Ditching Obsidian and building my own

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Syncthing

> Obsidian was a great tool for me personally for a long time. But I felt frustrated when I wanted to access my notes on my phone while on-the-go and saw that I had to pay for this feature. I'm using Syncthing [0] to sync my vault between devices. On my main PC, Syncthing runs constantly in the background. Say, if I made a change, and want to send those changes to my phone, I open the application on my phone and let it fetch the changes. It's not perfectly smooth, like Obsidian's own integration, but I prefer this instead of setting a Git repository. Also, the files don't stay in a remote server. [0]: https://syncthing.net.

#Cloud Storage #File Sharing #File Sharing And Backup 838 social mentions

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Forgejo

It's also worth noting that Gitea forked a while back. The community fork is Forgejo. https://forgejo.org/ And if you really just want a simple hosting system, https://tangled.sh is really easy to set up. It uses atproto (network underlying bluesky) as their identity provider and for tracking issues, PRs, comments, etc. Their "knot server" is basically just a little self-hosted go node that manages git repos. The project is fairly small atm and it's pretty much all in go so it's not too hard to skim through if you want to see how it works under the hood (or if you are afraid of needing to be able to keep it maintained long term).

#Git #Code Collaboration #Project Management 15 social mentions

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RetypeApp

If you need an option to publish your notes online, check out Retype (https://retype.com). You can use Obsidian or GitBook or any Markdown files as your GUI editor and generate a static website using Retype.

#Website Builder #Developer Tools #Documentation 9 social mentions

4

Joplin

I use Joplin (https://joplinapp.org) on mobile and pc(windows and Linux). Joplin has a free encrypted sync via OneDrive.

#Note Taking #Notes #Personal Notes 356 social mentions

5

Logseq

I don't understand the negative concerns mentioned by the author. It's quite easy to sync notes to your mobile device using a free method, or using a cloud service you might already be paying for [4]. The great thing about Obsidian is that the notes itself are just markdown files, so you can use them in any other program. This protects you as a user in case Obsidian enters a enshittification phase. A good alternative is haptic [0], it is very similar to Obsidian but can also be used in the browser. Or LogSeq [1], SilverBullet[2] and just Visual Studio Code also work well. For just editing a single file MarkText[3] is also good. [0]: https://github.com/chroxify/haptic [2]: https://silverbullet.md/ [3]: https://www.marktext.cc/ [4]: https://bryanhogan.com/blog/how-to-sync-obsidian.

#Knowledge Management #Note Taking #Knowledge Base 291 social mentions

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Directus

It seems to really be an ad for Directus (https://directus.io/) (?).

#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 124 social mentions

Thanks for the reply. I do agree with sibling comment from tasuki that I think you’re missing the simpler solution of plain git repos to solve “owning your own data in a future-proof manner”. If you’re not trying to coordinate work among multiple people, and aren’t trying to enforce a single source of truth with code, you don’t _need_ “git server” software. You just need a git repository (folder & file structure) in a location that you consider to be your source of truth. I’m not trying to convince you to change it now, especially if you’re happy with what you have, but I would suggest reading some (or all) of https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2 I think the first ~4 subsections of chapter 4 cover what I & tasuki were suggesting could be sufficient for you. If you’re the type of engineer to read through the code of your data storage layer, I think you’d find Chapter 10 (Git Internals) interesting, because it can demystify git. I enjoyed the whole book. As with any engineering project, I see lots of questions about your choices, and I applaud you for sticking around. I would make very different decisions than you, based on your stated priorities, but that’s okay.

#Git #Code Collaboration #Software Development 288 social mentions

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Thymer

We're building https://thymer.com/ to do this. Real-time collaboration, local-first + end-to-end-encrypted (and optionally self-hosted).

#Databases #NoSQL Databases #Knowledge Management 23 social mentions

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NotesHub

I tried a number of note taking apps. I use them for longer term storage of ideas, rather than daily todos. For example holiday itinerary or project ideas. Because of this I don't use them very often and I found I could never remember the basics of Obsidian. One app that is very simple to use had everything I needed and sync'd using Github is https://about.noteshub.app/. I have been using it for around 6 months and found it perfect for my needs.

#Productivity #Studying #Spaced Repetition 1 social mentions

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Syncthing-Fork

I've been using Obtainium to install Android apps from Github releases and automatically update them. It's worked great. Syncthing's .apk release files can be found here: <a href="https://github.com/catfriend1/syncthing-android">https://github.com/catfriend1/syncthing-android</a>.

#Cloud Storage #File Sharing #Backup And Disaster Recovery 1 social mentions

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Daino Notes

I also built my own note-taking app[1] out of frustration of existing apps, so I can relate to the author. I wanted: - A flexible block editor like Notion. - That runs natively and FAST (unlike Notion). - Where the underlying data is always plain text (Markdown formatted). I wrote about its development on my blog[2]. [1] http://get-notes.com [2] https://rubymamistvalove.com/block-editor.

#Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Writing Tools 1 social mentions

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LimanDoc

I have my own reasons why I left Obsidian and now building LimanDoc[1]. The enormous learning curve and a constant OCD itch (that I like to scratch) made me realise I am not actually improving my knowledge system. A constant hoarding is also putting an emotional pressure. I like the offline part, but for me Canvas was the best tool. I am also building a P2P synchronization feature for LimanDoc, and having offline LLM support is coming soon too [1] https://limandoc.com/.

#Digital Whiteboard #Productivity #Diagrams 1 social mentions