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I would love an opensource replacement for Evernote. But it must allow me to clip images into it. Life is not always just text, and most of the programs that

I would love an opensource replacement for Evernote. But it must allow me to clip images into it. Life is not always just text, and most of the programs that people claim they use to replace Evernote are text only. Evernote also allows me to embed PDFs (or any file really), which is nice, but as a minimum spec, I insist on the ability to drop in images.

Pxtl 8y ago
I'm actually disappointed you cant attach arbitrary files in Google Keep.
- sorenjan 8y ago
  You can in Onenote, with the bonus of not giving Google even more of your data. The online client seems to work really well, although I prefer the native one.
  - Pxtl 8y ago
    I used to use Evernote and had too many failed updates and corrupted databases leaving me out of wifi in the big world without my notes. Sure they'd resync once I went back online, but I keep essential things in there.
  - jemurray 8y ago
    But you can't sort your pages...
PenguinCoder 8y ago
Have you tried cherrytree[0]? It can do images and rich text. I like the minimal nature when needed and the functionality for more robust content. [0]https://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree/#features https://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree/#features
- jonathanp88 8y ago
  It has an incredibly impressive feature set for an open source application, but it seems to me too much effort has gone into bells and whistles at the expense of the basic functionality. The thing that killed it for me is that unlike every other text editor in the world, you can't apply formatting to text until after you've typed it.
matthewn 8y ago
I use Turtl for this sort of thing: https://turtlapp.com/ https://turtlapp.com/
- johntash 8y ago
  How long have you been using Turtl? I don't remember why I stopped using it, but I only used it for a few weeks the last time I tried it. I'm trying Joplin now, but maybe I'll give Turtl another shot too..
  - orthecreedence 8y ago
    Hi, creator of Turtl here. I'm hearing good things about Joplin/Omni, so I'm going to spend some quality time with those apps to try to learn from the things that they are doing well. Also, we have a new version coming out very soon, v0.7.0, that will have significant UI/performance/stability improvements. I think it's worth checking out (although obviously I'm biased).
    - cecja 8y ago
      You really have to do something about your website. You get nearly no info nor simple stuff like screenshots. Is there a way to help you out in that regard?
      - orthecreedence 8y ago
        Good idea! I'm planning a revamp once v0.7.0 launches in the next week or so. The website is open-source/jekyll: https://github.com/turtl/www https://github.com/turtl/www, and if you have ideas we can collaborate here: https://github.com/turtl/tracker/issues/165 https://github.com/turtl/tracker/issues/165
    - severine 8y ago
      Wow, never heard of it, looks great! I've seen this thread[1], any updates or plans on entering F-Droid? Also, what is the minimum Android version supported? [1] https://www.f-droid.org/forums/topic/turtl/ https://www.f-droid.org/forums/topic/turtl/
kilroy123 8y ago
Joplin looks promising. Can even import from Evernote. I'm going to give it a try. https://joplin.cozic.net/ https://joplin.cozic.net/
- laurent123456 8y ago
  (Joplin's dev here) Can confirm that Joplin can embed images - you can copy and paste an image directly by pressing Ctrl+V in a note, or attach them. It's also possible to attach any other file, PDF, etc. and open it in an external viewer on mobile or desktop. Evernote import is also supported and as far as I can tell works well for many users. If you find any glitch or issue though, feedback is welcome. The app is still under development with, at the moment, a focus on bug fixing and improving the desktop and mobile usability.
  - austinjp 8y ago
    This looks great, I'm going to try it out. Thanks for building it.
  - sharmi 8y ago
    Joplin is the only alternative to evernote that has a webclipper. Happily made the switch. Thank you very much.
ndespres 8y ago
Evernote had such a feature- Skitch was their program which integrated screenshots and allowed for marking them up, indexing the text inside the image, and filing them alongside or within my other notes. But they killed it and I'm not sure why. It still works but is buggy and unsupported now.
ghostwreck 8y ago
Standard Notes supports secure file attachment now and is open source. Meets all of my note taking needs: https://standardnotes.org/ https://standardnotes.org/

Pxtl 8y ago

I'm actually disappointed you cant attach arbitrary files in Google Keep.

sorenjan 8y ago
You can in Onenote, with the bonus of not giving Google even more of your data. The online client seems to work really well, although I prefer the native one.
- Pxtl 8y ago
  I used to use Evernote and had too many failed updates and corrupted databases leaving me out of wifi in the big world without my notes. Sure they'd resync once I went back online, but I keep essential things in there.
- jemurray 8y ago
  But you can't sort your pages...

PenguinCoder 8y ago

Have you tried cherrytree[0]? It can do images and rich text. I like the minimal nature when needed and the functionality for more robust content. [0]https://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree/#features https://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree/#features

jonathanp88 8y ago
It has an incredibly impressive feature set for an open source application, but it seems to me too much effort has gone into bells and whistles at the expense of the basic functionality. The thing that killed it for me is that unlike every other text editor in the world, you can't apply formatting to text until after you've typed it.

matthewn 8y ago

I use Turtl for this sort of thing: https://turtlapp.com/ https://turtlapp.com/

johntash 8y ago
How long have you been using Turtl? I don't remember why I stopped using it, but I only used it for a few weeks the last time I tried it. I'm trying Joplin now, but maybe I'll give Turtl another shot too..
- orthecreedence 8y ago
  Hi, creator of Turtl here. I'm hearing good things about Joplin/Omni, so I'm going to spend some quality time with those apps to try to learn from the things that they are doing well. Also, we have a new version coming out very soon, v0.7.0, that will have significant UI/performance/stability improvements. I think it's worth checking out (although obviously I'm biased).
  - cecja 8y ago
    You really have to do something about your website. You get nearly no info nor simple stuff like screenshots. Is there a way to help you out in that regard?
    - orthecreedence 8y ago
      Good idea! I'm planning a revamp once v0.7.0 launches in the next week or so. The website is open-source/jekyll: https://github.com/turtl/www https://github.com/turtl/www, and if you have ideas we can collaborate here: https://github.com/turtl/tracker/issues/165 https://github.com/turtl/tracker/issues/165
  - severine 8y ago
    Wow, never heard of it, looks great! I've seen this thread[1], any updates or plans on entering F-Droid? Also, what is the minimum Android version supported? [1] https://www.f-droid.org/forums/topic/turtl/ https://www.f-droid.org/forums/topic/turtl/

kilroy123 8y ago

Joplin looks promising. Can even import from Evernote. I'm going to give it a try. https://joplin.cozic.net/ https://joplin.cozic.net/

laurent123456 8y ago
(Joplin's dev here) Can confirm that Joplin can embed images - you can copy and paste an image directly by pressing Ctrl+V in a note, or attach them. It's also possible to attach any other file, PDF, etc. and open it in an external viewer on mobile or desktop. Evernote import is also supported and as far as I can tell works well for many users. If you find any glitch or issue though, feedback is welcome. The app is still under development with, at the moment, a focus on bug fixing and improving the desktop and mobile usability.
- austinjp 8y ago
  This looks great, I'm going to try it out. Thanks for building it.
- sharmi 8y ago
  Joplin is the only alternative to evernote that has a webclipper. Happily made the switch. Thank you very much.

ndespres 8y ago

Evernote had such a feature- Skitch was their program which integrated screenshots and allowed for marking them up, indexing the text inside the image, and filing them alongside or within my other notes. But they killed it and I'm not sure why. It still works but is buggy and unsupported now.

ghostwreck 8y ago

Standard Notes supports secure file attachment now and is open source. Meets all of my note taking needs: https://standardnotes.org/ https://standardnotes.org/