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Anyone know of self-hostable alternatives for this sort of service? I have never used Evernote or OneNote but always been intruguied.

by cdubzzz 10y ago

Mahn 10y ago
See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9206002 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9206002
zeveb 10y ago
I use org-mode with Syncthing. It's imperfect, but it's still pretty great — and I own all of my data, which is important.
- swiley 10y ago
  I can't recomend Syncthing enough, most "cloud apps" can be replaced pretty effictively by vim, Syncthing, and some obscure unix tool. I will also agree that it isn't perfect but I haven't seen anything better yet.
- tehbeard 10y ago
  Started to use org-mode recently after seeing its features. Do you have guides you'd recommend for someone learning emacs and org-mode?
  - Jtsummers 10y ago
    The built-in emacs tutorial is good, as I recall, but I went through it 15 years or so ago. For org-mode, the documentation on their site is good, but I also found myself referencing this [0] site a lot. The author happened to do a lot of things in ways I liked, or near enough that I could borrow their config and tune it to my own preferences. Borrowed piecemeal, not wholesale. I recommend starting with stock org-mode and emacs and only adding pieces as you understand them. Otherwise you end up with a non-stock configuration and other people may not be able to help you out as readily because you can't identify whether erroneous behavior is emacs or your specific configuration. [0] http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html
  - zeveb 10y ago
    It's not really a guide, but I strongly recommend newcomers take a look at emacs prelude (https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude), which is a really good starter kit. I recommend turning guru-mode off (AFAICT its only use is to holler at you to use C-n instead of down-arrow), and turning helm on everywhere. I know a lot of folks really like spacemacs — I'm not a fan of the vi keybindings, or of its version of emacs-style keybindings, but regardless it's a really well-made emacs starter kit.
yabatopia 10y ago
If you have a Synology NAS, you can use Synology Note Station. https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/6.0/packages/NoteStation https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/6.0/packages/NoteStation
NoGravitas 10y ago
Maybe [Braindump][0]? I'm too heavily invested in org-mode to switch to this, but it does seem like the best fit for this sort of service. [0]O https://github.com/levlaz/braindump https://github.com/levlaz/braindump
anticodon 10y ago
I use Zim Wiki. It's not as feature complete (no web access, no mobile clients), but it's the best solution I could find (for Linux).
synaesthesisx 10y ago
I love Quiver - no mobile app yet but amazing UI and format.
nxrabl 10y ago
I've been using QOwnNotes [0] for a while now, and while it's not quite a drop-in replacement for Evernote yet (there's no web clipper and the mobile apps are a bit rubbish), the pace of development is really impressive. [0] http://www.qownnotes.org/ http://www.qownnotes.org/

Anyone know of self-hostable alternatives for this sort of service? I have never used Evernote or OneNote but always been intruguied.

by cdubzzz 10y ago

Anyone know of self-hostable alternatives for this sort of service? I have never used Evernote or OneNote but always been intruguied.

Mahn 10y ago

See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9206002 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9206002

zeveb 10y ago

I use org-mode with Syncthing. It's imperfect, but it's still pretty great — and I own all of my data, which is important.

swiley 10y ago
I can't recomend Syncthing enough, most "cloud apps" can be replaced pretty effictively by vim, Syncthing, and some obscure unix tool. I will also agree that it isn't perfect but I haven't seen anything better yet.
tehbeard 10y ago
Started to use org-mode recently after seeing its features. Do you have guides you'd recommend for someone learning emacs and org-mode?
- Jtsummers 10y ago
  The built-in emacs tutorial is good, as I recall, but I went through it 15 years or so ago. For org-mode, the documentation on their site is good, but I also found myself referencing this [0] site a lot. The author happened to do a lot of things in ways I liked, or near enough that I could borrow their config and tune it to my own preferences. Borrowed piecemeal, not wholesale. I recommend starting with stock org-mode and emacs and only adding pieces as you understand them. Otherwise you end up with a non-stock configuration and other people may not be able to help you out as readily because you can't identify whether erroneous behavior is emacs or your specific configuration. [0] http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html
- zeveb 10y ago
  It's not really a guide, but I strongly recommend newcomers take a look at emacs prelude (https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude), which is a really good starter kit. I recommend turning guru-mode off (AFAICT its only use is to holler at you to use C-n instead of down-arrow), and turning helm on everywhere. I know a lot of folks really like spacemacs — I'm not a fan of the vi keybindings, or of its version of emacs-style keybindings, but regardless it's a really well-made emacs starter kit.

yabatopia 10y ago

If you have a Synology NAS, you can use Synology Note Station. https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/6.0/packages/NoteStation https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/6.0/packages/NoteStation

NoGravitas 10y ago

Maybe [Braindump][0]? I'm too heavily invested in org-mode to switch to this, but it does seem like the best fit for this sort of service. [0]O https://github.com/levlaz/braindump https://github.com/levlaz/braindump

anticodon 10y ago

I use Zim Wiki. It's not as feature complete (no web access, no mobile clients), but it's the best solution I could find (for Linux).

synaesthesisx 10y ago

I love Quiver - no mobile app yet but amazing UI and format.

nxrabl 10y ago

I've been using QOwnNotes [0] for a while now, and while it's not quite a drop-in replacement for Evernote yet (there's no web clipper and the mobile apps are a bit rubbish), the pace of development is really impressive. [0] http://www.qownnotes.org/ http://www.qownnotes.org/