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Recommendations for Note taking app with simple needs (lemmy.ca)
submitted 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) by quaff@lemmy.ca to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hey y'all. I've been testing a bunch of Note taking solutions and nothing seems to check off what I want and need.

I want a simple interface (both for list view and note editor/view), preferably similar to Google Keep, but a regular list is fine as well.

Key features:

A. being able to drag and drop re-order checkbox lists.

e.g.

  • [ ] item 1
  • [ ] item 2
  • [x] item 4
  • [x] item 3

I'd like to be able to just drag and drop the above to sort things correctly.

B. E2EE at rest.

C. CTRL+F inside the note view/edit!!

Honestly, the only functionality I truly want is A. But most of the solutions I found are either proprietary or can't do it.

Self hosted options I've tried:

  • Joplin (can't do A; UX is not great)
  • Standard notes (A + C is gated by their self hosted premium subscription; I don't mind paying for my apps, but the prices are ridiculous)
  • Silverbullet.md (can't do A)
  • Quillpad (very similar to Google Keep and can do A, but has terrible file syncing, not E2EE)

Notesnook looks almost as insane as Standard Notes to self host (mimicing AWS stack locally is nuts). Has anyone tried Notesnook yet? I don't want to spend another afternoon setting something heavy up only to find that the feature I want is gated by a heavy $.

Any suggestions or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

EDIT: Woops! I am looking to use the notes app on both Android and Web/Desktop Linux. Preferably an open source solution.

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[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

If you change your mind: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-obsidian

[–] quaff@lemmy.ca 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Thanks.

I just set up Notesnook lol I can drag and drop reorder list items (checkbox list) on the official server, but not when connected to my own... Same exact mobile app (just different server)... The fact that Notesnook and Standard Notes both claim to be open source, but don't share all of their code with the open source world. Maybe it's gated by env vars. Who knows. I have half a mind to give Obsidian a chance if it can do what I want.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

The plugins are open source at least, and the notes it makes aren't proprietary. It's just an app to interact with them. Been using it as a trapper keeper for years and it's been able to keep up with my changing needs. :) !obsidianmd@lemmy.world There's thousands of plugins and the discord is a huge resource.