Notes taking app

infamousbelgian@waste-of.space to Selfhosted@lemmy.world – 72 points –

I'm looking for a good notes taking app to replace The Bad Ones like Evernote.

I want to have the content available over multiple devices (iOS app if possible) and preferably also a web editor.

Any ideas?

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Does this work similar to Syncthing where it syncs the markdown files to the local file system? If so, that’s definitely helpful, but I’m trying to avoid saving/storing my personal notes on my work laptop. I’d rather access them through a web interface and avoid local storage (in certain use cases). Another example is where people can’t install custom software on work computers, so it’s helpful to have a non-Obsidian way to edit the files for those times.

Not being able to install local apps is a valid issue. But if you are really concerned about a work laptop, I wouldn't trust something just because it's web based. Depending on the company, they can access that data if they really wanted to just alomst as easily as a file on disk.

I host a copy of Obsidian on my server, and I can access it through a reverse proxy. There isn't any authentication though, so you have to use something like Authelia.

Do you mean that you use a VNC connection to access your server UI? Or is there a way to host Obsidian as a true web app?

It's VNC, but it's included in the docker image I use, so nothing extra other than adding authentication in front of it.

It just stores them to the folder you choose as a vault for your notes. I have seen people put their vaults on a USB stick which they encrypt for security.

No web version of Obsidian as far as I know. Have you tried SimpleNote?