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?

 

[Cromulent]

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?

I've been playing around with Emacs and Org mode.

Org Mode

Org-mode. Complex so you don't have to be. A versatile organisational system with immense capabilities.

orgmode.org

You can save it to a cloud drive (I'm using Google Drive) and it works on Windows, Linux, and macOS (as well as others). The advantage of going with Emacs is that it is free and open source plus it is incredibly powerful with what you can do with it.

 

[Throrik]

Vimwiki and version control is my method now. Markdown is nice and easy.

 

[freebooter]

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

 

[Cromulent]

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

If you want an easier option Joplin is what I used before and I've heard a lot of good things said about Obsidian.

 

[Throrik]

I have used Obsidian with the exact mechanism above for sync, aka version control - and even something like iCloud/Onedrive across platform, I had them sync to my iPad via iCloud for a long time. But it's Electron based, in fairness felt like as decent as any electron based app can be, similar to VS Code. I'm with you on the anti-electron app though.