evernote2md VS paperless-ngx

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 steered a friend towards Paperless (and away from an LLM solution) as a way of searching/accessing GBs of architectural PDFs recently - so far, it’s apparently working well for them.

https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx

Paperless-ngx is a document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive so you can find your physical documents easier. With features such as tags, full text search, multi-user permissions system, this is a dream for those who like to keep an organized folder of files and documents.

Since last year I’ve been configuring and maintaining my homelab setup and it is just amazing.

I’ve learned so much about containers, virtual machines and networking. Some of the self hosted applications like paperless-ngx [1] and immich [2] are much superior in terms of features than the proprietary cloud solutions.

With the addition of VPN services like tailscale [3] now I can access my homelab from anywhere in the world.

The only thing missing is to setup a low powered machine like NUC or any mini PC so I can offload the services I need 24/7 and save electricity costs.

If you can maintain it and have enough energy on weekends to perform routine maintenance and upgrades. I would 100% recommend setting up your own homelab.

[1] https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/

This has been posted a few times already, but I cannot tell you how life changing Paperless NGX is for organizing PDFs. As someone who wrangles all of the insurance and bills for my house, this open source software is so damn good.

https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/

I maintain Bash script to quickly set it up locally on Linux with Podman. Give it a spin if you want to kick the tires.

https://github.com/jdoss/ppngx

Personally, I use https://github.com/joeyates/imap-backup to archive all my emails and then only keep them on the remote server for as long as I need to (basically until I read them and respond or download an attachment into https://docs.paperless-ngx.com )