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See also Standard Notes[1], pretty much a drop-in replacement for Apple's iOS Notes app. Decent web interface with (paid) plugins, great desktop and mobile apps
by ricktdotorg 5y ago
See also Standard Notes[1], pretty much a drop-in replacement for Apple's iOS Notes app. Decent web interface with (paid) plugins, great desktop and mobile apps, backend can be self-hosted as well. It's really good and its OSS[2].
[1] https://standardnotes.com https://standardnotes.com
[2] https://github.com/standardnotes https://github.com/standardnotes
- djrogers 5y agoHate to be ‘that guy’, but without the ability to share and collaborate on notes, it’s not a drop-in replacement.
- istingray 5y agoYes, it's not a drop-in replacement. How do we get a drop-in replacement? My take: as customers we have to pay for incomplete solutions and then be vocal customers. Take my money! This is the way. Otherwise "free" and "open source" solutions will just never reach the level of quality needed to take off.
- smoldesu 5y agoStandard Notes won't be a competitor in my eyes until they add extentions/theming support to the free tier as well. It's an absurd and zero-margin holdout that makes zero sense and only drives me away from their service.
- tibyat 5y agoLucky for them, it sounds like you're a zero-margin customer anyway
- istingray 5y agoWhat do you have against paying? If I'm not paying, I'm the product...and I don't want my private journal to be sold.
- hammyhavoc 5y agoThe FOSS community will disagree with you there.
- istingray 5y agoGood point. Does it change if I say that you "pay" with FOSS with your time?
- hammyhavoc 5y agoNo, because that's also another sweeping statement. There is plenty of FOSS that simply just works, has objectively excellent UX/UI, and meets a user's needs.
- istingray 5y agoWell said, appreciate you taking the time to get me up to speed. See some of my other comments where I'm grappling with frustrations around FOSS and a desire to pay to make things smoother.
- smoldesu 5y agoI don't want my knowledge and information to be gated behind a subscription fee. I'd rather just host it all myself, maximize redundancy and then forget about it. The system has worked fine for the past 2 years, and I have a hard time believing that anyone here is selling my private journal.
- istingray 5y agoWhat do you think about Standard Notes' self-hosting options then?
- smoldesu 5y agoI don't think about it much, because I can't install extensions or themes to it. Meanwhile, Obsidian Notes has no problem letting me do anything I want for free, which makes it a better self-hosted notes client for my use-case.
- istingray 5y agoI've been using Standard Notes for 2 weeks and it's solid. I like the fairly minimal UI, ability to self-host, and ability to just pay them to run it. Syncs fast.