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submitted 1 week ago by Ostrogoth@jlai.lu to c/foss@beehaw.org

Hello all,

I'm looking for an alternative to my current notes app notally. It's a great app but I am only able to make to-do lists or plain text notes, and I can't combine both (like plain text with check boxes sometimes). I would like to automate some notes too so I think app with markdown support will allow me to do both.

What I'm looking for :

  • FOSS
  • Markdown support
  • Good looking with tiling view
  • SIMPLE, I already have Joplin for work purpose but it's too heavy, I want an app that opens instantly like google notes or apple notes (or notally lol).

Do you have some recommendations ?

Thanks a lot

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[-] kittenroar@beehaw.org 1 points 6 days ago

Obsidian supports markdown, but it isn't foss -- but it doesn't lock you in either

[-] solrize@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 week ago
[-] Ostrogoth@jlai.lu 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks for your suggestion, it looks great but no tiling view and I don't find it good looking...

[-] somegeek@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Forget about good looking man... What kind of requirement is that? Not taking app needs to be usable and functioning properly. Good looks is a pretty low priority...

[-] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago

Quillpad meets all your requirements. It's a great notes app

[-] Ostrogoth@jlai.lu 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Seems perfect, I'll have a look thanks !

EDIT : not so perfect, I can't check boxes in md files combining plain text and tasks lists ! wtf

[-] heliotrope@retrofed.com 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Markor is, by far, the best.

They did start accepting AI-generated contributions a while ago, but the latest release (2.16.1) is still clean.

In addition to Markdown docs and to-dos, it also supports Org-Mode, AsciiDoc, ZimWiki, todo.txt, and (of course) plaintext.

However, it does not have a tiled view.

[-] haverholm@kbin.earth 1 points 1 week ago

Isn't tiling just the OS split screen? You'll excuse the dumb question, I barely use multitasking features as it is.

[-] heliotrope@retrofed.com 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I thought OP meant being able to see notes arranged in a grid with text previews (á la Google Keep), rather than the usual filename list.

If it's multitasking tiling they want, then Markor does do that, as it supports multiple windows.

[-] Ostrogoth@jlai.lu 2 points 1 week ago

This is what I mean, I find this view more modern ! Thanks for your suggestion.

[-] bobslaede@feddit.dk 5 points 1 week ago
[-] araneae@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago

Markor makes you pick a title before you can type and the quick notes feature doesn't quite ameliorate the issue for me so I specifically went looking for the same and found one called Markleaf on F Droid that does what I want. It has a nice tagging feature.

[-] Ostrogoth@jlai.lu 2 points 1 week ago

It looks perfect but I don't find how to make tiling/grid view ? I enable it in settings but nothing happened.

[-] araneae@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm a dunce who doesn't read OP and just wants to be part of the conversation, here is my dunce hat

That's not a feature I've personally used, sorry!

[-] guillem@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

For me the golden standard for "simple" are Fossify and SecUSo. You can find all their apps on F-Droid.

I haven't tried their specific apps for notes, so I'm not sure about the bullet points 2 and 3 but maybe they are worth a try.

[-] RmDebArc_5@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago
[-] Ostrogoth@jlai.lu 3 points 1 week ago

This is the only one that allow me to check boxes in lists after creating combined notes ! Thanks !

[-] TheKaul@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Does Joplin really take a long time to start up compared to the rest? I just got it downloaded and synced with my server yesterday and so far it opens up almost instantly every time.

[-] Ostrogoth@jlai.lu 3 points 1 week ago

I mean, it takes only 3 seconds to open lol but it feels like it's not designed to take notes on-the-go like groceries lists.

[-] somegeek@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

Markor is pretty neat.

[-] benjirenji@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

I use Logseq for this, but it's probably a bit heavy for you. I sync it via git with other devices.

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