Notes app

[freebooter]

I am looking for recommendations for notes apps. I have two use cases and they could use different apps or the same one.

The first use would be linux only and I would want it to save files locally.

The second would need to be cross platform, at least windows and linux. Hence, it would need to save files to a cloud service.

For the first usage in the past I have used Cherrytree notes and recently tried Zim but they both had a problem that the side bar was fixed width so page titles didn't fully display. The first use case would be quite simple and could be purely text but maybe being able to do simple embeds of pictures would be useful but probably not essential. I would prefer to have more features and formatting for the second usage.

There seem to be a lot of similar apps about, ie Joplin, Obsidian etc. Many look to be commercial with a fee for some features. A lot use electron which for some reason I usually try to avoid. Not sure why tbh

Any suggestions/recommendations?

 

[freebooter]

Thanks for for the suggestions but I think they both look a bit too complex for what I am looking for tbh.

 

[freebooter]

I realised I didn't reply to this. Firstly, thanks for the replies and suggestions.

The problems I was having with Cherrytree/Zim where I couldn't resize the sidebar seem to have solved themselves. Originally I tried again and again to try and 'grab' the divider as I couldn't believe it was fixed but I couldn't do it. I was running them in a VM on Bodhi linux so I tried on another full install of another distro and there I could resize the panel as expected. I thought it might be a problem with Bodhi but couldn't get any help on their discord. I tried again recently and found that it was now working. I don't know whether something was fixed in an update or whether it was user error in the first place. The mouse pointer barely changes when over the divider.

For the other usage I am thinking I will just stick to OneNote. I have looked at the alternatives and they all look overly complicated tbh. I don't have the time to learn how to use a complex new system just to take some notes. I did install qownnotes which is supposed to be a relatively simple markdown app but I couldn't make sense of it. Maybe I will find the time to learn it at some point but I think it makes sense to stick with the easier app at the moment.