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How do you capture things quickly across devices in a self-hosted setup? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by oldany@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I’ve been struggling with something that sounds simple but is surprisingly annoying:

capturing content quickly across devices in a self-hosted environment.

On Android there’s share, on iOS shortcuts, on desktop copy/paste… but everything feels fragmented.

I often end up losing things or postponing them just because capturing isn’t frictionless.

Curious how others handle this.

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[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think a second brain service, like maybe Trilium that you can host, could be a solution. Capture, tag, link, analyse, find back

[–] oldany@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah I tried going the “second brain” route too (Trilium, Obsidian, etc.)

What I kept running into is that they’re great once something is already in the system — but capturing still feels like a separate step where you have to think about where it belongs.

I started wondering if capturing should be completely independent from organization, and almost “context-free”.

More like a thin layer you can hit instantly from anywhere, without deciding anything upfront.