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Joplin alternative? (feddit.it)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I use Joplin and I do like it very much, but I would like to be able to at least view (not edit) the notes from web browser... Which is not supported.

Are there good alternatives that are:

fully open source
have android client
have web client or viewer
can be synched VOA WebDAV or native method

I can also settle for a Joplin web viewer of sorts!

UPDATE: i opened up a can of worms. I would have never tought there would be so many tools for this task, and so many different shades of how it can be done. Even excluding ALL the non-truly-FOSS solutions out there, there are still tons of tools with good points and bad points. Of course, NONE fits my bill so i will spin mine… Joking, i have no time for that.

Using joplib-webview feels too much. Spinning containers just for that meh. Will try tough. The joplin .md files are only "sync" files, from which yo ucan probably extract the notes. But that would be not the best idea. Maybe some kind of link to Joplin terminal would be the way forward. I will see.

I will stay on Joplin, it's the closest i could find to what i need, the only lacking is a web viewer, which i can live without for the time being after all.

Thank you all, and to anybody still chiming in!

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Good point, been using it for years, but trying to get rid of NextCloud that, while being an amazing tool, is overkill for my use case.

Migrated to a WebDAV server, Card/CalDAV server and Joplin. So far so good, but missing the ease to access notes from web too for a quick glance when on a PC (for example, to copy&paste some stuff) without installing the desktop app (work PC or friend's PC).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No offense but if you're using at least three things nextcloud provides I'm not so sure it's overkill.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Good observation... Let's say NextCloud is a heavyweight and after many years its time to explore alternatives?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Maybe. I found that using redis, the php cache, and disabling unused apps (like photos) sped it up. Personally it just provides a lot to me and is only one thing to manage.

Great for my use case. Maybe not anymore for yours but food for thought. Good luck on whatever you choose. Lot of good programs recommended here.