I currently use Joplin but I find it’s a bit too over-engineered with many features I don’t use. For me the best note taking app would:

  • Be FOSS
  • Sync over NextCloud / webDAV
  • Support kind of formatting (markdown for example)
  • Have ability to create check box lists
  • Be lightweight and fast to open
  • Have ability to set remainders and alarms (if possible)
  • [if possible] as either a windows desktop client or a web client or interface to access notes from work

Now depending on how I like the software, I may change a bit my habits and drop some of those requirements if the soft please me and I find workaround or drop the feature (for example an automated backup can replace NextCloud stuff and I don’t use that much the work computer to access notes, so if it’s good and I can share the note manually by mail or so, I can live with it).

So feel free to share what you use.

  • @BurnoutDVEnglish
    3•3 days ago

    Just use the Nextcloud notes app? It does markdown, technically it only edits md files in the notes folder. But markdown means lists

    Edit :but alarms seems to be a no, you could use task.org if you got a Nextcloud anyway, checkboxes seem to not work as ‘[ ]’ but should

    Edit 2: apparently I was too stupid to type properly, it does have checkboxes

    Desktop: https://imgur.com/a/uBRibEG Mobile: https://imgur.com/a/fuljOtB

    Not so sure about best but it does work kinda like you want to