ocis VS Joplin

I found a way to do this : just copying the data over WebDAV using rclone (https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/blob/b2323752289d31c4844f36ef71a2ba531bd749c2/docs/ocis/guides/migrate-data-rclone.md)

According to the README[1] on their source repository, that is, flatly, untrue.

They say:

> We are very happy that oCIS does not require a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) as it is Apache 2.0 licensed. We hope this will make it easier to contribute code. If you want to get in touch, most of the developers hang out in our rocket chat channel or reach out to the ownCloud central forum.

They also say:

> Some builds of stable ownCloud Infinite Scale releases provided by ownCloud GmbH are subject to an End User License Agreement.

Which seems both reasonable and sensible...

[1](https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/tree/master)

ownCloud recently released version 3 of ownCloud Infinite Scale (OCIS), which is completely rewritten in Go (which means it's fast) and uses micro-services instead of a PHP monolith. It doesn't have any features like mail/calendar/contacts/chat/etc.. yet, just file sync (but that's all I'm looking for).

This feature request (https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/issues/6558) aims to implement mind-mapping functionality in a free Open Source Software similar to Google Drive called ownCloud Inifite Scale (oCIS).

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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