Any recommendations for a self hosted note taking app that runs on everything with a screen and is designed for multi device usage?

Also a modern, powerful and puristic UI would be a must have to compete with Keep.

I am looking for this app every now and then but am always disappointed by the choices.

I recently tried Joplin on Android, but was very dissatisfied with the usabilty.

The FOSS self hosted alternatives for smart home and porn are better than the commercial ones, can’t be that hard for notes, can it?

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Nextcloud notes is the easiest I have found.

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Honestly, the closest I have found is https://github.com/baggachipz/tinylist It looks like keep, can share and edit files with other people, which is something a lot of things are lacking and I use it extensively for that. Also, I don’t like the recommendations of using MD apps/files for a simple checklist/random notes app. That’s way too much for something this simple and I use Obsidian as well. But they serve much different purposes.

It allows you to host your own database for it, and there is a guide on it.

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No dockerhub image is a dealbreaker. Especially for Unraid

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Looks like you can host your own database and tie the web app to that. I’m going to try it later today with my unRAID server.

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This is awesome! Thanks!

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Was going to make the same suggestion. You can try it out at https://tinylist.app

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There’s also Benotes - https://github.com/fr0tt/benotes

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I’ve been using Logseq and syncing via syncthing, but you can sync with any file syncing service

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This is the way.

I’m using Logseq and syncthing across Windows, Linux and Android. Works well.

The TODO / DOING / DONE option works well for me for checklists and the on the fly linking is amazing.

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One of the main things I feel is missing is there doesn’t seem to be a way to view and track all tasks in all your pages, I generally like tasks to live with the relevant info rather than in the journals. Do you know if there’s a way to get something like that?

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Yes, look at the TODO / DOING (virtual) pages.

There’s also a Todo plugin (desktop version only at the mo), but I didn’t get on with it.

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this is my current solution; I use Obsidian to manage my notes and I sync the folder with Syncthing. I still use Google Keep though for its whiteboard tool; is there a better app for that?

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Have you tried the Excalidraw plugin for obsidian? This may be closer to what you’re looking for. Otherwise, would the canvas feature do what you need?

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Haven’t tried the whiteboard tool in Google keep (didn’t even know there was one), but the Excalidraw plugin for Obsidian should cover almost any whiteboard use case I can think of. A bit more limited but also good is the native Canvas plugin in Obsidian.

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