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What's your favorite note-taking application? (lemmy.nekusoul.de)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Currently I'm using Joplin with Syncthing-backed file system synchronization. I'm pretty pleased with it, as I do like tagging- and Markdown-based systems.

I plan to upgrade to server-based synchronization, but before doing that, however, I wanted to see what other people are using.

Edit: So far I see a slight favor towards Joplin and Logseq, but I totally didn't expect (and appreciate) getting so many different answers.

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

What do you use it for? If you don't mind me asking. I tried a few times to like it before I started my selfhost/open source journey earlier this year and couldn't click with it. But curious what it does that you haven't found an alternative for.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Not the same person but a couple of the reasons I can't get away from it are:

    -ability to "print" a pdf in to it and directly markup the pages without having to open the actual file in another application (it also runs OCR on the pages so they remain searchable)

    -you can also "print" PowerPoint presentations in a similar way

    -it handles inking with a pen super well

    I have lots of academic papers and presentations that I routinely reference for my job so these are killer features for me

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I use it for a mix of text, handwriting/drawing, PDF annotation and image annotation, and I also pretty heavily rely on realtime sync between my devices. If none of that is stuff you use then I can see why you might want something simpler

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, handwriting can be added to Obsidian, but it's a bit hacky and I don't use it. As far as instant sync, it is solid, but expensive. Some folks use Syncthing but I couldn't get it to work reliably so I but the bullet and paid for Obsidian Sync.

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