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Open Source alternative to Evernote

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Re: Open Source alternative to Evernote

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Post by benoliver999 »

I've been looking for something like this of late. I like Evernote, but I don't like keeping such a valuable treasure trove of notes on another server.

I looked at Laverna, also turtlr, and a few others.

Eventually I settled on Tiddlywiki - http://tiddlywiki.com/

It's simple, runs well on a server, and is decent in a mobile web browser. What's missing is web clippings, which I love doing. For that I use 'scrapbook plus' in Firefox.

Re: Open Source alternative to Evernote

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Post by corobo »

> The application stores all your notes in your browser local storage spaces such as indexedDB or localStorage, which is good for security reasons, because only you have access to them.

Unfortunately the reason I use Evernote is to quickly document then later share idea docs with the other members of our team - Any chance of a future server-side storage?

Re: Open Source alternative to Evernote

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Post by DCKing »

I'm not a big fan of Evernote, but seeing Evernote consists of a whole suite of various collaborative note taking/memory helper products (not just Evernote, but Skitch, Penultimate and others really provide added value), with native app clients on nearly all platforms, this is not an alternative to Evernote. Evernote can be used as a simple note taking utility, but it is in fact much more than that.

This is not to say that this doesn't look a nice note taking app. It really does. I'm just pointing out that "being an alternative to Evernote" entails a lot more than being a nice-to-use web app. It's like claiming you have open source alternative to Photoshop - and after clicking the link you end up looking at GNU Paint instead of GIMP.

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