"Your account will be permanently closed" -- my reasons for leaving Evernote as a loyal user since 2011

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/Evernote

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  • yarle

    Yarle - The ultimate converter of Evernote notes to Markdown

  • I then used a 3rd-party tool called YARLE (Yet Another Rope Ladder from Evernote) to convert each .ENEX file into a folder of .md files and a folder of linked attachments.

  • obsidian-importer

    Obsidian Importer lets you import notes from other apps and file formats into your Obsidian vault.

  • NOTE: I'm happy to share my YARLE configuration settings if anyone wants. Edit--Obsidian does offer an official and easy-to-use Importer plugin built on YARLE, but I found it doesn't offer the same depth of customizations with export note behaviors and sanitation tools.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • obsidian-ReadItLater

  • Web Clipping using ReadItLater: Allows me to paste the contents of media (article, video, text snippets, etc.) from my clipboard directly into my vault.

  • obsidian-omnivore

    Obsidian plugin to fetch articles and highlights from Omnivore

  • Email Clipping using Omnivore: Using a free, open-source, read-it-later app called Omnivore, I forward any clip-worthy email to the forwarding address from Omnivore and the email shows up in Obsidian when the plugin is run.

  • obsidian-periodic-notes

    Create/manage your daily, weekly, and monthly notes in Obsidian

  • Daily Journaling using Periodic Notes and Calendar: These enable me to maintain my daily journaling habit that I had in Evernote and add a visual view using the Canvas plug-in and powerful templates for habit tracking.

  • obsidian-calendar-plugin

    Simple calendar widget for Obsidian.

  • Daily Journaling using Periodic Notes and Calendar: These enable me to maintain my daily journaling habit that I had in Evernote and add a visual view using the Canvas plug-in and powerful templates for habit tracking.

  • obsidian-omnisearch

    A search engine that "just works" for Obsidian. Supports OCR and PDF indexing.

  • Mobile Document Scanning using QuickScan iOS app and OCR search with Omnisearch and Text Extractor: I was a power user of the Scannable app by Evernote for capturing scans of receipts and documents, so moving on from this was going to be tough. But QuickScan has the same functionality (OCR scanning) and has quick outputs to where my scans are stored in my Obsidian folder. Using Omnisearch, searching my scans feels just as intuitive and snappy as what Evernote used to feel like for me.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • obsidian-text-extractor

    A (companion) plugin to facilitate the extraction of text from images (OCR) and PDFs.

  • Mobile Document Scanning using QuickScan iOS app and OCR search with Omnisearch and Text Extractor: I was a power user of the Scannable app by Evernote for capturing scans of receipts and documents, so moving on from this was going to be tough. But QuickScan has the same functionality (OCR scanning) and has quick outputs to where my scans are stored in my Obsidian folder. Using Omnisearch, searching my scans feels just as intuitive and snappy as what Evernote used to feel like for me.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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