I am currently using Trilium for my notes. But I am constantly annoyed by the mobile experience. What I want:

  • sync across devices from a central server (this is why I went with Trilium, as having a web client means there’s always the same notes everywhere)

  • native Android app with local storage so that I don’t have to log in just for looking up a single note (this is what annoys me most about Trilium, plus the UX on mobile)

  • web version (for use on PC)

I only need very basic markup, markdown support is enough. I don’t worry about security, as I run everything inside my own VPN.

Is there something like this out there? I always see people raving about Obsidian, but sync seems to really suck there. Using some folder sync is a no go for me.

  • tuxec@infosec.pubEnglish
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    1 day ago

    If privacy is important for you, https://anytype.io/ has E2EE (End-to-End Encryption). You can run your sync nodes also. Personally, I’ve used Roam Research, Doom Emacs, moved to Logseq, then Obsidian, back to Logseq and now I’m using Anytype for two years.

    Edit (hit post by mistake): The encryption part was not a must for me also, but then I started using my notes in my work laptop also and I didn’t want my notes stored in plain text on a computer which is not fully controlled by me. I’m mentioning it because over time you’ll have many, many notes and the transition from one tool to the other is very time consuming.