I use qownnotes in combination with nextcloud. Supports mark down, git like history and syncing with the nextcloud notes app, which you can also use on your phone.
I'd try anytype too, it's a lot of stuff and almost out of beta. It seems pretty good
I’ve tried about everything and landed on Workflowy and love it. Simple, fast, excellent for organizing.
Logseq is my go to. It can be as simple or complex as you want, and it's open source under AGPL 3.0 which is really important to me.
Not a great direct alternative, but rnote is pretty good
Zettlr.
Create a folder, put markdown files in it, sync* and backup* the folder however you like and edit the files with whatever you like*.
Within my folder I have a daily journal - start each day with a list of what I hope to achieve today and make notes throughout the day as I progress on those tasks. The next day that journal becomes something I'lll refer back to in the morning to decide what to do next. Depending on the project - weekly or monthly might be more suitable than daily. Or maybe something else entirely.
I also have folders an files for longer term tasks.
If you want to collaborate, make a second folder and choose a sync platform you can all agree on.
(* I use GitHub for Sync, Backblaze B2 for backup, and Visual Studio Code for editing, with extensions for markdown and making GitHub a little easier... specifically GitDoc for auto-commit/push/pull and Markdown All in One for formatting/etc. Also Copilot is handy for some note taking tasks. The "foam" extension mentioned here looks like it might be great too)
Creating a TiddlyWiki is also an alternative. Especially to Obsidian
If you're looking for touch/stylus compatibility I highly recommend the Excalidraw plugin for Obsidian.
I dunno if this is weird or what but personally I can't stand markdown editors. It's 2023 and Microsoft Word is a fairly polished thing that I expect replicated in some way in my note taking app.
Currently I'm using Notion and it's pretty nice. Free for students too which is great.
I was using Wiki.js which was nice but a bit clunky and I ran into a few showstopper bugs that I couldn't bother fixing.
@Maxcoffee that's understandable. My boss also hates Markdown. It's not for everyone. I like how lightweight it is, how many things support it, the inline formatting, portability, etc.
Like I said though, it's definitely not for everyone.
My biggest pet peeves is partial support for markdown.
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