docker-bookstack VS xournalpp

This thread is relevant.

I read this article, but the approach there is quite different than the manuals here https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-bookstack and here https://registry.hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/bookstack/

There's a LinuxSever.io container for BookStack: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-bookstack

I'm using the docker-compose image from the linuxserver.io docker page, which is what is linked from Bookstack's website: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-bookstack

According to this issue using DB_Password instead of DB_PASS might work.

But check out BookStack if you haven't already. I might take a look at it. It has html instead of markdown if you want to have a look at the code part of the formatted content you made. I'm a bit more comfortable with html than markdown. Plus I like that I can give labels/tags and then search using them

It depends on the container you use, Most seem to provide guidance on what paths you'll need to mount as volumes. I know the linuxserver.io [1] container puts all required files into a single `/config` directory to mount.

[1] https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-bookstack/

Grab the docker-compose: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-bookstack#docker-compose-recommended

I highly recommend Rnote to anyone on Linux that misses the "hodgepodge" notetaking of apps like OneNote. It works like a dream on touchscreens and drawing tablets, with a surprising amount of configuration under the hood.

Also worth noting is Xournal, an older but similar project: https://xournalpp.github.io/

I've been using Xournalpp[1] for many years, highlighting books as I read them, adding in text/hand drawn annotations in whitespaces if necessary. Unlike other PDF readers/annotators, it saves a separate file, so the original PDF is untouched. It can also export the annotated PDF as a new PDF with highlights and annotations.

Obsidian[2] also has PDF support, where you can open a markdown document side by side with the PDF to take notes as you read. I think it also lets you highlight the PDF itself.

Emacs I think has a similar feature, via plugins/org-mode(?) to the Obsidian setup.

And of course your typical PDF reader probably has support for highlighting PDFs too, but I find them clunky and they save by exporting a PDF, which can be a bit heavy-handed IMO compared to just saving the annotations/highlights as a separate file as Xournalpp does.

[1]: https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/

Currently, I am trying to build a small open source NLP project for which I first find text on a page and then translate it; see the current project state here: https://github.com/PellelNitram/xournalpp_htr. The purpose of this project is to make handwritten text in Xournal++ searchable for all users.

[Xournal++](https://xournalpp.github.io/) is in my option the best handwritten note-taking software out there, because it has all the coolest features (like LaTeX snippets and shapes) and it's open source too, so make sure to check it out!