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Evernote alternatives? (terefere.eu)

submitted 1 year ago by BlushedPotatoPlayers@terefere.eu to c/foss@beehaw.org

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With their recent update it seems they are on the last step to making their free version completely useless – are there any good alternatives out there? Preferably something that has a similar android app. I know I could use ssh+vi in a text file, but I'd prefer something a bit more streamlined

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[–] GlassHalfHopeful@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

if they can't connect for a bit, that's fine, they can work on the local files and sync up next time I'm back on the home network.

I suppose this is what I'm most concerned about. I currently use a similar situation for my password manager database. We have Windows and Android clients that connect to a shared database file and I feel like I'm constantly having to manually synchronize the file because it remains open so long on each client. I'd like to avoid this situation.

Joplin can sync using files on the device filesystem

This weekend, I'm going to attempt to get it running on my NAS and do this.

I may also try the other syncing via cloud at the same time just to test.

[–] jimp@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Each note in Joplin is a separate Markdown file so there is only a real chance of conflict if two clients edit the same note at the same time. That is much more sync-friendly than an encrypted password database file.

I have yet to hit a conflict but it's just me editing notes and I don't usually use multiple things in the same note at once. I did have a problem getting syncthing to work well on my phone (a pixel with newer Android) where it worked OK on my tablet and other devices. I had to hardcode the address of my laptop in syncthing settings on my phone and then it seems to be happy that way.