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Joplin alternative needed
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Have you looked into either Obsidian or Logseq?
Obsidian is not open source, but uses Markdown for notes just like Logseq. Very popular overall.
I also switched from Joplin to Obsidian after about half a year. There's an open-source plugin that lets you self-host a syncing server.
What I found paradoxical is how easy it is to mod and write plugins for Obsidian compared to Joplin. I would've thought that modifying the open-source candidate would've been easier, but nope.
I second obsidian. I was on the verge to jump onto logseq, but found its way of handling notes to be... different. I also felt a dislike of anytype where I don't really have control over my notes. Obsidian clicked with me from the start and felt right. So I went with it, even though it's not FOSS (which is usually a hard requirement from me).
Literally every note app uses markdown. I'm not sure why people point at that for Obsidian like it's a unique feature.
Not every one stores the files as plain text files in markdown format like Obsidian. Logseq does I believe, but Joplin stores it all in database files which require an export should you decide to leave that app in favor of a other. With Obsidian you just point the new app at the folders full of .md files and away you go. That was the main selling point for me.
I don't know where you're getting that from. Here is my Joplin folder on my NC server, stuffed with md files from my notes. There are some database driven references in them if you do things like add pictures, and obviously the filename is a UID format, but it's markdown all the way, baby.
Have you looked at the contents of those md files? In addition to creating its own hexadecimal file name, it appends the text with a bunch of metadata info. If you were to then take that folder of notes to any other markdown editor like Obsidian, it would be a mess to organize. That is why I'm a stickler for file format agnosticism. There is no vendor lock in and more importantly, no manipulation of the text filenames or contents.
Screenshot of my phone copy of the Obsidian vault directory as an example:
It is not a unique feature. But as a non-FOSS program its notes are not hidden behind proprietary filesystems, so any time you want you can still switch if they go in a direction thr user does not like.
That's the near thing about it... you don't.
But jokes aside, it is mostly about syncing notes for the selfhosting part. You either go with the official offer, no self-hosting and costs money, or you use a community plug-in, self-hosted, or you use a third program like syncthing, selfhosted.
Syncthing is the way, I had tried setting on nextcloud but never could get it to store how I wanted, but syncthinf was ridiculously easy and should work for anything that uses a folder
There is a plugin for obsidian to work with syncthing, but it seems to still be in development, implementing through the app and selecting the folders also gave me a reason for syncing my camera as well, and was super easy, no portfowarding or anything required
Yeah, I've been on Obsidian before, but self-hosted syncing on iOS is a bit finicky.
I've heard good things about Logseq, but it's certainly a waaay different approach to notes. I'll have to read more about it. Thanks :)