Icathian wrote: post #88

Joplin is a gem of open source, and I use it daily on all of my machines. I'm so grateful to have a good FOSS notes app that syncs cross platform. I've been a patron for years and recommended it to lots of people. If anyone has questions about how I use it or my workflow I'm happy to shill this app more, lol. I know Obsidian is the cool kid right now but I just absolutely can't imagine using a closed source app for s…

> If anyone has questions about how I use it or my workflow I'm happy to shill this app more, lol. I've recently begun using Joplin and am still futzing my way around. Would love to hear about anyone else's workflow. One question, not specific to Joplin, I always have with note-taking apps is what's the best way to organize content? Or do you not worry about that and simply use tags to create structure/relationships?

I use notebooks and nested notebooks heavily. I've found that a directory-style structure works well for me, especially because the integrated search is also good if I forget where I put something. I have never personally had success with tagging for organization, but maybe that's just me.

In no particular order, I recommend:

* WebDAV to sync your files, I just use some of my fastmail storage and draft off the $5 a month I already pay them

* Pasting screenshots from your clipboard into your markdown works automagically on desktop, drops the file with a generated name into the Joplin file structure. It elevates the tool quite a bit imo

* It is worth getting comfortable with some of the basic markdown annotations. Just knowing to use asterisks and underscores and whatever speeds you up a lot from having to go click the "bold" button or whatever.

* I really like editing with the preview pane open. It closes the loop for me, and is the best of both worlds where I get to just type the annotations at my normal typing speed, but also see the formatted output so I can make changes as I go.

Re: Joplin – An open-source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation

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Post by dizhn »

rubymamis wrote: post #13

Shameless plug for my native (Qt C++ based) open-source, cross-platform note-taking app[1]. It's fast, beautiful, and just works. The next version will add an option to turn your Markdown tasks into a beautiful Kanban view[2] via QML. This feature will be paid but anyone will be able to compile the source with a simple CMake flag to get the PRO version for free. Currently, it uses a DB but we aim to port it to suppor…

> Currently, it uses a DB

Nice little program. This is the reason I had skipped it after testing since I wanted it to use it on multiple platforms with syncing handled by me.

Btw, you're adding Kanban support?

Re: Joplin – An open-source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation

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Post by jhoechtl »

theshrike79 wrote: post #92
bornon5 wrote: post #87

The 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.

> but it does have a native client.

Its an electron app.

Re: Joplin – An open-source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation

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Post by bornon5 »

rakoo wrote: post #131
bornon5 wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 we…

I understand your concern, personally syncthing does a perfect job for me. I'm never editing from multiple devices at the same time, and by the time I switch to another device the content is synced. If not, I give it a little time and it makes me pause and use computers a little bit less, so it's not that much of a downside.

How are you using Syncthing on iOS?

Re: Joplin – An open-source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation

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Post by jl6 »

princevegeta89 wrote: post #137
mitchitized wrote: post #130

Longtime joplin user here - been using s3 sync storage since it was available. As long as it is open and free, that will be my note app of choice. Yeah the mobile app definitely needs work, and there's always room for improvement overall. But it is free as in "free beer", as well as "free speech". Both are hard requirements for me, at least for my notes (and data, in general). I have years of notes in joplin, spread…

How is the sync now? Does it only sync every 5 minutes, with the user requiring to manually press "sync" for every change? Or does it sync on changes automatically? I'm asking because I used it in the past and the sync limitation often caused conflicts for my mobile and desktop clients

I use Joplin extensively on multiple devices and I find that the only way to completely avoid sync conflicts is to make sure you hit sync after entering data on one device, and then hit sync on the other device before using it.

Re: Joplin – An open-source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation

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Post by rubymamis »

dizhn wrote: post #142
rubymamis wrote: post #13

Shameless plug for my native (Qt C++ based) open-source, cross-platform note-taking app[1]. It's fast, beautiful, and just works. The next version will add an option to turn your Markdown tasks into a beautiful Kanban view[2] via QML. This feature will be paid but anyone will be able to compile the source with a simple CMake flag to get the PRO version for free. Currently, it uses a DB but we aim to port it to suppor…

> Currently, it uses a DB Nice little program. This is the reason I had skipped it after testing since I wanted it to use it on multiple platforms with syncing handled by me. Btw, you're adding Kanban support?

I can understand. Supporting plaintext/.md files in folders will be our main focus for the release after the next one.

And yes, this will be released soon for Notes v2.2.0.

Work in progress video: https://i.imgur.com/VCt0Zvg.mp4

Re: Joplin – An open-source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation

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Post by 8n4vidtmkvmk »

_l7dh wrote: post #89
dunco wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I looked at logseq as an alternative to joplin but there were too many little flags that suggested to me that privacy and being free might not be forever. I don't have a problem with paying for software, but I don't like getting embedded in it when I don't know what the cost will be. Privacy wise, statements like "The aim of Logseq is to establish a better environment for both learning and collaboration, enabling us…

Just try it out before interpreting their vision (which I totally ignored up until now). It is simply a nice system based on your local markdown files, allowing to easily cross-link notes. It is opinionated but I like that. It follows the bullet journaling approach and has a rudimentary integrated todo system. I have personally tried many alternatives (obsidian among them) but nothing comes close to what logseq offer…

Why would you want to try it before interpreting their vision? That's how you trap your data in an app before it turns to garbage.

Re: Joplin – An open-source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation

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Post by cjm42 »

I've been using Joplin for a while now, syncing via Nextcloud.

One tip: I set up a cronjob to export into a Git repository so I have a complete history. The core of the script is:

  joplin sync
  joplin export --format=raw "$tmpdir"
  # Rsync that directory to the repository
  # This deletes files that no longer exist in the current export.
  /usr/bin/rsync -a --quiet --delete --exclude=.git "$tmpdir/" "./"
  /usr/bin/git add -A

Re: Joplin – An open-source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation

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Post by lbotos »

greenie_beans wrote: post #140
mitchitized wrote: post #130

Longtime joplin user here - been using s3 sync storage since it was available. As long as it is open and free, that will be my note app of choice. Yeah the mobile app definitely needs work, and there's always room for improvement overall. But it is free as in "free beer", as well as "free speech". Both are hard requirements for me, at least for my notes (and data, in general). I have years of notes in joplin, spread…

s3 sync is still broken for me. haven't had time to open a pr to fix it.

Do you have an open issue for it? Curious as to what the fix is. (I jankily re-wrote the sync when it broke a while back so curious what's not working.)
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