I’m completely new to selfhosting but see a lot of potential. I wonder if anyone knows a good way to self host a notetaking app? The point is that I need to access my notes on multiple devices so self hosting them could be a nice idea. I currently use google keep and goodnotes but would like to leave those behind…

    • precarious_primes@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      11 days ago

      Memos fits a wide variety of uses and is the first note system that has clicked for me. I use it for quick notes so I don’t forget things, journal-like entries, save for later (like Pocket), shopping lists and other todos.

  • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days ago

    I’d vote for anytype or obsidian

    Anytype has a learning curve, But it has built-in encryption and IPFS syncing provided by the company. The templating system is really slick and the relational aspect is pretty solid.

    Obsidian + syncthing fork is a really solid contender. It’s much easier to work with out of the box but the features are a little more generic.

    Neither of these are really self-hosted, so much as they are contained in their own ecosystem. You get some measure of higher availability that you have to really work for if you’re really self-hosting a product.

    • Milan@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Hm at some point Anytype apps will be configurable for custom servers tho (i assumed they were already but i might have been wrong).

      Obsidian also has some interesting sync plugins that dont require syncthing

      • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 days ago

        The crypto is decent, it’s electron so it’s source available. If you want to ignore their hosting solution, you can disable the syncing and just take the vault from its config directory and sync it yourself

        The real downsides are that it’s not actual open source, so if they decided to screw around with the security or turn the crypto off somebody can’t just fork it.

  • Christov@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    10 days ago

    I’ve been getting on well with notesnook, the self hosting is in beta right now but its just a docker container. Docs are coming for self hosting in the near future.

    https://notesnook.com/

    The criteria for me when I was looking for a notes app were:

    • self hosted
    • e2e encrypted
    • supports images and other rich media as well as text
    • can use markdown for text formatting
    • supports mobile as well as some desktop interface
    • can make lists with checkable boxes
    • background sync

    Notesnook hits all of these. I wish it had a dedicated desktop app but that’s something I can just use a browser window for.

  • desentizised@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    10 days ago

    My solution is basically what @mojolobo mentions with Nextcloud behind it and I love the concept. Because Obsidian (via a WebDAV plugin on the phone) just syncs with the “Notes” folder in my Nextcloud root it really is just a bunch of .md (markdown) files. It gives me an added sense of security (on top of the self-hosting aspect) because I can see those files everywhere I have Nextcloud installed, I can edit them manually if I wanted to. On the PC you just point the Obsidian app to the folder, on phones you do it via a WebDAV plugin.