Hello all!
On my android phone I have basically been using google keep to store my notes. Do yall recommend any FOSS alternatives? Preferably one that has a desktop version that can be synced.
Interfacing markdown:
- Joplin (pretty popular, haven’t used)
- Standard Notes (same as above)
- Markor (feature-packed, a bit outdated)
- BeautyXT (maybe a bit too minimal almost, but gets the job done if you just want text based editing)
Interfacing orgmode:
- Orgzly (beautiful simple app that uses a superior syntax when compared to Markdown due to its built-in agenda and to-do structure)
Syncing flat files (might not be compatible with all of the above)
- Their own hosted server if available (easy but not private, some provide E2EE)
- Syncthing (easy and private)
- WebDav or an SFTP server (hard if self-hosted or otherwise easy through some providers)
- Termux + a Git server (pain)
Not FOSS, but I use Obsidian, and is FOSS, SyncThing for syncing.
There are FOSS Markdown editors of course, I just prefer Obsidian.
I finally got fed up with Evernote’s increasingly aggressive paid upgrade requests. It would flash an “upgrade special” every time it opened and a followup, “Are you sure? You won’t be able to get back to this offer”. Like, please, let me not get back to the offer ever again.
I have been using Joplin with Dropbox sync. The UI is pretty good on Android and windows. Markdown input is easy to manage, it does checklists well (you can check and uncheck the boxes without going in to edit the note). The folder structure for organizing notes is good.
Not being able to share notes with other users is the main limitation. My wife and I have solved this by syncing with one dropbox account on with phones and computers and just having a folder for each or our personal notes plus the shared notes. But really it is all shared. I don’t consider this ideal, but it’s workable for now.
The dropbox sync is kind of slow / not very good if multiple people are making edits in real time, but I had this problem with Evernote too.
I think you can get more functionality out of the Joplin cloud sync, but I am already paying for Dropbox.
You actually can share notes with other users in Joplin, I use this feature a lot.
I use Markor on android, plus a self-hosted instance of codeserver for editing online. Synced via syncthing. Sometimes i use Obsidian with the same synced folder.
I use notesnook