Looking for a note-taking app, preferably that I could use straight from a browser. I’m currently using Standard Notes. Not sure if that one is any good, but E2EE and open-source which at least checks those boxes. I don’t store anything too sensitive and I don’t need a whole bunch of features, though I suppose I’d use them if they were available.

I’m honestly not too picky but maybe discussion here could help someone else out who may be looking for the same thing with higher expectations? I’ll switch over to a better option if there’s something considerably better.

Thanks in advance

  • sag@lemm.ee
    12·
    1 year ago

    I personally use Notesnook. It’s E2E, Open Soure and Cross Platform.

    • cod@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      What do you use for synchronization? Or do you only store everything locally?

      • jgkawell@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        I sync through OneDrive. I like that Joplin encrypts on-device so I don’t have to worry about the privacy policy of the cloud I’m syncing though.

        • cod@lemmy.worldOP
          1·
          1 year ago

          That’s a good point actually, I never thought about that. I might do Joplin with Dropbox in that case

    • harsh3466@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I also use Joplin, I self host Joplin server for the sync, with e2ee enabled. It’s been rock solid for me.

      • jgkawell@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Oh that’s cool. Didn’t know you could self-host the server. I’ll have to check that out.

        • harsh3466@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          I really like using Joplin Server. For awhile I was syncing through nextcloud, but in the end nextcloud didn’t really work for me so I switched my Joplin notes over.

    • cod@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Just checked it out, seems solid. I’m going to use a few for a bit and see which I like best, but that one seems to be a pretty good choice. Thanks for the recommendation

  • Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml
    3·
    1 year ago

    Notesnook for sure. I really disliked Joplin. Particularly the Android app. Just really poorly designed.

    Acreom promise but it’s new enough they don’t have E2EE or even local only on mobile. Both are on the road map. Dev seems engaged and cool though.

    Edit: I didn’t see the open source req, acreom isn’t. But it’s still a cool app. And I’d they can get local only on mobile, then you can sync however you want as it’s just flat Markdown, similar to Obsidian.

  • Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml
    31·
    1 year ago

    SiYuan (GPL) is probably the most advanced. You can get it off github. I haven’t found anything that compares in terms of notes based features. Appflowy and Affine also are open source and have good note taking capabilities.

  • hakunawazo@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    Maybe https://dillinger.io/ as a self-hosted raspberrypi docker instance? And instead of saving to public cloud services just export the markdown file as local pdf.

    On mobile I can’t just find pdf export button like on desktop.

  • Euphoma@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    If you have the time to learn emacs, its really good for note taking. I don’t think any app other than Vim could compete in taking notes in my math class.

    • zonsopkomst@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’ve attempted to use emacs with orgmode, but have no programming background. I wanted to go for a vanilla emacs experience that I can add modules to, but have hit a wall. My dream is to replace Vscodium which I use for markdown notes with syncthing and also to manage my NixOS git config files (magit?). It’s probably just time and research, but I wish I could simplify the process a bit. I always seem to destroy the documents I’m attempting to work in and get lost in the emac buffers. Just ranting to see if anyone has any tips or suggestions.

      • Euphoma@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I created my emacs config by going through the awesome-emacs github page and adding any packages that looked useful. If you can’t find your buffers, you should do m-x ibuffer and then hit s m to sort buffers by mode, and then you can see all the buffers that are open. Centaur tabs mode is also nice because it adds tabs.

        Adding packages using use-package makes it easier to remember what stuff you added and makes your config more portable. I just got used to emacs by using it with the default keybinds and a minimal amount of packages to understand how it works.

        Alternatively if you know how to use vim, theres an apparently pretty good org mode package for it.

        • zonsopkomst@lemmy.ml
          1·
          1 year ago

          Nice, thanks. I will defintely check out the awesome-emacs github. How do you search for functions and keybindings within emacs? I’ve heard it documents everything under the sun, but can’t recall where I read that.

          I had used use-package which I agree is easier, but I think there is an issue either with my OS or more likely me, organizing the config.el in NixOS using org-mode to create sections as it works in the normal config files, but does not work in the org-mode style files with #+BEGIN_SRC #+END_SRC sections.

          • Euphoma@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            I’m on NixOS also but I’m not using org-mode for my config, so idk how to help with that. If you do c-h ? you can see all of the help commands, like c-h m for your current keybinds, c-h v for variables, etc. It says just the key you have to do after doing c-h. Also if you use the which-key package, there’s a minibuffer that shows ways to complete a command after doing something like c-x in a list of what command happens after you do each possible key after it. Oh yeah I’m using vertico mode which shows all the functions when I hit m-x and is kinda like autocompletion in an ide except for m-x.

            • zonsopkomst@lemmy.ml
              1·
              1 year ago

              Just wanted to post a quick thank you as this info has really helped me get to a usable / learning state with emacs! Will keep playing and practicing until it becomes second nature.

            • zonsopkomst@lemmy.ml
              1·
              1 year ago

              Thanks again- this is really useful. Navigation and getting the muscle memory is the hardest thing for me right now. I think I will use these commands and try to practice a little each day until I become more comfortable using emacs full time.

  • dn3j4n4@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    I am searching for the note taking app with the same criteria and right now i am using Cryptee (browser based, no app) and trying to like Joplin. Sometimes Cryptee is slow at startup, but has web app, encrypted, is simple to use and has 2fa. Joplin is fast, supports cloud storage of your choice, but has awful sync issue. When you have some notes uploaded and synced and decide to reinstall the app in your phone and sync it again, your notes will be lost.

  • Danileonis @lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 year ago

    I recently started to directly use KeePassDX even for notes (since I sync it with syncthing) and I must say it’s very good.