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Notesnook: A Private Note Taking Alternative to Evernote

11 points by thecodrr 5y ago

zimpenfish 5y ago
Is there a way to submit notes outside the apps (via an API or a webhook)? I use extensive IFTTT integration with Evernote and that's a blocker for most of the alternatives.
- thecodrr 5y ago
  As Notesnook encrypts everything it isn't possible to send to any external provider. However, we have "Note publishing" in our roadmap that can potentially be used for this.
  - zimpenfish 5y ago
    I should have been clearer, apologies: Not sending from Notesnook to external sources but sending from external sources to Notesnook in order to create a note. But I guess if it's encrypted by the apps before syncing, that's going to be tricky. Although a commandline helper app would work - it would have access to the local encryption configuration of the apps.
    - thecodrr 5y ago
      I have been brainstorming on how to make this possible. The use case in point was: creating notes via Email. I have a couple of rough ideas but I don't know how feasible they are security wise. The most reliable way would be to send notes from external sources into an "inbox" of sorts; this inbox wouldn't be encrypted. Later on, when the user will open the app it would move and encrypt everything in the inbox. This is not secure or private at all. Your idea seems good as well; a command-line helper app responsible for encryption.
janandonly 5y ago
How is this not another Simplenote clone?
- thecodrr 5y ago
  Either you are trolling or...I don't know.
staticman2 5y ago
There's an open source Evernote clone called Joplin i've been dabling with a bit. It also enables encryption. If Notesnook ever gets as many features as Joplin i'd consider it as Joplin's UI is slightly wonky, but looking at the page it seems behind in terms of features.
- thecodrr 5y ago
  1. Joplin has no web version. 2. Joplin's so-called "encryption" is not their main focus 3. The organization features are barebones (without plugins) 4. Their export format (JEX) is horrible. 5. Their "cross-platform" apps are also not 100% cross compatible. There's a lot missing in Joplin. Notesnook is not going after Joplin though; it has already crossed it in terms of privacy, security, portability, and UI.
moistbar 5y ago
I have trouble believing any company that makes claims about privacy but won't provide source code to back them up.
scantron4 5y ago
It is unclear what the free tier entails, was anyone able to see? (I'm not going to sign up just to see the features, and I'm definitely not going to sign up for a subscription for an unknown product that might not be around in a year).
- thecodrr 5y ago
  All details about pricing are available here: https://notesnook.com/#pricing https://notesnook.com/#pricing

11 points by thecodrr 5y ago

Is there a way to submit notes outside the apps (via an API or a webhook)? I use extensive IFTTT integration with Evernote and that's a blocker for most of the alternatives.

thecodrr 5y ago
As Notesnook encrypts everything it isn't possible to send to any external provider. However, we have "Note publishing" in our roadmap that can potentially be used for this.
- zimpenfish 5y ago
  I should have been clearer, apologies: Not sending from Notesnook to external sources but sending from external sources to Notesnook in order to create a note. But I guess if it's encrypted by the apps before syncing, that's going to be tricky. Although a commandline helper app would work - it would have access to the local encryption configuration of the apps.
  - thecodrr 5y ago
    I have been brainstorming on how to make this possible. The use case in point was: creating notes via Email. I have a couple of rough ideas but I don't know how feasible they are security wise. The most reliable way would be to send notes from external sources into an "inbox" of sorts; this inbox wouldn't be encrypted. Later on, when the user will open the app it would move and encrypt everything in the inbox. This is not secure or private at all. Your idea seems good as well; a command-line helper app responsible for encryption.

janandonly 5y ago

How is this not another Simplenote clone?

thecodrr 5y ago
Either you are trolling or...I don't know.

staticman2 5y ago

There's an open source Evernote clone called Joplin i've been dabling with a bit. It also enables encryption. If Notesnook ever gets as many features as Joplin i'd consider it as Joplin's UI is slightly wonky, but looking at the page it seems behind in terms of features.

thecodrr 5y ago
1. Joplin has no web version. 2. Joplin's so-called "encryption" is not their main focus 3. The organization features are barebones (without plugins) 4. Their export format (JEX) is horrible. 5. Their "cross-platform" apps are also not 100% cross compatible. There's a lot missing in Joplin. Notesnook is not going after Joplin though; it has already crossed it in terms of privacy, security, portability, and UI.

moistbar 5y ago

I have trouble believing any company that makes claims about privacy but won't provide source code to back them up.

scantron4 5y ago

It is unclear what the free tier entails, was anyone able to see? (I'm not going to sign up just to see the features, and I'm definitely not going to sign up for a subscription for an unknown product that might not be around in a year).

thecodrr 5y ago
All details about pricing are available here: https://notesnook.com/#pricing https://notesnook.com/#pricing