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Yet another note taking recommendation needed (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 11 months ago by state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 11 months ago

I sync hundreds of gigs, (if not terabytes at this point) using Syncthing with errors on only one machine (it's running on 6 devices, including a VM). And those errors are of my own doing, not random Syncthing errors.

It's surprisingly robust these days, especially for a single-user notes.

I have an indexing job that runs on my server every 30 minutes, saving into a text file (it indexes my media folder, which is about 3TB of movies and TV shows).

Those text files sync to my phone when they've changed (so every 30 minutes). They're always up to date when I open them.

My phone also has jobs to continually sync my photos to home, an ad-hoc folder to my laptop, and about 25 other folder pairs (including NeoBackup) that sync under different conditions, without fail.

I'm currently testing Cherrytree using Sourcherry on Android and it seems to work fine as a single-user solution with Syncthing.