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Yeah, I've used both. I think the main things that Obsidian does better are its UI (which is pretty good, some annoyances around creating new notes and managing
by nyx 5y ago
Yeah, I've used both. I think the main things that Obsidian does better are its UI (which is pretty good, some annoyances around creating new notes and managing folder structure), and the fact that its notes are one-to-one with actual .md files on disk.
In comparison, Joplin keeps its notes in a more opaque format, where the notes database is a bunch of files with garbage filenames and so on... and the UI is, er... functional.
I've been trying to switch away from Obsidian to Joplin though, because Obsidian is payware (with add-on subscription services available too!) and Joplin is simply open source.
- jl6 5y agoThe website says it’s free for personal use. Is there a bait-and-switch somewhere?
- g3vxy 5y agoThey are just selling their own sync option. Since Obsidian store all the notes as plain markdown files on disk you can just use another sync option like Dropbox or even git.
- cja 5y agoOr SyncThing (but download SyncTrayzor to make using SyncThing easy)
- jl6 5y agoI’m looking for a note taking app that does iOS<—>Linux syncing. Joplin seems to be able to do it via Dropbox.
- hammon 5y agoNo. Joplin can sync using different ways and backend (webdav etc). It has also crypto and wysiwyg editor AND versioning. It's the definitive personal wiki on all platform. It has also a terminal gui LOL
- laurent123456 5y agoJust to clarify the license: - The desktop, mobile, cli apps and clipper are open source. They can all sync for free with any of the supported services - Dropbox, OneDrive, S3, Nextcloud, WevDAV and the file system (some people use SyncThing). All this will always be free and open source. - Joplin Server is free for personal use, so you can self host it. It was MIT originally, but I had to change to a more restrictive license because companies were selling access to it and I don't think it was fair that I do the work for free, and all they have to do is run `docker-compose start` and sit there and make a profit. But if it's for yourself, family or friends then it's free and will remain so.
- redman007 5y agonot as far as I know. I've been using it for over a year and think that there's a free way to do everything on your own, and the devs and mods even help out on Discord for people to set it up. You can pay for the Sync or hosting service, but everything is optional since there are plenty of other options.