I’m looking for a good notes taking app to replace The Bad Ones like Evernote.

I want to have the content available over multiple devices (iOS app if possible) and preferably also a web editor.

Any ideas?

  • remus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Obsidian is great except for the times when you can’t sync your notes to a local file system (like on a work computer). Does anyone know of a self-hosted web app that’s effective for reading/editing the markdown files?

    • Tenebris NoxEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Have you tried Remote Save plugin?

      I use it to sync from a webdav on my NAS at home to work computer if I ever need it. It also syncs from services like OneDrive, Dropbox, S3 etc.

      There are other versions of similar syncing.

      • remus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Does this work similar to Syncthing where it syncs the markdown files to the local file system? If so, that’s definitely helpful, but I’m trying to avoid saving/storing my personal notes on my work laptop. I’d rather access them through a web interface and avoid local storage (in certain use cases). Another example is where people can’t install custom software on work computers, so it’s helpful to have a non-Obsidian way to edit the files for those times.

        • karlthemailman@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Not being able to install local apps is a valid issue. But if you are really concerned about a work laptop, I wouldn’t trust something just because it’s web based. Depending on the company, they can access that data if they really wanted to just alomst as easily as a file on disk.

        • Tenebris NoxEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          It just stores them to the folder you choose as a vault for your notes. I have seen people put their vaults on a USB stick which they encrypt for security.

          No web version of Obsidian as far as I know. Have you tried SimpleNote?

        • AngryDemonoid@lemmy.lylapol.comEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I host a copy of Obsidian on my server, and I can access it through a reverse proxy. There isn’t any authentication though, so you have to use something like Authelia.

          • remus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Do you mean that you use a VNC connection to access your server UI? Or is there a way to host Obsidian as a true web app?