Evernote

[lost-carrier]

Note taking and collaboration

[jcklpe]

Joplin

[jcklpe]

copying from a megathread issue someone made Standard Notes (https://github.com/standardnotes/) Joplin (https://github.com/laurent22/joplin) Boost Note (https://github.com/BoostIO/BoostNote.next) Turtl (https://github.com/turtl) Simplenote (https://github.com/Automattic)

[lost-carrier]

Thanks for your suggestions. However: I was doing some research as-well (ok - now over a year go) and found most of them to be more or less just simple markdown-editors. If sync was possible than mostly some WebDAV share - nothing even close to the collaboration features Evernote has (e.g. simply share a link to a note in Web-View etc., also user management / who has access to which note or note book).

My findings from that time:

• Standardnotes: nice-looking, but no collaboration, multiple notebooks or attachments
• Joplin: no collaboration, sync via webdav/syncthing/...
• Turtle: limited collaboration possible, and generally good concept, unfortunately UX wise a near total failure
• BoostNote.next looks interesting. appears to be a complete rewrite of what I've tested at that time. ...but cloud-hosted only?
• Simplenote: no selfhosting.

I had also checked the following:

• NextCloud Notes / ownNote: both installed as plugins but not quite there...
• Elephant (https://github.com/jusu/Elephant): no collboration, stopped development?
• Inkdrop (https://www.inkdrop.app): no selfhosting, no open source
• Notable (https://github.com/notable/notable): no collaboration
• Notion (https://www.notion.so/): no selfhosting, no open source

I'm currently stuck with Synology NoteStation/DS Note - not open source, but at least selfhosted and (collaboration-) feature-wise the closest I've found, but unfortunately it's also very limited in searching and does not scale well if you have huge amount of notes (e.g. 2000). Syncs with mobile apps not very reliable.

[lost-carrier]

Someone had a look into WizNote, yet? Selfhosting appears to be possible, but didn't find sources, yet. https://www.wiz.cn/docker

[jcklpe]

Does not appear to be open source from what I can tell.

[lost-carrier]

Short update:

• BoostNote.next: no selfhosting.
• WizNote: looks technically promsing, but still not mature enough for "production" (bit buggy). Lot's of untranslated Chinese. Selfhosting, but no open-source.

[lost-carrier]

...for completeness sake:

• Paperwork (https://github.com/paperwork): no desktop apps, and still under heavy development (said to be dead) (...credits to https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/id9r3z/wanted_selfhosted_apps/g27v62k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)

[lost-carrier]

• Trilium (https://github.com/zadam/trilium): nice, but no mobile apps.
• Overleaf (https://github.com/overleaf/overleaf): probably not what we want, but collaborative online Latex editor (screenshots look very nice)

[jcklpe]

Thanks @lost-carrier  these are some great additions. Really appreciate it too when people come back and update with new info :)

[matbrgz]

Outline https://www.getoutline.com/ https://github.com/outline/outline

[thecodrr]

Notesnook

https://github.com/streetwriters/notesnook/ https://notesnook.com/

[lost-carrier]

@thecodrr looks nice...

...selfhosting possible?

[thecodrr]

@lost-carrier it will be once we open source our sync server. The clients are 100% open source, though.

[ghost]

There are several open alternatives that could be considered as creative opposition to Evernote. For example, local-first apps, self-hosts, multi sync(webdav, dropbox, syncthing, standard notes or simple notes), multiple notebooks, tags and notes:

• AlephNote(https://github.com/Mikescher/AlephNote)
• Bangle-io(https://github.com/bangle-io/bangle-io)
• Nostr(https://nostr.com/clients)
• NVPython(https://github.com/Nikilicious09/NVPython)
• nvpy-gtk(https://github.com/khornberg/nvpy-gtk)
• BearBlog(https://bearblog.dev/)
• qnv(https://github.com/cajun-rat/qnv)
• Litewrite(https://github.com/litewrite/litewrite)
• GetSpringSeed(https://github.com/spsdco/notes)
• Notes(https://github.com/nuttyartist/notes)
• notes(https://github.com/spsdco/notes)
• Keepnote(https://github.com/mdrasmus/keepnote)
• qownnotes(https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes)
• TiddlyWiki5(https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5)
• volon(https://github.com/danielgolden/volon)
• notepad++(https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus)
• vscode(https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/)
• IvoryTea(https://github.com/amithmathew/IvoryTea)
• marktext(https://github.com/marktext/marktext)
• vscodium(https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium)
• cherrytree(https://github.com/giuspen/cherrytree)
• cryptee(https://github.com/cryptee/web-client)
• zim(https://github.com/zim-desktop-wiki/zim-desktop-wiki)
• dokuwiki(https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki)
• wikipad(https://github.com/WikidPad/WikidPad)
• nvpy(https://github.com/cpbotha/nvpy)