Yes, I know that the are dozens of notes apps. I’m looking for recommendations based on a few features that I like:

  • nice design (including color coding)
  • easy checklists
  • sharing - this one is key. I use a shared shopping list and we both need to add and edit.
  • pinning and archiving (hidden notes)

I don’t mind running it from my homelab server, but that is not a requirement. Does anyone use a notes app that you love? Let me know!

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
    11·
    11 days ago

    I just use NextCloud Notes. Categories are just sub folders, so you can create a Shared category and just share it in Nextcloud.

    • SteveDinn@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      9 days ago

      I wish the web interface let you sort the sub categories both ways. I have a series of subcategories of Year/month that I’m using as a journal and the longer I keep writing, the further have to scroll down :/

  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
    354·
    11 days ago

    “I WANT ALL THE CLOUD THINGS RIGHT NOW FOR FREE AND I REFUSE TO COMPROMISE 🦶🦶🦶🦶”

    That’s what these requests read like.

    Look, these people have a product with a good UI and sharing for a reason. Anything else you find that doesn’t hit that mark is because of that. Make concessions for what you really need, build your own, or continue stomping around about it.

    • MudMan@fedia.io
      31·
      11 days ago

      Or, you know, they could keep using Google Keep.

      There’s a corner of the FOSS community that is all like “you should jump ship on literally any software that is not clean and pure of corporate interests” but also “can’t blame FOSS software for not being good unless you’re in the process of making your own”. It’s… kinda confusing.

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      93·
      11 days ago

      I pay for all of the software that I use, and encourage others to do so as well. That’s not what this is at all. Pretty much the opposite effect.

      • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
        61·
        11 days ago

        I paid for Evernote for years, got a double helping of enshitification.

        I pay for Google Workspace. They will Play eventually sunset keep even though I pay for their services because that’s just what they do.

        If you don’t host it yourself, they can and will take it away from you.

        • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          31·
          11 days ago

          Yep. You can pay with your data, you can pay a corporation, or you can pay open source developers directly.

          If someone can’t afford to pay, or doesn’t believe in it, that’s fine, and that’s part of what open source is, which is amazing. But if you’re in a position to support foss developers, and they created something useful for you, I think it’s the least we can do.

    • masterofn001@lemmy.caEnglish
      121·
      11 days ago

      Yell louder while providing nothing useful to say.

      Things exist. Things you may not know about.

      Questions exist.

      They are used to ask questions.

      There’s only one person stomping around in this post. It isn’t OP.

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      21·
      9 days ago

      Thank you! This is very helpful. I didn’t see these but Lemmy search is sort of broken for me right now.

        • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
          1·
          11 days ago

          Ahhh, OK. Maybe I’ll give it another try. Was debating on contributing a sync PR (I made OwnNote back in the day for Owncloud so know the method for Nextcloud pretty well), but the lack of an issue tracker worries me.

    • Radioactive Butthole@reddthat.comEnglish
      5·
      10 days ago

      Basically unmaintained at this point until they release the DB version “some day”. And you’re delusional if you think they can maintain both versions at the same time. They can’t even update the current production version that they already have without focusing all their efforts on a new app that hasn’t been released yet.

      • t_378@lemmy.oneEnglish
        1·
        9 days ago

        Am I crazy? I’m seeing a github page with commits from 6 days ago. When you unmaintained what do you mean, like no new features?

        • Radioactive Butthole@reddthat.comEnglish
          1·
          9 days ago

          Almost all of those are for the database release, not the production release.

          Even if they are for the current production release was last April. Considering the buggy mess their product is, that’s kind of unacceptable for an app that is supposed to hold your entire lifes data.

      • bitwolf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        10 days ago

        They’re adding a database to back it?

        That’s off putting, I liked its simplicity, and it’s being open source.

          • bitwolf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            10 days ago

            Same page as you. I found Obsidian but deferred to Logseq instead for two reasons:

            • Open source
            • The block editor

            But seeing this post reaffirms I should find an alternative. They want collaborative features, etc. That roadmap is very different from what I was wanting out of a “second brain”.

            I have already been considering switching back to Obsidian and pairing it with Quartz for publishing.

            AnyType seemed close as well, but it has a ton of features I wouldn’t use and it’s not clear to me how I could generate a website from it.

    • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
      1·
      11 days ago

      Wait, you use Tasks as Notes? I use this app for tasks and the Nextcloud Notes app for notes. Do you just make a task with no due date?

  • paradox2011@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    11 days ago

    You might like Blinko. It seems similar to Keep to me. I set it up for awhile, but it didn’t give me anything beyond what I already have with Joplin, so couldn’t justify keeping it or transitioning to it. Here’s a video from DB Tech on the set up process: Self-host Blinko with docker

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      32·
      11 days ago

      Wow, this has some neat features and it looks great on any size screen. I will be following this for sure

      • paradox2011@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        11 days ago

        Development is pretty rapid too. I didn’t track the features on the updates, but new versions were getting pushed regularly. No mobile app which was kind of a bummer, but the progressive web app integration was pretty good. It felt like a mobile app.

        Edit: I forgot to mention the note sharing function, it shares a URL of the note that allows the recipient to view and edit the note through the URL. It was a little janky when compared with sharing a note between two users using themselves app, but it still worked pretty decently.

    • dorkdad@feddit.onlineEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      This is the best answer and should be much higher. It’s the closest thing to Google Keep with the features OP wants.

    • Dangerhart@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      9 days ago

      Does this reorganize the task list when checked or treat it as vanilla mark down?

            • Dangerhart@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              9 days ago

              Thanks, I gave it a quick try, the only things missing from keep are a home screen widget and custom ordering of tiles, lots of promise

              • Father_Redbeard@lemmy.mlEnglish
                2·
                9 days ago

                Yeah, it’s not perfect. I’ve noticed that when making a task list/checkbox note that you can’t delete the line. Sure you can go and edit the contents of that line, but even if you delete all text, the line with a checkbox remains. Kind of annoying, particularly when I accidentally create another checkbox and have nothing to put in it. it’s just an empty line and checkbox sitting there mocking me. You can still mark it complete of course, but it kinda makes my eye twitch. :)