Are there good selfhosting note-taking software?

Posted by tsahar
Dec 26, 2016 at 05:53 AM

Dr Andus wrote:
There are wikis and blogging platforms that you could self-host. For me
>the problem would be that note-taking is supposed to be quick, so it
>does not disrupt the reading or research process too much. And online
>wikis and blogs just take too many steps to record a note.

I have always found note-taking to be a “disruptive” activity—even when I do it with a pencil (or highlighter) on a physical book or printed paper—as it surely interrupts the flow of reading. Sometimes, I read a text twice: the first reading being uninterrupted; and the second one meant for note-taking. But, yes the process of note-taking is not quick as in addition to a basic select-and-paste, I often write comments along with the selected text to annotate it.

On software: Piggydb was discussed on this forum four years ago [http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/2490/ ]. It looks quite useful. A major downside is that it is a single-user application which *may* not let one access it simultaneously from two devices (say, a laptop and a mobile phone). Is there anyone here who has used it recently?