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I’d want to love it…
but as ridiculous as it sounds, for something like this to be really useful to me I unfortunately need a mobile app. a web-app seems hard to realize for a real e2e encryption & sync - for my scenario :(
I’m aware how much effort this is already… it looks good but as much as I want to use it, I can’t due to my workflow requiring a mobile device app (iOS in my case)
but it does look really promising!
Bro I get it, I actually need an android app but he's a single developer and h can't do all of that on his own. For now I write markdown files on my phone and import them when I can.
I've had a look at it before but I just prefer Markdown and I'm already heavily invested with a different application so really wouldn't want to move. There are some features I really like, for example the "clone notes" I think is a really interesting feature that essentially creates a note "symlink".
Yeah, I was very invested in logseq before but then I just imported the markdown in and started using trilium and fell in love. To each their own
Yeah, looks pretty cool, I'll probably check it out
Thanks man, I really got invested in this project, I personally use it but I don't have the skills to help directly.
How is this better than zim? Is this in the Debian repos?
I can't compare, I never used Zim, sorry. If I remember correctly it is, I personally got it with flatpack.
Good question, I never heard of it, but I checked it now, looks quite powerful, going to try it, thanks for sharing!
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I don't have the skills to properly answer, sorry.
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He does, what is his @? Thank you for the information.
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I see, thanks
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Amazing man, I'm so happy for you, I will check out minio too seems intersting, good luck with your research!
when I saw the title I thought it was this old thing: https://trillian.im/
Me too! Ex-trillian users....unite?
I really can’t tell - does it work on top of Markdown flat files or not? Based on the mention of an exporter, I’d guess not.
Part of the reason I moved from TiddlyWiki to Obsidian was to get my writing into plain text files, so anything that doesn’t interface with the OS file system is off the table for me from the get-go. (Part of the reason I care about this is so that I’m not locked into a specific app and can use VS Code to browse and edit as needed, or build a static site from my files, etc.)
Unfortunately no for now, it uses a database that renders it more powerful but can import and export markdown effortlessly. Editing directly in markdown should be a feature tho for those who want to use file systems
This could be a very important point for why it isn't more used. For example, i only use markdown files, which allows me to manage them in git, edit and navigate via VimWiki, and visualize in Obsidian.
Does the note encryption use the same password for all notes? Or can each note have their individual password?
I think each not can have their own password.
You can encrypt single notes or entire subrtees with each their own password I think
Looks very interesting. Apparently it uses its own file format. This is a little bit of a problem, because it forces you to rely on this software to access your notes, even if an export to Markdown is possible. But often times these exports of large note databases are not tidy, they may be missing features/information that didn't export well.
So i personally would only ever use a note taking app that is based on text files. This of course is harder to manage, but can be done, like VimWiki or Obsidian have shown.
Maybe if it could be extended for text file as basic storage, it could get a broader user base.
Is this similar to Notion?
Seems like it misses some key features from Notion. Notion is awesome. Trilium seems cool too, but it's not enough to make me leave Notion.
Have you tried Anytype? It's a combination of Notion and Obsidian, and it's end-to-end encrypted, and everything is stored on your device. Still in alpha, but it has a lot of features already. Because it's in alpha, they only give access to people who attend an online presentation of the app. But it's worth it. And as soon as it exits alpha, the plan is to open source it.
A fellow Anytype user here. It went into beta a week or so ago! I believe anyone can sign up and start using it now.
It’s great. Similar to Notion but the way it structures notes is different. Bit of a learning curve if you want to use all of its features, but the basics are the same as Notion. It’s all end-to-end encrypted which gives me peace of mind. They plan to open source the code. Give it a try!
That's amazing! Anytype is one of the greatest note-taking apps I've ever tried, and there doesn't seem to be anything it cannot do. So happy to see others using and recommending it.
I updated the Android app and noticed there's a new desktop version as well, but I'm having issues updating it on Linux, so I just assumed it's still in alpha.
Kinda weird that they already advertise it as open source when they haven't done that yet
Seems like it is on their roadmap to open the source next quarter. I'll keep my eye on it in the mean time. Looks very interesting
Damn seems very cool, I will give it a look, thanks man.
For me a serverless mobile app is breaking point for me.
I get it
On this topic... Why doesn't anyone talk about Standard Notes? It's free, E2E encrypted, has mobile apps, and supports Markdown (for a reasonable subscription fee). Kinda checks every box...
Why not Joplin? It's free.
In my experience there are a boat load of note taking apps that are fire but unknown, apparently only the mid one get famous, I really don get man, i can't wrap my head around this