stingle-photos-android VS Joplin

Stingle Photos (version 2.11.0): Stingle Photos is a secure, end-to-end encrypted gallery and sync app

Also remembered, you have Stingle Photos too.

It's basically a backend server for Stingle.

c2FmZQ surely has a terrible name but I guess it ticks all of your points otherwise. It is a fork of Stingle. I only see one issue: while the Android app is available with selfhosting patches, you probably would have to update and build the iOS app by yourself.

I used it years ago. Now I use Stingle.

Try Stingle, The most private E2EE cloud storage( photos + vids only) that I have personally known. They even provide 1GB storage for free.

You can use Stingle Photos (Website, App Store), they offer 1GB free backup and unlimited (or limited to device capacity) photo encryption. Their servers are in the US but you don't have to use them if you only encrypt

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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