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At the moment I have a script that calls org-html-export-to-html which I sync to view, but obviously can't update on the device (without setting up emacs).
Honest question, how does this compare to Google Keep?
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It helps a lot if you have a third machine, which runs 24/7. Haven't had any sync conflicts in ages.
What does the third machine do?
How does it compare to other note taking apps like Obsidian, Notion, Joplin etc? I used Joplin for about a year and ended up taking a lot of notes. But after a year it was so full of garbage that I found it increasingly difficult to keep things tagged, clearing my "inbox" of quickly taken notes. And it ended up looking like my work email inbox. The catalyst for giving it up was a subtle policy change at work that mad…
It's an org-mode limited editor, to have org-mode outside Emacs. Compared to MarkDown and "modern note apps" using it it's like a starship (org-mode) against a bike (MD and modern apps), but Orgzly is limited by the OS/input mode of so it's barely usable. If you want to take notes seriously you need a desktop.
Emacs on android and a keyboard also lets you take notes seriously.
Wow, I live out of Orgzly every day and had no idea this was a thing I needed - every day I am so happy I sub to this site. Thank you for posting!
Same here, I use it for todo lists on my phone and didn't know it wasn't being maintained. Although, maybe that's because i haven't encountered any issues. But my use of it is really minimal, as I prefer typing on a keyboard.
I used orgzly+syncthing for a while but the overhead of manually resolving conflicts between my laptop and phone were not worth it in the end. I'd consider using it again if a sync protocol or some other mechanism of merging changes across multiple computers is added.
The approach I use is to have a single incoming notes file for my phone. I then refile those notes into the correct location on my laptop later. It works for me because I realised that when I want to take a note on my phone I usually don't have time for a complete note, so the extra refile step gives me the opportunity to fill it out more at my leisure on my laptop. As an extra benefit though, it means that I only ha…
I really really need a mobile app for org-mode that syncs without pain (yes, I am aware of Orgzly + Syncthing, I am using it, but it still is not as smooth as I want it to be, and has too many annoyances). I simply cannot imagine leaving the comfort of org-mode for something inferior like markdown, even though there are cool plugins in the Obsidian ecosystem. Question if you are an Obsidian user - what are your most…
- enable save/sync on resume orgzly
- ensure inotify based sync enabled on orgzly folder
- enable polling every minute on syncthing folder
- sync files by most recently modified
I tried using this for a couple of months a while back. I could never get into it, but I wish it all the best.
Synchthing is mentioned often with Orgzly, so I looked into Syncthing. I've been disappointed to find Syncthing drains the phone battery excessively if you enable continuous (event-driven) two-way sync between phone and server.
The problem is Syncthing doesn't hook into the phone's notification delivery service, so it can only pick up changes by keeping a socket open to the server and sending packets often, throughout the day, to keep the socket alive. Even if there are no file changes to report. That drains the battery much faster than, say, a chat app that uses the notification service to send triggers from the server to the phone when there's a new message. (I wrote about technical reasons why that's more battery-efficient here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38661294).
Does anyone have a recommendation that will keep notes in Orgzly two-way synchronised with Org files on my server, reliably, without draining the phone battery excessively, and without a long delay for changes on the server to propagate to the phone?