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What's a good note taking app? (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I might post this in some other spots if tech is the wrong place, but I was wondering what people use for a note taking app. I still have evernote, cuz I thought it was a good idea to have access to all my notes on all my devices, but they keep blowing me up with ads for their premium version and limit my number of notes. I want something that I can backup my notes, is free, and secure. I really only use my phone for notes nowadays, pls help

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

. I'm only letting it communicate on my home network

Can you tell me more about how this works?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I obviously can’t speak to @btfod’s exact setup, but I’m guessing they are running Nextcloud or Joplin Server on a server at their home. So notes only sync when they are on their home network.

How this works is you set up a computer with the syncing backend, and then in the Joplin app, for the sync destination you would put in the ip:port of the computer running the syncing backend.

So, if the ip address of the server is 192.168.42.14, and the port the sync service is using is 32954, then the sync/destination url would be http://192.168.42.14:32954

I’ve got Joplin server in a docker container on my server, and I set up a reverse proxy so my notes can sync/update remotely.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yup, self hosting Joplin Server via Docker, I have all my clients configured just like you say with server IP:port.

One day I need to figure out this reverse proxy stuff. I have a lot less free time to tinker than I used to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I use NGINX Proxy Manager for my reverse proxy, and once everything is set up it’s nice and easy to use/manage everything.

The biggest pain is setting up the dns stuff.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Sure, sorry for being vague. I'm selfhosting Joplin on a little Docker server. I'm not opening any holes in my firewall to let traffic reach it from the internet at large, nor am I employing a reverse proxy, VPN access, or any other method to reach it from the outside, so I can only sync my devices on my home network.