Joplin doesn’t seem fully FOSS.
Logseq seems nice but I won’t be able to hit it at notes.mydomain.works
What are good options? Ideally for keeping recipes and things
So I’m going to try Docmost https://github.com/docmost/docmost
It seems to be the closest thing to what I’m looking for and under a GPL3 license
+1 for docmost, I’ve been running it at home for nine months now. Very happy with the performance and feature set
you could selfhost AnyType, then if all devices are connected to the same WiFi they sync via P2P.
I find it even better than Notion in fact, because you can define any objects then do whatever you like with them.
What it lacks is the math stuff from tables unfortunately.
I don’t think the anytype apps are foss.
I liked AnyType but really missed having a browser-based application. I also had a hard time exporting my data out of AnyType.
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AFAIK Joplin is FOSS, but be aware that it’s markdown format is not compatible with… Markdown. Funnily enough.
That sounds less than ideal
I wrote a post a while ago comparing various wiki and wiki-adjacent offerings. I’ve settled on DokuWiki as it’s easy to host. The UI is dated (though I don’t think it’s outright ugly). The vanilla experience is a bit bare-bones but there’s a built-in GUI for searching and installing plugins. The only pain point I can foresee is upgrading and long-term management thanks to juggling so many plugins. If the newest version of the base software doesn’t play nice with a particular plugin, or if a plugin stops being developed, etc.
The ui is dated? Lol what?
I’ve been using HelixNotes and syncing between my devices via git pull/push on a private codeberg repo, but if you’re not familiar with git then syncthing and syncthing-android (assuming you have android) should work as well.
I absolutely love HelixNotes so far (been using it for a month or so).
I like NocoDB though the self-hosted version isn’t as complete as their hosted version. For my needs though it works quite well.
Maybe take a look at Outline. (Not affiliated, but I host it for myself.)
I also host KitchenOwl, but mostly just as a grocery list.
Outline doesn’t work as well as alternatives. There are bugs they are refusing to fix
For very simple notes, I use Memos. It doesn’t have whistles and bells, and it works great!
What about trillium, is it not fully open source? I’ve been using it for a while and I think it’s amazing
Maybe silverbullet will suit you better? It’s very flexible and programmable. The licence is MIT
Do you want database features? Or just markdown style note organization?
I’d be fine with just a good clean Markdown editor, if it has other bells and whistles that’s a bonus.
I’ve recently gotten really into HelixNotes, which I sync to my phone via Syncthing. And the developer is on Lemmy. They’ve been pushing a lot of updates so I’m excited to see where it goes.
Obsidian?
That’s not Open Source right?
Correct but all data is local and there are self host sync options
Visual Studio Code, with a syncing folder, a markdown plugin that suits you, and Claude Code to sort your notes for you. :-)
