Yes, I know that the are dozens of notes apps. I’m looking for recommendations based on a few features that I like:

  • nice design (including color coding)
  • easy checklists
  • sharing - this one is key. I use a shared shopping list and we both need to add and edit.
  • pinning and archiving (hidden notes)

I don’t mind running it from my homelab server, but that is not a requirement. Does anyone use a notes app that you love? Let me know!

  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldBanned from communityEnglish
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    2 years ago

    “I WANT ALL THE CLOUD THINGS RIGHT NOW FOR FREE AND I REFUSE TO COMPROMISE 🦶🦶🦶🦶”

    That’s what these requests read like.

    Look, these people have a product with a good UI and sharing for a reason. Anything else you find that doesn’t hit that mark is because of that. Make concessions for what you really need, build your own, or continue stomping around about it.

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I pay for all of the software that I use, and encourage others to do so as well. That’s not what this is at all. Pretty much the opposite effect.

      • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I paid for Evernote for years, got a double helping of enshitification.

        I pay for Google Workspace. They will Play eventually sunset keep even though I pay for their services because that’s just what they do.

        If you don’t host it yourself, they can and will take it away from you.

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I just use NextCloud Notes. Categories are just sub folders, so you can create a Shared category and just share it in Nextcloud.

    • rnercle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 years ago
      • sharing - this one is key. I use a shared shopping list and we both need to add and edit.

      i use and love notally but you can’t share/sync (export/import wouldn’t satisfy the above requirement)

    • Statick@programming.devEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I was using Joplin for a while… Self hosted their server. On two occasions it screwed up on me and wouldn’t load my folders… Luckily I had backups but it was still frustrating. I don’t recommend them purely because the notes are stored in a custom format instead of just plain text files.

      My favorite way of doing notes now is with git, currently using a free private repo on gitlab.

      Just clone the repo on whatever PC I need them and it has backups and version control.

      Then use GitJournal on my phone.

      It’s perfect for me. I love it.

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I also found a fork called NotallyX, which includes import functions from Keep and Evernote. Pretty useful for someone migrating.

      • rnercle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 years ago
        • amount of backups to keep

        also is a nice addition but i like the fact that notally is just 1.9mb. So i keep using notally and delete a dozen backups from time to time :/

        • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          2 years ago

          yeah, just looking through the notes, it looks like both devs care a lot about their project and just have different visions for what a “Complete” notes app should look like. It’s nice to see, because sometimes when you see a fork of a project it’s because someone abandoned it or there is some kind of community drama, but that doesn’t seem to be the case afaik.

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Wow, this looks amazing. I’ll have to check it out to see how sharing/collaboration works though.

        • Jinna@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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          2 years ago

          Critically you can’t share to specific accounts, it’s private, completely public or all registered users. Also, sharing is read-only, no collaboration allowed. So sharing sort of yes, but no collaboration say on a shopping list.

  • Daniel Quinn@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Joplin + Syncthing has been great for me. Sync across multiple devices with no third party in between. However the “sharing” in this context is limited to other installations of the entire db. To my knowledge, there’s no way to say “sync these notes with my wife, and these others with my phone only” etc.

    • Ohh@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Last i looked into it, joplin had a bug which ment syncthing didnt work . Can’t remember the details but the solution was pinning an old version.

      I am much much happier with markor notes + syncthing.

      Super sinple, 100 % foss, sync what you want .

  • paradox2011@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    You might like Blinko. It seems similar to Keep to me. I set it up for awhile, but it didn’t give me anything beyond what I already have with Joplin, so couldn’t justify keeping it or transitioning to it. Here’s a video from DB Tech on the set up process: Self-host Blinko with docker

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Wow, this has some neat features and it looks great on any size screen. I will be following this for sure

    • dorkdad@feddit.onlineEnglish
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      2 years ago

      This is the best answer and should be much higher. It’s the closest thing to Google Keep with the features OP wants.

    • Dangerhart@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Does this reorganize the task list when checked or treat it as vanilla mark down?

            • Dangerhart@lemm.eeEnglish
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              2 years ago

              Thanks, I gave it a quick try, the only things missing from keep are a home screen widget and custom ordering of tiles, lots of promise

              • Father_Redbeard@lemmy.mlEnglish
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                2 years ago

                Yeah, it’s not perfect. I’ve noticed that when making a task list/checkbox note that you can’t delete the line. Sure you can go and edit the contents of that line, but even if you delete all text, the line with a checkbox remains. Kind of annoying, particularly when I accidentally create another checkbox and have nothing to put in it. it’s just an empty line and checkbox sitting there mocking me. You can still mark it complete of course, but it kinda makes my eye twitch. :)

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Thank you! This is very helpful. I didn’t see these but Lemmy search is sort of broken for me right now.