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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 grepfru_it »

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…

Trilium

https://github.com/zadam/trilium

And while it does use a db backend, it allows you to extend the interface with inline JavaScript. It’s extremely underrated

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

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Post by tredre3 »

laurent123456 wrote: post #54
piokoch wrote: post #51

Big no-no to Joplin for me is that it is using some custom data format (sqlite I think). Why bother? Just give me an app that can handle nicely markdown files, syncing I can do myself e.g. (Synology, rsync) or use some file syncing service (Dropbox, OneDrive, whatever). Zettlr does the trick for me without interfering with what I write.

"Custom" would be the way Apple Notes or Evernote stores their data in opaque binary blobs. SQLite is standard and you can open it with plenty of third-party tools, but I see your point about plain text files being more convenient for certain tasks.

> "Custom" would be the way Apple Notes or Evernote stores their data in opaque binary blobs.

Apple Notes uses SQLite.

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

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Post by tlavoie »

laurent123456 wrote: post #54
piokoch wrote: post #51

Big no-no to Joplin for me is that it is using some custom data format (sqlite I think). Why bother? Just give me an app that can handle nicely markdown files, syncing I can do myself e.g. (Synology, rsync) or use some file syncing service (Dropbox, OneDrive, whatever). Zettlr does the trick for me without interfering with what I write.

"Custom" would be the way Apple Notes or Evernote stores their data in opaque binary blobs. SQLite is standard and you can open it with plenty of third-party tools, but I see your point about plain text files being more convenient for certain tasks.

Since the content is basically plain-text already, read-only access to all of them at the very least shouldn't cause any problems.

I was wondering though, since my Nextcloud storage is encrypted, does the SQLite file get synced as well?

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Post by gettodachoppa »

dizhn wrote: post #135
piokoch wrote: post #51

Big no-no to Joplin for me is that it is using some custom data format (sqlite I think). Why bother? Just give me an app that can handle nicely markdown files, syncing I can do myself e.g. (Synology, rsync) or use some file syncing service (Dropbox, OneDrive, whatever). Zettlr does the trick for me without interfering with what I write.

I was never able to get encrypted syncing working with Joplin. I tried every year or something for a while but it never worked. I kept looking for an Evernote alternative for years. The closest that got there is Leanote, which is a Chinese company's open source product. ( https://github.com/leanote ) I finally gave up the search. Switched to unencrypted plain text md files synced with syncthing. On Linux I use Kate.…

I'd never heard of LeaNote, it looks very good. Open-source, self-hosted sync server, mobile apps...

What made you not stick with it?

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Post by djangelic »

laurent123456 wrote: post #74
dunco wrote: post #70

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just jumping on this to say I'm a Joplin user and I love it, thank you for building an awesome app. I currently also use notion because of Joplin's lack of note sharing on mobile; if good note sharing came to the Joplin mobile app I wouldn't need anything else. The only other feature I'd want that I think is missing from Joplin is the ability to define different storage locations / encryption keys per notebook to all…

Glad you like the app and thanks for the kind words! For separation between work and personal notes, we know support multiple profiles, as described here, available on both mobile and desktop: https://joplinapp.org/news/20220606-release-2-8/#multiple-pr... By note sharing on mobile, what do you mean? I believe you can share some text from any app to Joplin. And there's also a way to share from Joplin to any other app…

I use the iOS shortcut for pasting into Joplin and it works great other than not brining in the title.

Wanted to thank you for the great app! I left Evernote a year ago and it’s helped me get my journaling back on track. I use Dropbox sync and it wonderfully. I don’t remember the last time I had issues with it.

Only thing I hope for one day is the ability to see the article tags on each note in the list view so I can see which notes have which tags in common without having to click on the tag.

Keep up the great work!

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Post by ElCapitanMarkla »

Tomte wrote: post #136
awill wrote: post #126

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my understanding is that syncthing doesn't work properly on iOS, because Apple doesn't allow background processes. So you have to manually sync all the time. I'd imagine you'd get into some merge conflicts if you forget to manually sync and start editing notes. That's why ios apps generally either use their own sync, or use iCloud. As someone that has a mix of devices (iOS, Linux desktop, macbook for work), this leav…

It works well enough. I've never had a problem. This background process issue may prevent optimal operation, but I've never seen a file not being synced quickly in practice. Just get Möbius Sync ( https://www.mobiussync.com/ ) and don't overthink it.

I don’t think that works on iOS. If I recall correctly the mobius app can’t get access to logseq’s directories.

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Post by dizhn »

gettodachoppa wrote: post #204
dizhn wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was never able to get encrypted syncing working with Joplin. I tried every year or something for a while but it never worked. I kept looking for an Evernote alternative for years. The closest that got there is Leanote, which is a Chinese company's open source product. ( https://github.com/leanote ) I finally gave up the search. Switched to unencrypted plain text md files synced with syncthing. On Linux I use Kate.…

I'd never heard of LeaNote, it looks very good. Open-source, self-hosted sync server, mobile apps... What made you not stick with it?

It really is very good. What made me not stick with it? Trying to remember. I think it was the fact that it is a little heavy and support/issues is in Chinese, which I don't speak. Later I simplified my setup and made everything local markdown files, handling sync myself.

You can actually try their hosted service for free. Though looking at it now, most of that is in Chinese too.

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Post by melagonster »

lf-non wrote: post #26
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…

Last I checked this did not provide an obvious way for links between notes. This is a crutial feature for many folks who work with lots of small interlinked notes.

Joplin offer markdown link and link for outside to any note. but backward link and thinking map relying on plugins now.

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Post by melagonster »

piokoch wrote: post #51

Big no-no to Joplin for me is that it is using some custom data format (sqlite I think). Why bother? Just give me an app that can handle nicely markdown files, syncing I can do myself e.g. (Synology, rsync) or use some file syncing service (Dropbox, OneDrive, whatever). Zettlr does the trick for me without interfering with what I write.

I am interesting about this. storing everything in sqlite should have some apparently advantage, but other note applications discard.

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Post by princevegeta89 »

grepfru_it wrote: post #198
princevegeta89 wrote: post #159

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Interesting, thanks for confirming.. not sure yet if I want to jump back to Joplin yet.

Joplin and nextcloud/WebDAV was horrible. Horrible. I can’t go back, trilium is way more extendable

Any alternatives to Trillium you can recommend?
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