I am currently using Trilium for my notes. But I am constantly annoyed by the mobile experience. What I want:

  • sync across devices from a central server (this is why I went with Trilium, as having a web client means there’s always the same notes everywhere)

  • native Android app with local storage so that I don’t have to log in just for looking up a single note (this is what annoys me most about Trilium, plus the UX on mobile)

  • web version (for use on PC)

I only need very basic markup, markdown support is enough. I don’t worry about security, as I run everything inside my own VPN.

Is there something like this out there? I always see people raving about Obsidian, but sync seems to really suck there. Using some folder sync is a no go for me.

  • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    Look at Notesnook. You can even self-host the server, though it’s somewhat more complicated than it needs to be.

  • sonofearth@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    Joplin for sure. But I personally use Obsidian because of the UI. I sync it with my server using Syncthing. All devices are synced to the server and not with each other so I have one source of Truth.

  • TurkeyDurkey@piefed.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    I suggest looking into using or hosting Notesnook

    Mobile app is great. Desktop and web clients are great. End to end encrypted.

    Self hosting docs I am unsure of. But it exists.

  • Mistral85@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    Take a look at Affine. I am using Joplin currently, however I am leaning more and more towards Affine due to OIDC support

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Man, I like Quillpad but I can’t use the sync. If I enable that, I have to go to NC to delete notes, if I delete them locally they just come back. I guess that’s fine, I only use it for temporary notes anyway, stuff I want to save and organize goes into Joplin.

  • haych@feddit.ukEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    I use the Quillpad app and sync it with Nextcloud notes. Been pretty flawless so far.

  • kurcatovium@piefed.socialEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    For this scenario, I can recommend Standard Notes and/or Notesnook. I’ve tried Joplin and Logseq and didn’t like either.

  • tuxec@infosec.pubEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    If privacy is important for you, https://anytype.io/ has E2EE (End-to-End Encryption). You can run your sync nodes also. Personally, I’ve used Roam Research, Doom Emacs, moved to Logseq, then Obsidian, back to Logseq and now I’m using Anytype for two years.

    Edit (hit post by mistake): The encryption part was not a must for me also, but then I started using my notes in my work laptop also and I didn’t want my notes stored in plain text on a computer which is not fully controlled by me. I’m mentioning it because over time you’ll have many, many notes and the transition from one tool to the other is very time consuming.

  • abominable_panda@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    I have joplin but personally found myself using Nextcloud Notes 100% of the time. I just need very basic, quick markdown notes

    Ticks all your boxes

  • sbird@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    I have Joplin with Nextcloud sync. It works fine for me! It’s got a desktop app and a mobile app with, in my opinion, pretty good UI. Markdown support, syncing between devices, etc. are all there. You don’t need to connect to the network to view notes, a local copy is saved.

  • Maestro@fedia.io
    3·
    2 months ago

    Obsidian aldo has (paid, subscription) native sync that is supposed to work better than file sync. Another alternative is git sync. That’s basically file sync through git but great if you want to track your changes.

  • Daniel Quinn@lemmy.caEnglish
    19·
    2 months ago

    Joplin will do this for you. It comes ready to sync with all sorts of cloud options, as well as “local folder” which works well with Syncthing. It’s offline-first, cross-platform, and FOSS.

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Plus the FF extension is really full-featured. I can clip in different formats or even take a screenshot if the webpage makes clipping hard.

      • Daniel Quinn@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Plus the FF extension is really full-featured. I can clip in different formats or even take a screenshot if the webpage makes clipping hard.

        I didn’t even know there was a Firefox extension! I might give it a look.

    • aldo@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      Can confirm. This app is great! I particularly like that it works across all OSs.

    • InnerScientist@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Can recommend, works offline and online with PWA support and stores everything in Markdown files for easy migration if you want to change your frontend.

        • InnerScientist@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          It just works™?

          Silverbullet supports working offline as a pwa, just click install on the website and you get a shortcut to the web app that you can use online and offline, open it when your online again to sync your changes to the other devices.

          • Okus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            2·
            2 months ago

            I’m running iOS and Tailscale to access it. Doesn’t work offline for me. How does that compare with your setup?