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Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by istingray »

mithusingh32 wrote: post #80
istingray wrote: post #77

I will pay $100 a year for an iOS-like Notes replacement, de-Appled with these criteria: 1. Secure - E2E encrypted on cloud storage, vendor cannot read it 2. Accessible - standalone native app on desktop and mobile on all platforms (Linux, Windows, Mac/iOS, Android) 3. Simple - love how Apple doesn't even make you "title" notes, it just takes the first line 4. Shareable - with others with editing privs eg a grocery l…

Have you looked into Joplin?

I appreciate the suggestion. I checked it out at the same time as Standard Notes.

It seems to break the Simple + Plain criteria. For example on the main nav, pressing "+" prompts to either New Note or New To Do. And all the references to "notebooks". Too much for me.

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by istingray »

for_i_in_range wrote: post #24

I prefer the same notetaking app Feynman used… paper, something to write with, and your brain. Or you can go digital and develop someone else’s brain (or something else’s).

The only thing better than Feynman paper is encrypted paper

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by upbeat_general »

Switched to FSNotes after trying several alternatives including just Apple Notes.

I wanted to use Typora since I love the writing interface but it doesn’t have many of the organizational conveniences of a dedicated note-taking app.

All in all I’ve been really happy with it and paid for the iOS/macOS versions. I love that it’s not subscription based (and actually open source in that the AppStore/dmg versions are basically identical).

Most importantly for me, it’s super fast and everything is saved in a TextBundle (or markdown) format so I’m not locked in.

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by possibleworlds »

daniel_iversen wrote: post #76
franczesko wrote: post #19

Unfortunately, the platform lock is a deal breaker for me. After testing a lot of different note apps, I'm currently using Joplin. It does 95% of the things I need quite right. I'm not sure, if it's only my problem, but I really struggled to find a good app for note taking, although there's a plethora of solutions out there.

By platform lock you mean OS vendor-lock (i.e. apple)? Because FS Notes stores all your notes in plain text files (which is why I use it - pointed to a Dropbox folder). Admittedly it has a weird way of naming the files (presumably so it can have the filesystem act as a more robust database that is then loaded and cached) but it's still the easiest and most "free feeling" workflow that I've been able to stick with for…

> Admittedly it has a weird way of naming the files

You can change the file naming default to be based on note title BTW, it's in the first Preference pane window "General".

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by revicon »

lostintangent wrote: post #58

After GitHub.dev was released (hit “.” on any GitHub repo, to open it in browser-based VS Code), I immediately saw the notetaking workflow that I wanted: a GitHub repo, storing markdown that I can own/control, but editable in the browser, using my existing VS Code preferences (theme, keybindings, etc.). Unfortunately, VS Code doesn’t natively support wiki links, so I created an extension that simply adds that feature…

How does this work for you if you’re on a mobile device?

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by possibleworlds »

Lot's of discussion about other apps but none cover the main selling point for me. FSNotes was created initially as an open source Notational Velocity / NVAlt replacement when NVAlt broke on one of the MacOS version upgrades. It can be configured to replicate the amazing modal search / create interface from those apps.

There is also NVUltra [0] from Brett Terpstra, his successor to NVAlt. It is still in beta after quite a while. From memory it seemed more powerful and a bit slicker overall, but right now I don't need to do anything too complicated and prefer the cleaner native look of FSNotes.

FSNotes has no dropbox integration for the iOS app, but you can still use dropbox as a store and use any other plain text / markdown iOS note app. I use 1Writer.

[0] https://nvultra.com

[1] https://1writerapp.com

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by egypturnash »

franczesko wrote: post #19

Unfortunately, the platform lock is a deal breaker for me. After testing a lot of different note apps, I'm currently using Joplin. It does 95% of the things I need quite right. I'm not sure, if it's only my problem, but I really struggled to find a good app for note taking, although there's a plethora of solutions out there.

I'm finally kicking EN to the curb (my subscription renewed right before they released EN10, and I gave them a year to make it stop sucking, which they failed to do) and Joplin seems to be the one I'm hating the least, despite it being a piece of webshit in an Electron container. The fact that it actually has a plugin for dealing with conflicting changes via an actual diff interface (something EN never did in the entire decade I subscribed) kinda compensates for that.

Still gotta do a decent test drive of its sharing features, though, and see if my husband hates it less than swearing at EN10. Looks like I can only share if I'm using the Joplin Cloud, too, guess I should pay for a month soon...

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by tailspin2019 »

smoldesu wrote: post #68
Void_ wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're looking for Obsidian, but with a nicer UI, Reflect is definitely worth trying. ( https://reflect.app )

Is it open-source and cross-platform, like Obsidian?

Obsidian isn’t open source.

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by mithusingh32 »

istingray wrote: post #81
mithusingh32 wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you looked into Joplin?

I appreciate the suggestion. I checked it out at the same time as Standard Notes. It seems to break the Simple + Plain criteria. For example on the main nav, pressing "+" prompts to either New Note or New To Do. And all the references to "notebooks". Too much for me.

That's fair.

The syncing is bit janky if you're careful. But having a self-hosted option is what attracted me.

I don't trust anyone with my data anymore.

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