evernote2md VS Joplin

Evernote was critically valuable for me but has degraded steadily and sadly for years now.

I began my Obsidian migration a few days ago and it's encouraging.

I found the evernote2md project on Github (https://github.com/wormi4ok/evernote2md) the best way to get from ENEX->md files with good resource references. Joplin wasn't getting it done.

If you want to import to obsidian, than all you need to do is export as ENEX and use this Tool to convert to MD. Then just move those new MD. Files into your obsidian vault folder.

I used this tool to convert the enex files to markdown files with preserving all tags: https://github.com/wormi4ok/evernote2md

I did it in 2 steps. Export all your notes from Evernote in a enex file. I used this tool to convert does files to markdown files https://github.com/wormi4ok/evernote2md

You can use the Obsidian app for free, completely offline if you wish, try importing one of your notebooks with a tool like https://github.com/dmuth/evernote-to-obsidian or https://github.com/wormi4ok/evernote2md and see what you think before committing more.

As I understand it, however, evernote has good OCR for pictures of physical highlights and after some quick googling found this tool for converting evernote files to markdown. This means you could theoretically create a similar workflow to the one in the video earlier but using evernote instead of zotero.

Try https://github.com/wormi4ok/evernote2md

One way could be to export Evernote notes to enex files and then convert them to Markdown using this tool.

I've had great success with using Joplin for this, with Syncthing as a sync backend. Works well across OSes; I use it on Linux, macOS, Windows and Android.

https://joplinapp.org/

The tools to manipulate SQL aren't that bad, no.

But rather than having a self explanatory markdown & flat file, now I have to start learning about the schema & making specific tools (in my preferred language) for manipulating Joplin's schema.

Suddenly I'm digging through 20 different technic specs to decode what data is where, how it works, and what I can do to it. Want to edit history? This is the best help you'll get, pray it's adequately technical to expedite you to your purpose: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/readme/dev/spec...

As I began with, I struggle to imagine anything that generates anywhere near as much user agency as flat files and markdown. Having boring common data & systems lets me apply portable skills I already have, rather than having to skill up in some particular product's own ecosystem.

Joplin is a good open source option too, feels more like the original Evernote in terms of UI/UX https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/

Joplin, an open source, extendable, Markdown-based hierarchical note-taking app: https://joplinapp.org/

It lets you choose a synchronization backend, offers applications for every major desktop and mobile OS (also has a terminal version). You can create notebooks and subnotebooks to organize your notes. You can also add tags for better search experience. I created notebooks for specific domains (work-related, home improvement, etc.) and also keep a "temp" for quick notes and W.I.P. snippets.

Its only con that it uses Electron on desktop which causes relatively slow start of the application.

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