Note taking app that I can link between my laptop and phone ? (slrpnk.net)

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Hey everyone, I'm trying to replace most of the private owned app I use by FOSS ones, and today i'm pointing at notion.

I just use it as a way to organize my notes and use it both on my laptop and phone, and i'm looking for something that can have that fonctionnality.

I've already looked into a bunch of foss note taking apps but I didn't see any that could do it. (maybe i didn't look hard enough tho)

I'm willing to use syncthing or smth similar if needed.

do you have any recommendations? anyway, have a nice day and thanks to everyone making the internet/softwares more libre and accessible!

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[-] PragmaticOne@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

Joplin. It’s cross platform and just works. No hassle.

[-] Ephemeral@feddit.org 3 points 5 days ago

What also works is using SyncThing. That way you can sync any app that uses files that you want. I use Obsidian for note taking which creates .MD files in a designated folder, I sync that folder with my phone.

[-] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago

Putting in another recommendation for Notesnook.

[-] foxwolf@pawb.social 1 points 6 days ago

The android app is busted for me. I've uninstalled and reinstalled and it will not let me login or load anything at all.

[-] mulcahey@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Standard Notes

[-] sixty@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

I use Notesnook, but as an alternative to Notion and more complex features, it's way too simple.

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

I use Notesnook and I'm happy with it. They have a flagship instance with free accounts if you don't want to self-host.

If you want something more lightweight and are up for using syncthing, just a bunch of markdown files synced with syncthing also works. You can encrypt them with your pgp key if you want encryption, but that doesn't encrypt metadata like file names, directory structure, or when files were last edited.

[-] moonpiedumplings@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Syncthing has encryption as well. You can have a device be "untrusted" so you put in an encryption password, and data sent to and stored on that device will be encrypted.

Although this does encrypt file (and directory) names, the caveats about folder structure and modification time still apply.

[-] baronvonj@piefed.social 35 points 1 week ago

Joplin can sync between phone and laptop with a number of network storage options

https://joplinapp.org/help/apps/sync/

or you can self-host Joplin server.

https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/packages/server/README.md

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[-] Moodel@feddit.uk 25 points 1 week ago

Joplin. I use it on my phone, multiple laptops and Linux desktops.

[-] sakphul@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago

I also second this. Working like a charm for me over 4 different devices and 3 different Operating systems.

[-] yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

Do you ever regret that Joplin does not store notes in plain text? (meaning you couldn't edit your notes in a plain text editor if you wanted to)

[-] Moodel@feddit.uk 2 points 5 days ago

Nope not a bit. But you mean through exporting stuff I assume(?).

If for any reason I need to move something to a text file (very rare) then I just cut/copy and paste without the MD.

[-] yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

I just meant like if Joplin ever stopped working or vanished overnight. I know it might seem like a contrived scenario, but I've always been a little skittish about apps that don't store files in plain text in case I want/need to use a different editor. Sounds like that hasn't been an issue for you, though, which is cool.

[-] mikedd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I second this.

[-] ComradeMiao@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

obsidian is not FOSS BTW

[-] kcweller@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Sadly, because honestly, all the FOSS options that are mentioned in this thread don't even compare to how snappy, useful and expandable Obsidian is 😭

[-] ComradeMiao@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

fully agree but the head coder is aggressively anti-foss on mastodon and I don't like that. trilium is a decent alternative but it doesn't have a phone app, and no not triliumnext.