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To use the steroids analogy, if you're looking for a sober (minimalist) notes app, checkout Dynalist.io I have most of my life there (lists, plans, journaling,

by spraak 8y ago

To use the steroids analogy, if you're looking for a sober (minimalist) notes app, checkout Dynalist.io I have most of my life there (lists, plans, journaling, etc) I am not affiliated with Dynalist, just a very happy user

hliyan 8y ago
Great tool! However, there is a noticeable delay between keypresses and characters appearing on the edit area. Would be a killer app if they can improve the performance.
- spraak 8y ago
  Hm, I've never experienced that. I use the desktop app on Mac, the web app on Ubuntu with Firefox, and the native Android app.
minsight 8y ago
Thanks for the recommendation. Dynalist seems too impressive not to try.
Fnoord 8y ago
Tusk is open source; Dynalist isn't. I just don't get it why anyone would want a subscription to host their private notes online in a proprietary application. Have people forgotten about Microsoft's Word vendor lock-in already? What you want for your notes is: 0) You need to decide what kind of functionality you need in a note management app which cannot be fullfilled with other alternatives such as a simple text editor (I use Sublime mainly for note taking, plus Google Keep for groceries). 1) An open data format so you are not locked in a platform. This allows you far less time if you want to swap service which decreases monopolistic behavior (vendor lock-in) and increases competition (yay capitalism). 2) You deciding the storage location (this then allows you to use Dropbox or Syncthing or Rsync or whatever cloud, but also allows you to use public-key cryptography such as e.g. Cryptomator). It also allows you to opt-out of the/a cloud. The logical solution is to use an open source application. Though I'm not sure I'd want it to be a browser (saw NPM in the source tree). I'd say the logical place for this kind of data is near your agenda, like Nextcloud.
- adambyrtek 8y ago
  Tusk might be open source but it's still a client for the proprietary Evernote service, so it's not significantly better according to your criteria.
  - Fnoord 8y ago
    I stand corrected! I thought this was an alternative to Evernote; turns out its just an open source client. This isn't the droid you're looking for. But I'm not sure about the data format of the files. Is that documented?
- thinkmassive 8y ago
  Good criteria. I’ve been trying to migrate away from proprietary platforms, and so far I’ve settled on Sandstorm.io using Permanote for note-taking, although it’s pretty barebones. Does Nextcloud have a better notes app? Any other recommendations for fully open source Notes solutions?
- spraak 8y ago
  Well, the application is proprietary, but Dynalist lets you download all of your data anytime in txt or opml, so there's an easy escape hatch if one ever wanted to migrate, or at least stop using the app but retain one's data.
- spraak 8y ago
  All of your criteria Dynalist meets, though 2 not so directly. 0. This is subjective, but Dyanlist meets this for me. 1. You can export your data from Dynalist as txt or opml 2. While your data isn't exclusively stored there, you can set a backup of your Dynalist data to Google Drive or Dropbox. This works for me.

by spraak 8y ago

hliyan 8y ago

Great tool! However, there is a noticeable delay between keypresses and characters appearing on the edit area. Would be a killer app if they can improve the performance.

spraak 8y ago
Hm, I've never experienced that. I use the desktop app on Mac, the web app on Ubuntu with Firefox, and the native Android app.

minsight 8y ago

Thanks for the recommendation. Dynalist seems too impressive not to try.

Fnoord 8y ago

Tusk is open source; Dynalist isn't. I just don't get it why anyone would want a subscription to host their private notes online in a proprietary application. Have people forgotten about Microsoft's Word vendor lock-in already? What you want for your notes is: 0) You need to decide what kind of functionality you need in a note management app which cannot be fullfilled with other alternatives such as a simple text editor (I use Sublime mainly for note taking, plus Google Keep for groceries). 1) An open data format so you are not locked in a platform. This allows you far less time if you want to swap service which decreases monopolistic behavior (vendor lock-in) and increases competition (yay capitalism). 2) You deciding the storage location (this then allows you to use Dropbox or Syncthing or Rsync or whatever cloud, but also allows you to use public-key cryptography such as e.g. Cryptomator). It also allows you to opt-out of the/a cloud. The logical solution is to use an open source application. Though I'm not sure I'd want it to be a browser (saw NPM in the source tree). I'd say the logical place for this kind of data is near your agenda, like Nextcloud.

adambyrtek 8y ago
Tusk might be open source but it's still a client for the proprietary Evernote service, so it's not significantly better according to your criteria.
- Fnoord 8y ago
  I stand corrected! I thought this was an alternative to Evernote; turns out its just an open source client. This isn't the droid you're looking for. But I'm not sure about the data format of the files. Is that documented?
thinkmassive 8y ago
Good criteria. I’ve been trying to migrate away from proprietary platforms, and so far I’ve settled on Sandstorm.io using Permanote for note-taking, although it’s pretty barebones. Does Nextcloud have a better notes app? Any other recommendations for fully open source Notes solutions?
spraak 8y ago
Well, the application is proprietary, but Dynalist lets you download all of your data anytime in txt or opml, so there's an easy escape hatch if one ever wanted to migrate, or at least stop using the app but retain one's data.
spraak 8y ago
All of your criteria Dynalist meets, though 2 not so directly. 0. This is subjective, but Dyanlist meets this for me. 1. You can export your data from Dynalist as txt or opml 2. While your data isn't exclusively stored there, you can set a backup of your Dynalist data to Google Drive or Dropbox. This works for me.