Writing down what I do – in Obsidian

• Joplin

  771 42,770 9.9 TypeScript

  Joplin - the secure note taking and to-do app with synchronisation capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

My only two frustrations with otherwise brilliant Joplin is the sync and (lack of encryption).

Encryption: data isn't encrypted at rest. The author seems to be quite dismissive of the idea: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/289

But then it's advertised as "end-to-end encryption" but that only refers to data being encrypted while it sits on a sync point. Perhaps within the definition of end-to-end, but might give people the idea that the data is encrypted from the time they enter it.

Sync: I set it to up sync so S3 so I could have mobile and desktop notes in sync.

If I create or edit a quick note, it doesn't get synced automatically!

• syncthing-android

  1,233 3,025 9.2 Java

  Wrapper of syncthing for Android.

  

Does anyone have any experience with Joplin[0] as an alternative? I'm looking into using SyncThing + Joplin to create a sort of 'networked personal brain', I was looking at Obsidian, but the arguments on why they chose not to go FOSS are pretty weak, so I'm looking at using Joplin instead.

[0] https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/

[1] https://syncthing.net/

[2] https://obsidian.rocks/why-isnt-obsidian-open-source/

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• logseq

  544 29,702 9.9 Clojure

  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.

  

Doesn't Joplin store all notes in a SQLite DB?

I'd recommend looking into Logseq[0], it's free and open source and stores all notes on disk as Markdown. I version my notes with Git, but Syncthing will also work.

[0] https://logseq.com/

• plugin-templates

  3 150 7.0 TypeScript

  Create templates in Joplin and use them to create new notes and todos.

  

• joplin-plugin-note-link-system

  3 138 0.0 TypeScript

  A complete Link System for Joplin. Referrer(aka. backlink), Quick Link, Copy Anchor, Hover To Preview, and much more feature

• Trilium Notes

  278 25,378 9.6 JavaScript

  Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes

• litestream

  165 9,964 7.5 Go

  Streaming replication for SQLite.

I'm using Syncthing with NotePlan and Caddy in a similar way, it should be doable as long as Joplin can sure individual files.

Here's how I do it: https://notes.alinpanaitiu.com/How%20I%20write%20this%20blog...

If you want to sync an SQLite DB of articles instead, you can also do that with Litestream: https://litestream.io

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• remotely-save

  39 3,021 9.4 TypeScript

  Yet another unofficial Obsidian plugin allowing users to synchronize notes between local device and the cloud service. Supports S3, Dropbox, OneDrive, webdav.

  

There's a community plugin called "Remotely Save"[0], which allows you to sync your data on s3-like services. I use this with Backlaze's 10gb free plan.

It took a minute to set up but runs without any issues for me.

[0] https://github.com/remotely-save/remotely-save

• marktext

  73 44,592 4.9 JavaScript

  📝A simple and elegant markdown editor, available for Linux, macOS and Windows.

  

I have used syncthing + marktext[0] and or ghostwriter[1] depending on the content of my notes. For a daily journal I like to use ghostwriter as it has almost no distraction and it forces me to focus. It just got shifted over to being maintained by the KDE team and I really enjoy it.

I liked marktext over joplin for similar reasons. But I am probably a little overzealous in my search for distraction free note taking. I assume joplin provides more feature sets, I just happened to want less features for what I do on a day to day.

[0]https://github.com/marktext/marktext

• ghostwriter

  14 4,191 9.0 C++

  Text editor for Markdown

  

• advanced-tables-obsidian

  31 1,974 5.9 TypeScript

  Improved table navigation, formatting, and manipulation in Obsidian.md

There are plugins like improved tables ( https://github.com/tgrosinger/advanced-tables-obsidian ) which make markdown tables quicker to write up.

• dotfiles

  16 11 7.3 Shell

  My dotfiles (by peteryates)

I tried vimwiki for a while but I found I used a tiny subset of its functionality and couldn't get it to respect my choice of syntax highlighting for markdown. It set me off in the right direction though.

The fact that it's _just_ a directory full of markdown files allowed me to easily migrate to my own home-grown setup that reimplements the three keybindings I actually used.

https://github.com/peteryates/dotfiles/blob/master/nvim/.con...

• obsidian-template

  3 427 6.0 Python

  Starter templates for Obsidian

• cm-typewriter-scroll-obsidian

  2 143 0.0 TypeScript

  Typewriter Scroll Obsidian Plugin

• diaryman

  8 28 2.8 Shell

  Lazy (wo)man's CLI diary manager

For the unix fundamentalist out here:

https://github.com/Aperocky/diaryman/blob/master/diaryman.sh

I had this little script aliased from shell, whenever I type `diary` it creates/open the current days' note file in vim.

• obsidian-sample

  1 1 10.0

  A sample notebook that shows how my notes are organized

I haven't updated it recently, but this should give you a starting point: https://github.com/ytechie/obsidian-sample

There are some challenges with duplication, and I either keep my own version (focused on what I need to know about it), or I just have a link to the other system.

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