Features for the note taking app detailed in this guide include:
- Self-hosted
- Private
- Built to last
- Low maintenance
- Access in one place & from any device (Obsidian charges for this feature)
- Versioning
- Zero vendor lock-in
- Extendable (eg. passing text-embedded notes to AI)
Not saved as Markdown files, but in a database. I prefer editing my own files when I need to. I prefer Silverbullet.
And they claim “zero vendor lock-in”.
Exporting your content from whatever weird format they’re using in the DB isn’t exactly making the switch easy.
I already keep notes in markdown format but didn’t know of Silverbullet.
I reject Obsidian and Joplin because they’re based on electron but it looks like it’s not the case for Silverbullet. Don’t know if these even support markdown tbh.
I’ll need to look into it further, looks really nice!
Are there not already about a zillion of these?
Yes. Enjoy 30 minutes of unhinged (but logical and highly enjoyable) ranting about this, if you care to:
I’ll take Joplin instead! It’s FOSS!
I tried Joplin for a while but dropped it, too simple. Also tried Trilum, which I liked more but it’s still a very young project.
Eventually, my Obsidian vault will go there, but not just yet.
Check out Trilium Next! It’s under more active development after development on the original project stopped.
Yes, Joplin achieves everything this proposal does and more.
Looks like https://docs.numerique.gouv.fr/home/ except that one is backed by two governments.
Vim + vimwiki is what I use, with session saving plugin. That is all I need. For syncing, I use either git or syncthing.
Thanks for sharing OP. If I could find a selfhostable Notepad++ I’d be in high cotton. It ticks all the boxes I need.
