I am searching for the best option for organising my personal knowledge, secure and always available.
My requirements: -Selfhosted -Open Source -Login protection (OIDC would be a dream) -Collaboration on notes would be awesome -Not limited to one device e.g. using it on multiple devices like the phone and laptop -No lock in (if it works with md. files in the backend that’s perfect) -Zotero integration would be fancy
I tried different solution and the, slowest, but the simplest is actually Nextcloud Notes. I just hate the interface and the small width of the writing window.
What I also liked for that use case was outline - which is just to complicated and way to demanding to setup and maintain as I want to solely rely on it. But that’s the closest to the features I mentioned for me. I once brokenit for like 2 months which made me switch to NC Notes - where I am not really happy.
There are a lot of nice tools but coming to open source it gets thin…
Also there are a lot of nice tools like Logseq and Zettelkasten which are impressive but limited to a device or to a cloud drive where you have to make sure it synced…
How do you organize your notes and personal knowledge in your Homelab setup? Which tools do you use - and do you collaborate on notes?
Outline, has OICD, sharing and more. Downside: No apps, only web.
I just hate the interface and the small width of the writing window.
You know that you can just edit the notes files with any texteditor you like on any system that is, at least, capable of webdav? I edit my notes with my iphone on the default “notes” app, as example.
I just use Obsidian with Synchthing to sync devices
Joplin could be an option. It can sync either off a cloud drive like Dropbox, or to a server. There is a Joplin cloud which is pretty inexpensive, or you can self host. Joplin can do encryption locally (E2E) before syncing.
Joplin does abstract away the notes files, but its all stored as markdown and the export will give you your notes in a nice human readable folder+file structure.
I’ll throw hedgedoc in the mix. We use it for TONS of work at my small company. I wish it had better search, and organize sticky notes. I’m praying the new version comes out. Anyway we love it with all its flaws.