Joplin stores its files inside a database. Obsidian stores all notes as individual plaintext Markdown files.
In the first instance, that's clearly more future-proof and robust - your notes are immediately available in any application without a layer of abstraction. You can't have a single file corrupt and destroy all your notes.
I vastly prefer it for that reason. I want to know these notes are still going to work fine in 10 years, and be easily accessible.
Oh thank god. I'm on the $10 plan and I wasn't using it on mobile because it's so easy to hit 1000 searches on desktop.
That limit is just something that always hangs around at the back of your mind and you had to keep remembering to use Google for currency or unit conversions etc.
Now I can just use Kagi 👍
Would https://anytype.io/ be a replacement? It's very new so you might not have heard of it. It's designed like Notion, but it might have everything you need.
If your needs are more simple, https://notesnook.com/ could be worth looking into.
Other FOSS options are Joplin and Logseq. I'm an Obsidian user myself; not FOSS but the storage format is completely open which is the most important to me.
That's what beeper.com does. It's also open source, but they handle running it for you.
But absolutely I agree that it doesn't remove WhatsApp from your life, and that's a pain point for me also when I'm working with services in Asia, who like Brasil predominantly work from WhatsApp.
If you don't like Beeper, you could try these guys who host a managed solution (means you don't have to deal with any issues), and let's you offer the service to others:
You can use a FOSS app at your end to chat with WhatsApp users, if this isn't something you're already aware of. Element.io plus a bridge. Beeper.com is a turnkey platform that sorts it all out for you.
It doesn't help replace WhatsApp as a platform, but perhaps it would suit you?
I've been using it for a couple of years with Google Drive on Windows, on a near-daily basis, with approximately 300GB across multiple vaults - some very large files, some very small text files (think Obsidian).
I have not encountered any errors / issues / lost data. I do frequently get a message where it tells me it can't lock the vault because it's still "in use", but I just Force Lock and go on with my day.
It's absolutely true though. I used to live in Kuala Lumpur, and there is one district called Cyberjaya where they removed all the trees. It was noticeably hotter than the surrounding districts from just that one change.
Such a what I would have thought innocuous change, but it made a massive difference in climate for that one area.
I have the $10/mo account but I'll disagree with @mrmanager@lemmy.today that it's worth the money.
Don't get me wrong I wouldn't go back to Google/DDG, but while I can afford Kagi's monthly cost I don't believe that everyone can, nor do I think it's an appropriate cost for a search engine.
I feel like I am an average search user, and I easily burn through 1000 searches a month. I'll possibly be upgrading to the $25/mo unlimited account.
If you're used to doing conversion searches like "100 USD in EUR", or "2.5g in oz", or even "20 * 12%" - you get charged for each of those. That doesn't seem so reasonable to me.
I need an engine where if I put something in quotes it appears on the site, visible to the human eye
I can confirm this works on Kagi:
How in the world is that 17%? TIL I also like unpopular movies.
I bought the aluminium and loved it so much I upgraded to the titanium. No regrets, although I can't say there's much difference except for the weight feels better.
I haven't used any other safety razors, but I can't imagine how anything could be better. It's so good I can shave with just cold water (no shaving cream) and it still comes out perfect.