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

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

#41
I wrote down some notes from previous discussions about note-taking apps, and one negative point I got for Joplin is that it uses an opaque & unstructured file naming: .md

I guess this didn't change? While it seems arbitrary, I really would prefer to have some more readable names for when I access my notes with a plain text editor. Not being forced to use the same program everywhere in case I'm not on my computer or I'm in a hurry somehow and the software is not installed.

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

#42
post #16

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.

Is newer one note not as good? It always bugs me to upgrade but usually the newer versions of everything are worse for the user.

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

#43
For me Obsidian is better but Joplin tramples it because it is open source

Pros: - Open source - Rich markdown with math notation, code highlighting and more - Sincronizable - Actively maintained

Cons: - Not so polished, especially in mobile - Less support for linking short notes than, say, Obsidian - Difficult to contribute to codebase

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

#44

Why do people keep using Dropbox and others for syncm?! Just use syncthing. syncthing.org

And on top of it I'll add that Syncthing added a feature called "untrusted device encryption"

https://docs.syncthing.net/specs/untrusted.html

So you can set a node in the cloud and set an encryption key between two endpoints, and whichever nodes that have the directory synced but doesn't have the encryption key will never have access to the decrypted data.

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

#45
post #3

So many people here are going to be one of today's lucky 10,000 [1] to learn about the awesomeness that Joplin is. It's been around for quite a long time, in active development, with a nice ecosystem and well-polished featureset and interface. I've been loving it for the time I've been using it. It even has a web clipper. [1]: https://xkcd.com/1053/

The web clipper, which I use constantly in Firefox, is a godsend.

I can capture: full page, simplified page, just the selected text, or just the URL. And then I can edit the resulting document with my own notes, add other links or attachments and etc.

It allows me to take my own notes and build on a collection of bookmarked pages that I can still search and refer to long after the original site has disappeared.

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

#46
post #35
post #29

I've transitioned to Joplin as my every day note taking app. Evernote did their dash with me when they limited to 2 devices (I was considering paying for it until that point, it showed that they're willing to change terms on a whim). OneNote never resonated with me. I was just syncing a directory of MD files for a while. Joplin ended up working well for me, syncing to my own NextCloud server. The only thing I wish we…

How do the UI and features compare to Evernote?

I would say underwhelming.

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

#47
post #26

One missing feature that has been requested many times, and largely ignored, is linking between pages quickly like in Confluence or a wiki. The biggest value in taking notes for me, comes from the ability to link multiple notes together freely and quickly.

that has been addressed in the quicklinks [1] and the backlinks [2] plugin, which are an absolute bliss [1] https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/quick-links-plugin/14214 [2] https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/automatic-backlinks-with-m...

Plugins shouldn't be required for core features. I consider linking as a core feature for any feature rich note taking application.

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

#48
post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Is newer one note not as good? It always bugs me to upgrade but usually the newer versions of everything are worse for the user.

You cannot use your own file server anymore so it is unusable by some organizations.

Also it feels more like a toy.

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

#49
post #40

It’s a pity OSS doesn’t have the resources to vet the names. In Russian this name doesn’t sound good no matter how you pronounce.

Actually it is named after a pianist: https://joplinapp.org/faq/#why-is-it-named-joplin

My point exactly, you might think it’s a safe name to pick. Context is everything and for a todo app this name is quite unfortunate.

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

#50
I have been looking for note taking apps and shorted listed Joplin and Trilium [1].

I'm currently experimenting with Trilium since couple of days. While it looks complex at first, it seems to have a lot of extensibility which might make it "future proof" for extensive data.

So far it looks good.

[1] https://github.com/zadam/trilium

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