I wish to de-google but this one is probably the one I know least how to replace.

I need one-click access to my notes, with an easy search that works just as well from my firefox browser as from my android home page.

I must always be able to just close the page/device and never worry that the stuff I put in was saved.

Should be able to insert inline images and markdown ? Is there a “markdown with images” yet ? Like “sixels” I think they’re called ?

I would like to be able to open my notes as a notepad++ session, but I understand that’s starting to be a lot to ask.

I would like my notes to be a syncthing shared folder? I really like the ideas that the notes are actual names files somewhere, that I can just edit with a regular text editor.

  • @TpbnickBEnglish
    1•8 months ago

    I self host a couchdb container and use a Cloudflare tunnel to forward it to a subdomain. I then use the self hosted live sync plugin in Obsidian and it is perfect. So much better than so many of the other options like Joplin and Memos (tried both and wasn’t a fan). It works perfectly on the desktop app, iOS, and android.

    • @kinl99BEnglish
      1•8 months ago

      Git could also serve as backend. But my experiences were mixed, so I sticked with syncthing. Couchdb as backend alternative seems nice. I’ll take a note to try it out…

    • @stefantigroBEnglish
      1•8 months ago

      Maybe one negative experience here:

      I’ve used self hosted livesync for months before migrating to actual Obsidian Sync.

      Reason being my vaults kept getting off sync and I had to keep rebuilding. Not to mention that moving files between always ended up being super tricky and would work half of the time. I tried really hard to like it but it just didn’t stick.

      The plugin sync was also horrible.

      I wonder if you’ve also had any issues?

    • @viharmBEnglish
      1•8 months ago

      Sounds fascinating. How is the live sync plugin different from the built-in sync? When I last checked, the built in sync was incapable of sync to a self hosted server from an ios client.

      Thanks for sharing.

    • @KublaiKhanNum1BEnglish
      1•8 months ago

      I need to take a look at Obsidian. Your configuration is interesting. Thanks for sharing.

    • @LarkonathBEnglish
      1•8 months ago

      How do you store your notes in CouchDB? There’s a plugin for that?