So I have been selfhosting my calendar and todo list on a local server for sometime now. I use thuunderbird’s tasks on my laptop and jtx board on my phone.
I see that jtx board has a journaling feature. It looks like maybe it is just for notes rather than a place to write self reflections. Is there something similar to this app in self hosting with a mobile and desktop component?
Something to think about, if it’s important to you. I went through this same journey. I had been using Day one, which is a beautiful app. But I began considering what would happen to those entries when I’m dead and gone. It’s important that my wife and kids can read through the years if the desire. That lead me in a search for something that has the most “future proof” journaling approach. Something that would still be easily readable without a bunch of exporting or conversion should the company go out of business.
Obsidian is one of many apps that at its core, is simple text files in folders on your local machine(s). As others have said you can self host rather than paying for their home grown sync solution. I’ve tried Joplin, Logseq, Trillium, Memos, and I’m sure there are others I’m forgetting. They have all had some level of dealbreaker for me. Like Logseq has a horrible android app. Memos stores entries inside a database, so not easily retrievable. And Joplin adds meta data to the contents of your text files as well as screwing up the file/folder names to something that isn’t human readable. So I’ve stuck with Obsidian. It’s not open source, but the file format is platform agnostic and can be read by just about any computer or mobile device made in decades.
That said, you won’t get the calendar features with dates/locations of photos like you mentioned unless someone has made a plugin for it.
I’ve been using this happily for a week now. Much easier to configure than I feared!
Sounds like livesync is a decent option, too, if you run a home server like me. But I believe some users have lost data so I’ve stuck with SyncThing-Fork for now. No battery life hit that I can see.
I’m sure syncthing works great for you but another option is Self Hosted Live Sync. It works for me as an iOS user who can’t use syncthing on my phone. It requires a server but given this b community it shouldn’t be a surprise.
I have been eyeing obsidian for some time.
Maybe Memos:
https://github.com/usememos/memos
Or as others mentioned Obsidian with Git or Syncthing or Livesync for multiple devices. It is extremely versatile.
Memos is a great idea because you can search tags and dates
What specific features are you looking for?
I like the calendar view of darium along with making map of photos you attach to entry.
