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Honestly, notes apps. All of the big tech options are fine, but they’re big tech, so fuck them. All of the open source options suck. The best I’ve found is just Nextcloud Notes, but it’s still shit. Basic Markdown syntax, no linking notes, adding attachments is… well idk, I haven’t figured out how to do that yet.
Obsidian, Joplin or Logseq. Have you tried any of these?
I’ve tried Joplin and Logseq. They both are not good for me. Joplin’s mobile experience was terrible.
I switched from OneNote to obsidian when I de-windowsed and haven't looked back
Give Obsidian a try. Its very mobile-friendly.
It's proprietary!
I know, I know. The notes you create are still yours. They're just Markdown files. And they have a huge ecosystem of community-developed extensions that aren't proprietary. The company is almost as far as you can get from Big Tech. I pay the $5/month for their sync service just to support them, but since your notes are simple Markdown files, you can just as easily sync your notes any other way for free.
Can you help me? I have obsidian on my phone and am trying to use it but I dislike the UI (feel there is too much information / clutter, would rather have something distraction free like a terminal) and I think it is only possible to sync notes from computer to cellphone if I pay a fee or do it manually? Is that right?
Aren't there any ways of taking simple txt notes on computer syntaxed or not and have them automatically appear on my phone?
Hope you can enlighten me
You can sync your notes in any way that you want.
Dropbox, Google drive... Generally people recommend Sync thing if you can configure it (it's not hard. Just harder than Dropbox and Google drive)
my response was mostly meant as a hint to other readers, but I'd also like to add that the canvases are not markdown, but a custom json schema basically. not necessarily an issue, but noteworthy due to portability issues with that specific feature.
Anytype is in that category
I’ve found Obsidian to work well for me. Its plugin ecosystem is pretty robust, so there’s a lot of room to bolt on features.
And if you really need an open source option with every possible tool and a full customization language… emacs
Yep. Obsidian plugins is like installing Skyrim then thinking, "I'll just go get the essentials from Nexus Mods..."
Three hours later you have an absolute beast that also does note taking too.
I keep seeing people say this, but I've never seen a plug-in that seemed to do much of anything that the base engine wasn't already.
markor on android seems pretty good for me, have you tried it?
No, but I use iPhone. Ideally I’d want something self hosted that works on all platforms.
I just want apple notes self hosted.
Disregard, my original comment since first using this program it looks like it's been ensloppified, what a tragedy
~~I like Trillium https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium~~
Oh god, yeah. Their README starts with an AI slop ad. :(
I've stuck with notesnook for awhile, but i might switch it up after my premium subscription ends.
Trilium Notes is great for note taking. It can do complex formatting and attachments and all that stuff. And you can self host the server and keep it synced across devices. I use it every day
Someone else recommended that one, but apparently it’s coded with AI now, and I’d like to avoid AI generated software.