Sunshine@piefed.zip to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months agoWhat are the best foss note taking apps?message-squaremessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up175arrow-down1message-squareWhat are the best foss note taking apps?Sunshine@piefed.zip to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square58linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefinalaccountforreal@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoAre the notes stored in plain text files or in a database? Is it possible / easy to edit the notes with an external program?
minus-squaremimavox@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoThey’re stored in a database, which is why I prefer Obsidian instead.
minus-squareGhoelian@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoObsidian isn’t foss unfortunately
minus-squareEvilschnuff@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoBut at least not US made, it’s Canadian.
minus-squareclif@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoBut silverbullet.md IS foss. Very similar to Obsidian, but F/OSS. It also stores your files in .md files in a directory hierarchy on the file system - very easy to backup.
Are the notes stored in plain text files or in a database? Is it possible / easy to edit the notes with an external program?
They’re stored in a database, which is why I prefer Obsidian instead.
Obsidian isn’t foss unfortunately
But at least not US made, it’s Canadian.
But silverbullet.md IS foss. Very similar to Obsidian, but F/OSS. It also stores your files in .md files in a directory hierarchy on the file system - very easy to backup.
You can do both iirc