{"id":746,"date":"2020-10-15T22:05:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T03:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jacobncalvert.com\/?p=746"},"modified":"2020-10-15T22:05:20","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T03:05:20","slug":"take-notes-using-joplin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacobncalvert.com\/blog-archive\/2020\/10\/15\/take-notes-using-joplin\/","title":{"rendered":"Take notes using Joplin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>The hunt for a self-hosted notes system<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To be honest, I love self-hosting tools. I think it has to do with my love of learning, but I digress. I know there are gobs of note-taking\/sharing\/synchronizing apps out there, many of them free, but they all lacked features, and I wanted to self-host. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>What I Was Looking For<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted a note-taking app, with the following capabilities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Self-hosted<\/li><li>Synchronization across devices<\/li><li>E2EE (end-to-end encryption)<\/li><li>Rich media note-taking ability<ul><li>Markdown style note-taking<\/li><li>Image support<\/li><li>Code highlighting<\/li><li>Embeddable documents<\/li><li>Hyperlinks<\/li><li>Etc.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Web-based interface<ul><li>Desktop and Mobile capable<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>What I Found<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After searching the interwebs for a bit I ran across <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/zadam\/trilium\" target=\"_blank\">Trilium<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/joplinapp.org\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/joplinapp.org\/\">Joplin<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Admittedly, I tried Trilium first, since it boasted a Desktop-and-mobile web platform which got rid of my need for synchronization. But after a few days, I decided to move on. Trilium is an electron-based application, and it just doesn&#8217;t work as well in the browser as it does in the app. I decided I&#8217;d give Joplin a try (and I&#8217;m certainly glad I did!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3> Joplin for the Win!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Joplin is pretty much everything I&#8217;ve needed for this endeavor. It even comes packed with some extra cool features like the text-based Mermaid diagramming capability. It lacks a web app, but it does have iOS, Android, and Desktop apps, which work really well. Another feature I love is nested notebooks. This allows me to keep a running daily note, in a hierarchically way. See the image below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image foobox\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jacobncalvert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/joplin-nested.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"149\" height=\"227\" src=\"https:\/\/jacobncalvert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/joplin-nested.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-754\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Joplin nested notebooks.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Another great feature is the simplicity of sync and encryption. I&#8217;ve got a WebDAV server setup which runs over HTTPS and using E2EE, everything stays nice and secure. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hunt for a self-hosted notes system To be honest, I love self-hosting tools. I think it has to do with my love of learning, but I digress. I know there are gobs of note-taking\/sharing\/synchronizing apps out there, many of them free, but they all lacked features, and I wanted to self-host. What I Was Looking For I wanted a note-taking app, with the following capabilities: Self-hosted Synchronization across devices E2EE (end-to-end encryption) Rich media note-taking ability Markdown style note-taking&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76],"tags":[132,77],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Take notes using Joplin - Jacob N Calvert<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jacobncalvert.com\/blog-archive\/2020\/10\/15\/take-notes-using-joplin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Take notes using Joplin - Jacob N Calvert\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The hunt for a self-hosted notes system To be honest, I love self-hosting tools. 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