I want to start taking more personal notes, what do y'all use for taking and organizing notes?
What I'm looking for:
- FOSS
- Linux and Android apps
- Saves to plaintext files so I can use Syncthing
- easy management with folders, tags, search, etc
- built-in todo/kanban/project management features would be nice
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Obsidian is pretty damn good.
Seems to not be FOSS ๐
Oh dang I thought the source code was public.
It seems to me like they attempt to appear that way, the have a lot of their docs and stuff on github and link to it from their main site, but the actual application code is not there
Yeah looks like they have a plugin API and a private codebase.
Doesn't do any of the last bullet point but Zim works well for this, usable on Android w markor. Turtl also worth a look
Hey, I might be able to help you here. I write all my notes in markdown, so it stays readable on any device and platform. On Linux and Windows there is VNote which is open-source https://github.com/vnotex/vnote. On Android - also open source - you can use Markor. Very simple and effective for small touch devices (I have even used it on E-Readers).
VNote has the advantage of opening a large amount of tabs from multiple notebooks, on multiple workspaces, all helping you stay organized. It also holds advanced features such as regex-search. Over time, I also customized it with keyboard shortcuts for global search and tab navigation so it feels more like a browser. It does some Markdown rendering while you type (text size, color), as well as it offers a built-in html viewer, applying latex formulas etc. all at the press of a button.
Yes Markor is awesome, I also have used Zim in the past.
I don't use note taking apps very much, but if you haven't chosen one yet, take a look on this one 

Notesnook by Streetwriters LLC
Notesnook | Open source & zero knowledge private note taking app
Express yourself with freedom, no spying, no tracking โ only private notes. Unlike Evernote and other note apps, your data is private โ not ope...