I mostly use Evernote for clipping webpages for later reference (images, pdfs etc). I still haven't found quite an easy to use replacement. Most of the evernote replacements seem to concentrate only on text/lists.
Ever tried Dragdis?
Magpie – Git-backed Evernote replacement
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Re: Magpie – Git-backed Evernote replacement
#32It doesn't resolve your fear of cloud providers, but Simplenote ( http://simplenote.com/ ) is an awesome, simple Evernote replacer. Especially is you trust the folks at Automattic!
I use simplenote religiously and the new apps are great, but it's not really a replacement for evernote.
What, do they finally have a real Android app?
Re: Magpie – Git-backed Evernote replacement
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's backed by a git repo. I didn't read anywhere on there that it stores the repo on github.
just a small question here but essentially it would only a local repo? i don't know too much about git but if you don't store it on the cloud, how would you transfer it from computer A to B? (using a repo and not copying folders over)
You can host the repo on any accessible server. Github is an option, but so it a VPS under your control and not open to the public.
Re: Magpie – Git-backed Evernote replacement
#34If you like a native app (OSX, iOS and Windows), take a look at http://www.notebooksapp.com It's very clean, allows markdown, and the best feature is that it keeps your content as files on disk, so even if you stop using the app, you still got your content (not hidden away in a database). Plus you can easily use dropbox, rsync or whatever to sync it. It's a really great app.
This looks great. I've been looking for an offline alternative to Evernote for a while now. Are there any other decent Mac apps I should consider?
Re: Magpie – Git-backed Evernote replacement
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
So, the Magpie creator no longer trusts cloud providers, yet the software stores data on github. You know that record scratch sound? I think I just heard that. Yes, I know one could configure one's own github repo and make it accessible, etc. I know that cloud storage is about as reliable as that shaky cousin who's always borrowing "a few bucks for beer, man." It seems like everyone is attacking the wrong problem. Th…
The problem is the client. With a client that does proper encryption, you could store your data on one of the huge TV screens in Times Square and have complete privacy. A server should just be a dumb, transparent container. Whether it's Github or some custom-made "super secure" server doesn't matter. The real magic happens in the client.
the problem is where should the client store encryption keys?if one has multiple client on multiple devices,how one does manage all of them?(that's just a question,thanks).
Re: Magpie – Git-backed Evernote replacement
#36The paragraph "What isn’t magpie?" clearly lists why magpie is NOT an Evernote replacement, yet on the top of the page it says "Git-backed Evernote replacement".
Stop using the word 'replacement' when in actuality you mean 'clone (wip)'
Re: Magpie – Git-backed Evernote replacement
#37I use GitHub's gollum [1] git-based markdown-supporting Wiki for pretty much this. It's easy to add a basic username / password protection. I run it on a Digital Ocean instance that had some capacity left over and have a cronjob push to a private bitbucket repo every 30 minutes for backup. I don't have to create notebooks and can use GitHub-flavored markdown (or other any syntax gollum supports). That said, I like ba…
Oh, and nicely wrapped in Fluid [1] as a site-specific browser with a nice icon [2].
[1]: http://fluidapp.com [2]: https://www.iconfinder.com/icons/71619/book_moleskine_notes_...
Re: Magpie – Git-backed Evernote replacement
#38Cool project, looks fun.
Just a note, any 'Evernote' replacement that uses any sort of markdown or markup language is not a true replacement, but an 'Evernote inspired' project. Most people don't want to learn markup languages. Rich text editors are the well established norm and any true Evernote replacement needs to have one.
Re: Magpie – Git-backed Evernote replacement
#39I mostly use Evernote for clipping webpages for later reference (images, pdfs etc). I still haven't found quite an easy to use replacement. Most of the evernote replacements seem to concentrate only on text/lists.
Ever tried Dragdis?
Dragdis looks amazing, but do you know of any offline alternative? I don't trust anything that lives purely online anymore.
Re: Magpie – Git-backed Evernote replacement
#40If you like a native app (OSX, iOS and Windows), take a look at http://www.notebooksapp.com It's very clean, allows markdown, and the best feature is that it keeps your content as files on disk, so even if you stop using the app, you still got your content (not hidden away in a database). Plus you can easily use dropbox, rsync or whatever to sync it. It's a really great app.
This looks great. I've been looking for an offline alternative to Evernote for a while now. Are there any other decent Mac apps I should consider?
I used NoteSuite before, but wasn't too happy with it. It's UI is quirky, tries too hard and gets mostly in your way. Notebooks doesn't fall into that trap. I'm not aware of others but my research into it wasn't that exhaustive, so if there are other decent OS X apps I'd love to hear about it too.