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Self hosted Google Keep alternative (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago by woodgen@lemm.ee to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Any recommendations for a self hosted note taking app that runs on everything with a screen and is designed for multi device usage?

Also a modern, powerful and puristic UI would be a must have to compete with Keep.

I am looking for this app every now and then but am always disappointed by the choices.

I recently tried Joplin on Android, but was very dissatisfied with the usabilty.

The FOSS self hosted alternatives for smart home and porn are better than the commercial ones, can't be that hard for notes, can it?

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[–] woodgen@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Right, obsidian didn't appeal to me since it's proprietary.

I probably will look into setting up a Joplin server and maybe write a frontend for it. Also didn't try frontend options on PC yet.

Until now I only tried the Android app and while it looked quite mature, I didn't get quite the UX from it I was anticipating.

Some things that bothered me:

  • Creating a note requires 2 clicks, 1 should be fine.I want to start writing and decide whether its a todo later.

  • Tag management. In Keep #tags are parsed from text automatically. Although there is a conflict with markdown syntax, having to issue 3 clicks to add a tag seems bothersome

  • Tags are not shown in the main menu, but are another view.

  • Didn't figure out what notebooks are supposed to be, but i guess some kind of directory system. Don't see the point when having a tag system. In the end they are too prominent in the UI.

But the synchronization options and markdown capabilities are a big plus. mardown is actually a feature missing in keep.

[–] lung@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

I'm a Joplin contributor and if you think the android app is halfway decent, that's a win ahahaha. The desktop apps are what makes it a superstar though, with all the plugins and community. The mobile apps have been slowly modernizing but it's real basic

[–] liightninggod@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Obsidian is just a glorified markdown editor and there are some open source plugins for sync that you can self host if you want!