What’s the best note-taking app currently out there? (lemmy.world)

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Looking for a note-taking app, preferably that I could use straight from a browser. I’m currently using Standard Notes. Not sure if that one is any good, but E2EE and open-source which at least checks those boxes. I don’t store anything too sensitive and I don’t need a whole bunch of features, though I suppose I’d use them if they were available.

I’m honestly not too picky but maybe discussion here could help someone else out who may be looking for the same thing with higher expectations? I’ll switch over to a better option if there’s something considerably better.

Thanks in advance

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[-] wrath-sedan@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago

I kind of love note taking apps so I can rundown a few:

Logseq (FOSS, can technically run in a browser but it’s very limited and literally called “demo”)
Obsidian (not FOSS but local md first, very mature and a huge community)
Joplin (FOSS and probably general go-to for cross-platform open source notes in general but is a bit of a memory hog)
StandardNotes (you already described this one)
notesnook (very new offering probably most similar to SN but I don’t know)
AnyType (also very new and striving for more of a Notion-like experience but I think still needs time to mature)

I use Logseq most often, although I prefer Joplin on mobile. Obsidian and Logseq are more “personal knowledge management” and may be overkill for simple note-taking, plus I feel they are a little bloated on mobile. Honestly not sure which ones work in a browser, but I agree that’s a feature I’d like more of. All of these though I believe are cross-platform so should be usable on mobile or desktop.

[-] janAkali@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Joplin (FOSS and probably general go-to for cross-platform open source notes in general but is a bit of a memory hog)

This comment describes my frustration with modern software.
How could a note taking app be a memory hog? You could type out a whole War and Piece and it shouldn't take more than couple megabytes to store it.

[-] joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Agree, my guess is the electron wrapper. Easy way to go multi platform but comes with its own iceberg size cargo. Happy Joplin user tho

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