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Any recommendations for a self hosted note taking app that runs on everything with a screen and is designed for multi device usage?

Also a modern, powerful and puristic UI would be a must have to compete with Keep.

I am looking for this app every now and then but am always disappointed by the choices.

I recently tried Joplin on Android, but was very dissatisfied with the usabilty.

The FOSS self hosted alternatives for smart home and porn are better than the commercial ones, can't be that hard for notes, can it?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

self hosted alternatives for smart home and porn

How does self hosted porn even work and how am I the first person to notice that sitting there and mention it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm a big fan of Logseq. I use Syncthing to sync a folder between my desktop and phone and it works great. Tagging, everything is in markdown, and it's easy to navigate around.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Honestly, the closest I have found is https://github.com/baggachipz/tinylist It looks like keep, can share and edit files with other people, which is something a lot of things are lacking and I use it extensively for that. Also, I don't like the recommendations of using MD apps/files for a simple checklist/random notes app. That's way too much for something this simple and I use Obsidian as well. But they serve much different purposes.

It allows you to host your own database for it, and there is a guide on it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For the record, I also found that turtl is FOSS and seems to have a decent UI. I will give it a try.

https://github.com/turtl

https://turtlapp.com/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

In another comment you complained about the latest commit being made 7 years ago. Just a heads up, this project also seems pretty abandoned.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Did you try it?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I actually stumbled upon it, but even though they have an active github account and there is an Arch Linux package, the software is proprietary. So I would rather patch the FOSS alternatives to my desire.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've had success with Standard Notes personally. I've just used the basic default server, but I know you can self host it. Best of luck!!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

I second Standard Notes. My focus is very geared towards privacy and security and Standard Notes excels at that as well.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Editing a file with vim though ssh on mobile seems like a pain.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've done it a fair bit and it's actually pretty painless. If you know how to use vim you save a ton of keystrokes, which makes a big difference on mobile.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I don't believe this for a single second

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Notesnook, whenever they release self hosting.

Nextcloud and Quillpad is decent.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

whenever they release self hosting.

Are there any plans? I just got their 70% off on subscription and I like it, but it would be great if there'd be a self hosted server.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

This is great. And I don't regret paying the subscription.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been using Logseq and syncing via syncthing, but you can sync with any file syncing service

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the way.

I'm using Logseq and syncthing across Windows, Linux and Android. Works well.

The TODO / DOING / DONE option works well for me for checklists and the on the fly linking is amazing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of the main things I feel is missing is there doesn't seem to be a way to view and track all tasks in all your pages, I generally like tasks to live with the relevant info rather than in the journals. Do you know if there's a way to get something like that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, look at the TODO / DOING (virtual) pages.

There's also a Todo plugin (desktop version only at the mo), but I didn't get on with it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mind sharing what were your issues with Joplin?

My only issue is that it does not have any widgets on Android. So, I use Nextcloud Notes when I need that. But Joplin is actually great. You can self host a joplin server or sync using a Nextcloud server. It supports advanced markdown and I like the UI as well.

You can try Bookstack, but it will work on a web browser only. Another option is Obsidian, but I think only the apps are FOSS, the backend is not.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like Joplin too, and I use it when I can instead of Keep. It supports a pretty good range of synchronization mechanisms. But it doesn't have the collaboration capability of Keep, so when I'm doing shared shopping lists or to do lists, I still end up using Keep.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

I think Joplin is the best too, but I wish they will rewrite their app using Tauri or flutter for better performance and native app integration. Feature wise it is the best one that is FOSS.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Try Carnet it is exactly what Google Keep does but a nextcloud hosted App with mobile apps.