Are there good selfhosting note-taking software?

Posted by shatteredmindofbob
Dec 29, 2016 at 05:31 AM

Basically what Dr. Andus said.

There’s some really good stuff like PiggyDB or even MediaWiki (if it’s good enough for Wikipedia, it’s good enough for you).

But by their nature of being web apps (especially if you’re running them locally), they introduce friction.

On the other hand, OneNote is probably the most friction-less notetaking app I’ve used (Push Win+N, type your note and you’re done) but it doesn’t feel like it provides much power as far as organizing everything you’ve put into it.

Which is kind of annoying, as PiggyDB is fantastic for sorting a whole lot of notes that have been dumped into it, but the process of putting notes in is so cumbersome, it doesn’t feel worth it.

This is why I still haven’t found anything I’m completely happy with to act as a digital filing cabinet of sorts.