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I’m a big fan of Joplin https://joplinapp.org/ https://joplinapp.org/ The sync works with a bunch of different cloud services and I’ve yet to have a problem w

I’m a big fan of Joplin https://joplinapp.org/ https://joplinapp.org/ The sync works with a bunch of different cloud services and I’ve yet to have a problem with it.

dzikimarian 5y ago
More importantly - it can be fully self hosted.
webwanderings 5y ago
How about their export file? What happens if/when this software disappears?
- jl6 5y ago
  Markdown format in a SQLite database, and there’s a command line client to script it if you like. Joplin is excellent.
  - webwanderings 5y ago
    I'm sure Joplin is excellent and I hate to argue one against the other. The markdown files in themselves should be independent. I have used several full featured, rather excellent, note-taking software, where the export is not "open". Obsidian is the only reasonable system I have seen where the software is up to date and it doesn't do anything with the markdown files to lock them in. I speak of this as a single user experience. And no, I don't like the idea of Mac Notes and Windows OneNote either. I'm all for note-taking apps which keeps the data/files independent.
    - hispanic 5y ago
      I recently migrated from Evernote to Joplin. This was a concern for me, as well. However, I got past it. This isn't a case of "lock in". Even if Joplin loses mindshare and stops being actively maintained, I know that I'll always have a version available (even if only locally on my desktop, seeing as how I install it manually) that I can use to export to plain, raw Markdown files. And, with them, I can migrate to Obsidian or whatever comes into vogue.
jl6 5y ago
Seconding Joplin, but noting that there is currently a bug in the iOS client that has broken Dropbox syncing. Hopefully will be fixed soon, because apart from that I can’t recommend Joplin highly enough.
barbazoo 5y ago
I love it. I wish the search was better though. Yesterday I searched for something and could only find it using a combination of search terms, not with the individual search terms.

I’m a big fan of Joplin https://joplinapp.org/ https://joplinapp.org/ The sync works with a bunch of different cloud services and I’ve yet to have a problem with it.

dzikimarian 5y ago

More importantly - it can be fully self hosted.

webwanderings 5y ago

How about their export file? What happens if/when this software disappears?

jl6 5y ago
Markdown format in a SQLite database, and there’s a command line client to script it if you like. Joplin is excellent.
- webwanderings 5y ago
  I'm sure Joplin is excellent and I hate to argue one against the other. The markdown files in themselves should be independent. I have used several full featured, rather excellent, note-taking software, where the export is not "open". Obsidian is the only reasonable system I have seen where the software is up to date and it doesn't do anything with the markdown files to lock them in. I speak of this as a single user experience. And no, I don't like the idea of Mac Notes and Windows OneNote either. I'm all for note-taking apps which keeps the data/files independent.
  - hispanic 5y ago
    I recently migrated from Evernote to Joplin. This was a concern for me, as well. However, I got past it. This isn't a case of "lock in". Even if Joplin loses mindshare and stops being actively maintained, I know that I'll always have a version available (even if only locally on my desktop, seeing as how I install it manually) that I can use to export to plain, raw Markdown files. And, with them, I can migrate to Obsidian or whatever comes into vogue.

jl6 5y ago

Seconding Joplin, but noting that there is currently a bug in the iOS client that has broken Dropbox syncing. Hopefully will be fixed soon, because apart from that I can’t recommend Joplin highly enough.

barbazoo 5y ago

I love it. I wish the search was better though. Yesterday I searched for something and could only find it using a combination of search terms, not with the individual search terms.