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Notesnook is a cross-platform end-to-end encrypted open source note-taking alternative to Evernote

2025-03-092025-03-09 Danie

A smartphone displaying notebook and organisation features alongside graphics of a progress chart and a target with arrows.

Notesnook is a free (as in speech) & open-source note-taking app focused on user privacy & ease of use. To ensure zero knowledge principles, Notesnook encrypts everything on your device using XChaCha20-Poly1305 & Argon2. I’ve […]

5 reasons you should use Markdown for documentation and notetaking

2025-01-012025-01-01 Danie

The image shows a spiral notebook with lined paper. In the foreground, there's a cartoon hand holding a pencil, seemingly about to write something on the notebook. To the right, there's another pencil and the word 'NOTES' playfully written. The background features a soft gradient of purple and pink, reminiscent of a dreamy, pastel sky, with some small stars scattered across it. The 'M' symbol combined with the downward arrow inside the box is a symbol for Markdown.

A good reminder again about the future-proofed nature of Markdown format notes. They are essentially plain text and will be read my many apps well into the future. Also true that Markdown’s “shortcuts” for headings, […]

TagSpaces is a privacy-focused file manager that combines tagging and note-taking without relying on the cloud

2024-11-272024-11-27 Danie

A typical notes manager application showing smart tags on the left side pane, which are grouped into categories. In the centre pane is a view showing various notes as icons with a preview inside them. On the right side pane is the editor view showing a note with the title Taking notes in WYSIWYG Markdown editor. IT shows an image and a tick list of key features.

An open source (but not a truly fully open source) cross-platform app that not only does the usual notes management (Plain Text, Markdown, and HTML) but also can browse and tag local files, photos, music, […]

Capacities could be a very good alternative to Obsidian Notes

2024-11-022024-11-02 Danie

Person sitting with legs crossed and outstretched, with a laptop resting on their legs. On the screen can be seen some images with the title at the top Oct 2024. To the right is a month calendar.

I’ve only had a brief look and test so far, but I’ll be testing this out a lot more. Obsidian is free to use but not open source software, Capacities is the same with a […]

iOS 18 Notes App: All the New Features: Google Must do Better

2024-08-242024-08-24 Danie

Multicolour background featuring two Apple-style square icons: One on the left just shows an 18, and the one on the right is their symbol for the Notes app with a yellow bar at the top, and horizontal lines below that.

I only have an iPad left now from the Apple ecosystem, but after testing some of these features out, I must say that Google really needs to just try and catch up with their Notes […]

11 Obsidian tips and tricks for boosting productivity with this Markdown editor and notes app

2024-07-142024-07-14 Danie

Obsidian is quite popular among writers, researchers, and students. When you create a long blog post, research paper, or project overview in Obsidian, navigating it using a keyboard and mouse can be cumbersome at times. […]

How To Use Macbook Trackpad Handwriting For More Intuitive Note-Taking

2023-10-082023-10-08 Danie

Close-up partial view of a Macbook keyboard, and showing a hand holding a stylus, poised over the trackpad for writing.

As technology continues to advance, so do the capabilities of our devices. The Macbook trackpad has evolved from a simple point-and-click tool to a versatile input method that offers a wide range of features. One […]

The 7 Best Encrypted Digital Notebooks for Taking Secure and Private Notes

2023-09-262023-09-26 Danie

Lilac colour background with a cartoon representation of a page with writing on it, and a pen scribbling in red ink on its bottom right corner

Have you ever imagined a vault so secure that even the craftiest of digital cat burglars would be left scratching their heads? That’s what encrypted digital notebooks offer. A realm where your words are not […]

The Best Obsidian Note Plugins, nor Not?

2023-09-252023-09-25 Danie

I had not tried Omnisearch, but apart from that and Advanced Tables, the suggested ones are not really “my best ones”. But the linked article does again highlight one of Obsidian’s most powerful features – […]

Beaver Notes: A Private Cross-Platform Open-Source Note-Taking App

2023-09-182023-09-18 Danie

This app has a very similar look and feel to it as Obsidian, and also works in Markdown format. And although Obsidian has a kitchen sink full of community plugins, this app is a lot […]

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