seasononeanytype — decentralized, p2p, e2ee 'Notion' like app
I’ve been evaluating this for the last few weeks, and have decided to migrate all my notes over.
The free 1gb of cloud storage is incredibly generous, and since I don’t use much media in my notes, it’s really all I need.
Interested to see how they price it in the long run.
It’s worth trying. I am already loving it.
Wait, wasn’t the idea about this project being p2p? Where does the cloud come in?
Haven’t tried it yet, but it looks rather interesting.
P2P is decentralized. People host your notes in encrypted form, and you do the same for them
In that case, why do the notes only sync when the devices are on the same local network?
I’ll install the app later to see what actually is going on, as this makes little sense to me.
I stand corrected. Thanks for figuring out how it actually works!
That’s just my interpretation of their sales pitch. I might very well be wrong on some terms, but I feel that it’s good to discuss and getting these things written down in the comment sections. So thank you for indulging me. :)
Thank you. I’ve been looking at their self hosting documentation, which appears to still be a centralized solution, just under your ownership.
The way they handle accounts is rather nice, nothing new, you see it in Joplin and the likes, but it is definitely better than having an unencrypted account on a company-owned server.
Interested to see how they price it in the long run.
I’m interested to see the pricing before I jump on. It ticks every box with it being local/offline first and open source.
I’ve been reading their FAQ and this sounds very reasonable:
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If you want to use their cloud for backup, it will have a cost (they have not come with one yet because they have not come that far yet. It’ll depend on their hosting cost and such).
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But if you want to just sync between your own devices without their server, you can, and it’ll be totally free (they insist that “your data is always yours and only yours”)
That’s good to know. I’ll keep an eye on it. I’m very content with Obsidian atm. For anytype the p2p device sync is definitely the alluring factor for me.
BlizzardAny recommendations on Google Keep alternative? Best if it was exactly the same, just not made by Google.
Do anyone knows if it support local-only without joining the p2p network?
UdeRecifeI'm also wondering about that. I'm not willing to use an app that demands some kind of cloud.
Well… note that it’s end-to-end encrypted and works offline, though.
Not sure if you can do device local only, but it looks like you can self-host a sync server and not use the IPFS network: tech.anytype.io/how-to/self-hosting. Requires a bit of setup but if you have a home server this looks like an interesting idea.
How close is this to feature parity with Notion in terms of the notes themselves?
I’m trying it and i would say it’s quite close. As far as I know, it lacks the last recent updates like action buttons and AI spam (that’s a positive one for me). But it has databases like Notion, my biggest requirement for a second brain, so I’m in.
Interesting. I have a few questions for those who have already tried:
- Does it work offline?
- Does it has databases like Notion?
- Does it has a browser extension to capture content from the web?
I know I can look for it myself on the web, and I’ll do right now, but I think that having here the answers will help others with the same questions.
Have been using it since early Alpha days, and I like it a lot but it definitely is still lacking some of the polish of more established tools like Notion.
Thank you! I downloaded and tried it and I like it a lot! Runs really smooth and the features like end to end encryption, decentralized and local sync between devices and being open software are enough reasons to jump onboard!
I’m not a power user and I want to use it personally for myself (not a business) and after seeing what it can do and how smooth it is, I’m in!
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