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I love that people are building tools in this space. I do wish there were offerings using git as the backend since a full versioned can be backed up and mirror

I love that people are building tools in this space. I do wish there were offerings using git as the backend since a full versioned can be backed up and mirrored to so many hosts so easily (GitHub, gitlab, etc). I simply don't trust non emphemeral data (journal, blog drafts, etc) exclusively to Google Drive, Dropbox, etc. Personally I use pass for notes and journals but the UX isn't great outside of my laptop.

choward 7y ago
Why do you trust some companies and not others? Joplin supports nextcloud and that's self hostable if you want full control.
- philips 7y ago
  I have a cryptographically verifiable backup tool with builtin history with git. With Nextcloud, drive, etc I have a bunch of unrelated files without a quick way to rollback, verify consistency, or ensure a clone is up to date.
  - j88439h84 7y ago
    https://github.com/anishathalye/git-remote-dropbox https://github.com/anishathalye/git-remote-dropbox
tanin 7y ago
I had the same idea and built git-notes for this. I've been using it for 6 months now. It's a dumb golang app that monitors changes, commits, and push. Maybe you will like it: https://github.com/tanin47/git-notes https://github.com/tanin47/git-notes
- craftkiller 7y ago
  You might want to consider a rename. git-notes is already a thing is git itself: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-notes https://git-scm.com/docs/git-notes
- bhl 7y ago
  > The file changes are detected by running git status every 10 seconds. Isn’t this a bit too fine grained? I’m working on storing notes with git as well, but I haven’t figured out a good “user experience” of when to commit. I think it’s because with Google Docs and most tools, I’m not used to batch saving edits.
  - tanin 7y ago
    Yup. Batch saving is a fundamental git operation. I was trying to make it detect file change instead... But it seems the notification mechanism isn't reliable across different types of OS.
vetrom 7y ago
It's a bit to setup, but theres always TWiki with the git plugin.

choward 7y ago

Why do you trust some companies and not others? Joplin supports nextcloud and that's self hostable if you want full control.

philips 7y ago
I have a cryptographically verifiable backup tool with builtin history with git. With Nextcloud, drive, etc I have a bunch of unrelated files without a quick way to rollback, verify consistency, or ensure a clone is up to date.
- j88439h84 7y ago
  https://github.com/anishathalye/git-remote-dropbox https://github.com/anishathalye/git-remote-dropbox

tanin 7y ago

I had the same idea and built git-notes for this. I've been using it for 6 months now. It's a dumb golang app that monitors changes, commits, and push. Maybe you will like it: https://github.com/tanin47/git-notes https://github.com/tanin47/git-notes

craftkiller 7y ago
You might want to consider a rename. git-notes is already a thing is git itself: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-notes https://git-scm.com/docs/git-notes
bhl 7y ago
> The file changes are detected by running git status every 10 seconds. Isn’t this a bit too fine grained? I’m working on storing notes with git as well, but I haven’t figured out a good “user experience” of when to commit. I think it’s because with Google Docs and most tools, I’m not used to batch saving edits.
- tanin 7y ago
  Yup. Batch saving is a fundamental git operation. I was trying to make it detect file change instead... But it seems the notification mechanism isn't reliable across different types of OS.

vetrom 7y ago

It's a bit to setup, but theres always TWiki with the git plugin.