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Think fearlessly with end-to-end encrypted notes and files. For issues, visit https://standardnotes.com/forum or https://standardnotes.com/help.
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Joplin
Joplin - the secure note taking and to-do app with synchronisation capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
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logseq
A local-first, non-linear, outliner notebook for organizing and sharing your personal knowledge base. Use it to organize your todo list, to write your journals, or to record your unique life.
Notesnook & Standard Notes Ticks 1/2/3/5, however Standard Notes can email you your notes if you want to back them up, extremely restricted free tier which I found useless because it only allows for plain text, no markdown or rich text. Unlimited notes for plain text though.
Obsidian & Joplin Ticks 1/2/3/4/5 but Obsidian is closed-source but nonetheless it is a trusted privacy friendly app and you can use it while having it blocked by your firewall. You can test both and see which one you like really, its down the personal preference, I like Obsidian because of how minimalist it is. Joplin saves locally which you can share over GDrive or any other cloud provider if you like. Obsidian has a 'remotely-save' plugin (all plugins are FOSS) that allows you to store encrypted backups and keep them in sync on several cloud providers of your choice or even S3.
Notesnook & Standard Notes Ticks 1/2/3/5, however Standard Notes can email you your notes if you want to back them up, extremely restricted free tier which I found useless because it only allows for plain text, no markdown or rich text. Unlimited notes for plain text though.
Obsidian & Joplin Ticks 1/2/3/4/5 but Obsidian is closed-source but nonetheless it is a trusted privacy friendly app and you can use it while having it blocked by your firewall. You can test both and see which one you like really, its down the personal preference, I like Obsidian because of how minimalist it is. Joplin saves locally which you can share over GDrive or any other cloud provider if you like. Obsidian has a 'remotely-save' plugin (all plugins are FOSS) that allows you to store encrypted backups and keep them in sync on several cloud providers of your choice or even S3.
Crypt.ee Ticks 1/2/3/5 of your requirements However free tier only has 100MB storage which might be enough for a journal, it also has the best rich text editor of them all, would highly recommend.
I use Logseq (Github) for privacy and because it's free and open source