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Re: Joplin – an open source note taking and to-do application with synchronization

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eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 wrote: post #7

I could use the opposite : A TODO-app which has no synchronization capabilities so I don't need to worry about leakage of private data. Ideally it would use a very simple plaintext file format for its database so it is future proof, e.g. http://todotxt.org/ The TODO.txt format seems very nice but the Android apps listed on that site are either not fully developed or unmaintained, and one even looks like it's not open…

AIUI Joplin effectively does that; its synchronization abilities boil down to "Integrate with file synchronization tools that don't natively create sync folders on your phone so you don't have to pay for a pro Dropbox account".

I just set up a test sync, and the files in my Dropbox Apps/Joplin folder are just Markdown and JSON (there appear to be some dotfiles, but I'll bet they just cache the database graph etc).

Re: Joplin – an open source note taking and to-do application with synchronization

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Post by eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 »

jszymborski wrote: post #10
eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 wrote: post #7

I could use the opposite : A TODO-app which has no synchronization capabilities so I don't need to worry about leakage of private data. Ideally it would use a very simple plaintext file format for its database so it is future proof, e.g. http://todotxt.org/ The TODO.txt format seems very nice but the Android apps listed on that site are either not fully developed or unmaintained, and one even looks like it's not open…

FWIW, synchronization in Joplin is: - Optional - End-to-end encrypted - Can be self-hosted or restricted to a file-system (like a network drive)

Thanks.

That is nice but consider a broader point of view please:

If not carefully choosing offline-only software, then almost everything demands internet access nowadays. All of those things will claim that they handle my data safely. Obviously that cannot be true, leaks do still happen.

So from the perspective of someone who has to actually install, use and frequently update a dozen of Android apps, it is much easier to stick to only using such which do not want internet access instead of constantly having to read a very large amount of changelogs because all software you use is hooked up to the internet.

Re: Joplin – an open source note taking and to-do application with synchronization

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Post by eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 »

InitialLastName wrote: post #11
eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 wrote: post #7

I could use the opposite : A TODO-app which has no synchronization capabilities so I don't need to worry about leakage of private data. Ideally it would use a very simple plaintext file format for its database so it is future proof, e.g. http://todotxt.org/ The TODO.txt format seems very nice but the Android apps listed on that site are either not fully developed or unmaintained, and one even looks like it's not open…

AIUI Joplin effectively does that; its synchronization abilities boil down to "Integrate with file synchronization tools that don't natively create sync folders on your phone so you don't have to pay for a pro Dropbox account". I just set up a test sync, and the files in my Dropbox Apps/Joplin folder are just Markdown and JSON (there appear to be some dotfiles, but I'll bet they just cache the database graph etc).

Well thanks, but on Android it demands "full network access", so it does want to do something on the internet :|

Re: Joplin – an open source note taking and to-do application with synchronization

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Post by swiley »

eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 wrote: post #7

I could use the opposite : A TODO-app which has no synchronization capabilities so I don't need to worry about leakage of private data. Ideally it would use a very simple plaintext file format for its database so it is future proof, e.g. http://todotxt.org/ The TODO.txt format seems very nice but the Android apps listed on that site are either not fully developed or unmaintained, and one even looks like it's not open…

org mode in emacs is pretty great and there are lots of org editor apps for smartphones if you don't want to run full emacs.

Personally I sync my org files along with my calendar using git and that works well enough for me.

Re: Joplin – an open source note taking and to-do application with synchronization

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Post by InitialLastName »

eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 wrote: post #13
InitialLastName wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AIUI Joplin effectively does that; its synchronization abilities boil down to "Integrate with file synchronization tools that don't natively create sync folders on your phone so you don't have to pay for a pro Dropbox account". I just set up a test sync, and the files in my Dropbox Apps/Joplin folder are just Markdown and JSON (there appear to be some dotfiles, but I'll bet they just cache the database graph etc).

Well thanks, but on Android it demands "full network access", so it does want to do something on the internet :|

I suppose it's possible they want to use the sync service's API rather than the app? Web stuff is really the wrong end of the stack for me, so not sure what the "right" decision there would be.

Re: Joplin – an open source note taking and to-do application with synchronization

#16

Post by eitland »

rhodozelia wrote: post #8

I am a heavy one note user with a group we all sync our notes to a network drive abs it works well. Would this be equivalent but supports iOS and Linux?

I've used both a fair bit and I think it would be hard to replicate the multi user magic of older OneNote versions in any program at the moment.

Re: Joplin – an open source note taking and to-do application with synchronization

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Post by eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 »

InitialLastName wrote: post #15
eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well thanks, but on Android it demands "full network access", so it does want to do something on the internet :|

I suppose it's possible they want to use the sync service's API rather than the app? Web stuff is really the wrong end of the stack for me, so not sure what the "right" decision there would be.

See my reply to jszymborski for my problem with that.

Re: Joplin – an open source note taking and to-do application with synchronization

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Post by dang »

Past related threads:

Joplin – an open source note taking and to-do application with sync - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22439485 - Feb 2020 (36 comments)

Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21555238 - Nov 2019 (150 comments)

Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15815040 - Nov 2017 (204 comments)

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