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Best FOSS note app with NextCloud sync (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I currently use Joplin but I find it's a bit too over-engineered with many features I don't use. For me the best note taking app would:

Be FOSS
Sync over NextCloud / webDAV
Support kind of formatting (markdown for example)
Have ability to create check box lists
Be lightweight and fast to open
Have ability to set remainders and alarms (if possible)
[if possible] as either a windows desktop client or a web client or interface to access notes from work

Now depending on how I like the software, I may change a bit my habits and drop some of those requirements if the soft please me and I find workaround or drop the feature (for example an automated backup can replace NextCloud stuff and I don't use that much the work computer to access notes, so if it's good and I can share the note manually by mail or so, I can live with it).

So feel free to share what you use.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I think Quillpad would be worth taking a look at. I needed indentable checklists more than syncing so I switched to NotallyX, so I don't remember if it has all of these things, but it seems like a good fit

Edit https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.quillpad/

With Quillpad, you can:

Take notes with Markdown support

Make task lists

Pin your favorite notes to the top

Hide notes you do not want others to see

Set reminders for events you do not want to miss

Add voice recordings and other file attachments

Group related notes in notebooks

Add tags to notes

Archive notes you want out of your way

Search through notes

Sync with Nextcloud (requires the Nextcloud Notes app installed on the Nextcloud server used for syncing)

Backup your notes to a zip file which you can restore at a later time

Toggle between Light and Dark mode

Choose between multiple color schemes

The github (https://github.com/quillpad/quillpad) leads me to believe there may already be a desktop app. Nextcloud syncing looks to currently be experimental

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thanks will give a try but it seems to well check all my needs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I hope it helps, and that you have or find the solution you need 😊

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Their checklist implementation is quite close to Google Keep's, which I like.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Yeah, I do too. Honestly it's more polished and finished than notallyX I just REALLY need the indentable boxes, that was a feature I used nonstop when I was using keep

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Just use the Nextcloud notes app? It does markdown, technically it only edits md files in the notes folder. But markdown means lists

Edit :but alarms seems to be a no, you could use task.org if you got a Nextcloud anyway, checkboxes seem to not work as '[ ]' but should

Edit 2: apparently I was too stupid to type properly, it does have checkboxes

Desktop: https://imgur.com/a/uBRibEG Mobile: https://imgur.com/a/fuljOtB

Not so sure about best but it does work kinda like you want to

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Is also has a 'view mode' that allows (un-)checking boxes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Obsidian