And if there is a migration tool from onenote to the alternative that would be even better.
I’m running Joplin syncing through a nextcloud. Works solid for 2 years now.
I’ll throw out there that Emacs
org-modeis an incredibly robust solution for this, although it may be a bit overkill for your needs (and may send you down an Emacs rabbit hole).At least for me, it’s gotten to the point that my entire life can be summarized in a giant pile of
*.orgfiles. I highly recommend itI personally enjoy Joplin as my FOSS note-taking app.
Joplin is perfect for that. I second that :D
I’ll definitely check it out. I saw someone made a onenote export tool for it too.
I use Joplin. Have for several years. I sync it through my Nexcloud instance. Joplin is probably what you want. I looked at a lot of stuff.
The other software I love is the Zim desktop wiki. I have that on my main system for many thousands of notes. It has a hierarchical structure which means it scales better. It also can handle multiple notebooks too like Joplin. I find with Zim I need to split into notebooks just for speed when the collection is too far above 5000 notes.
No offense but I’m seriously stumped on what makes OneNote good? I have to use OneNote for work and I shift through the Windows Office LTSC 2021 version of it, the web app on various browsers, and the android app. They all suck, getting the app to force sync takes to many steps and I’m having to do it frequently, the lack of code snippet support, the weird text boxes you drop everywhere if your not clicking inside the box, keyboard shortcuts are very lacking. Am I using it wrong or something? What makes it a good note taking app for you?
Handwriting. I’ve not found a good linux or Foss alternative that lets you have an organized collection of hand written notes. It’s not necessary for everyone, but it’s rather useful for a lot of people.
Standard notes
@NightOwl As already said, not foss, but obsidian is a really good option. I moved away from Onenot and Notion, and all my files are local in markdown.
Obsidian is only free for personal use, and that also limits what you can do with it without violating their license. If you take any notes for work there’s a good chance you need to pay annual the subscription fee. It’s something to be aware of (and since it’s on flathub it’s probable violated a lot).
revenue-generating or work-related activities within a for‑profit company that has two or more people
I used Joplin and now use Notesnook. At the time I switched because Notesnook had better support for tables, Joplin sucked for taking some stuff out of Onenote that had tables.
I am going to try out Trilium in comparison to Obsidian as a next thing. Currently I have stuff scattered in Onenote, Joplin, and Notesnook so I guess it’s a sign that none fully hit the mark.
This is old now, but I recently found Zettlr and I am liking it so far. It has better navigation than Notesnook and very easy to use. I like the way it renders markdown without having to switch between a read or edit type of view like Joplin.
I wanted to like Joplin but I really wasn’t a fan of the iOS app. Check out Logseq, it’s just about to hit v1.0 and it’s already pretty great experience. I left obsidian for it.
I use Joplin. FOSS, solid apps. And then I use Logseq for my personal knowledge management.
What do you get out of logseq that you don’t get out of Joplin. I mostly use Joplin for offloading stuff I know i’m not going to remember so I can look it up later.
Logseq is where I put the Zettelkasten method to use. Joplin is mostly for quick fleeting notes or stuff for my novels.
Xournal++ is the most similar in intention I believe.
I personally use a combination of logseq (FOSS) and obsidian (not FOSS, freemium I think). Obsidian is currently better on the tablet due to some particularly well put together plugins and a recent feature update but I’d like to move completely to logseq long term. However, if you’re looking for a touch centric experience it’s hard to deny that obsidian is the best in the ecosystem.
Joplin is great. It can’t do the handwritten notes like onenote as far as I know, but otherwise I think it’s got pretty good feature parity. You can sync it using an existing nextcloud, WebDAV, or even onedrive or dropbox if you don’t want to deal with the hassle of self-hosting at all.
I see Joplin being recommended a lot and with some onenote migration tools I think I’m leaning towards it. I use onenote to copy paste images and then type in notes, but also use a drawing tablet to write some short notes on images and highlight stuff; sometimes mouse if I’m too lazy to connect the tablet. Is Joplin able to do that? I don’t do like entire pages of handwritten notes.
Yeah you can copy and paste images into a note just fine.
I currently use Joplin, which I sync using Backblaze B2 (which is S3-compatible).
I really like Trilium. It’s basically a FOSS Obsidian. It does not have a phone app but the web interface is mobile-friendly.
Standard Notes is pretty great
I use Obsidian. It is simple and easy to use but very feature filled. It uses Markdown and stores files locally.
