state_electricianOct 5

Yet another note taking recommendation needed

https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/46275903

Yet another note taking recommendation needed - tchncs

I am currently using Trilium for my notes. But I am constantly annoyed by the mobile experience. What I want: - sync across devices from a central server (this is why I went with Trilium, as having a web client means there’s always the same notes everywhere) - native Android app with local storage so that I don’t have to log in just for looking up a single note (this is what annoys me most about Trilium, plus the UX on mobile) - web version (for use on PC) I only need very basic markup, markdown support is enough. I don’t worry about security, as I run everything inside my own VPN. Is there something like this out there? I always see people raving about Obsidian, but sync seems to really suck there. Using some folder sync is a no go for me.

Show threadfilisterOct 5
Obsidian with Syncthing running on both your Android and your server for syncing your notes.
Show threadstate_electricianOct 5
That solution doesn’t exactly spark joy. Folder sync in general is, in my experience, too error prone. So I just stay away from it. Maybe I’ll need to finally give it another try.
Show threadcantevencodeOct 5

Obsidian livesync works really well. Notes are live synced between my desktop and Android device

github.com/vrtmrz/obsidian-livesync

GitHub - vrtmrz/obsidian-livesync

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Show threadstate_electrician
Well, that sounds good. But my god is that a complicated mess. It’s not working for me and I don’t have the will to deal with that crap anymore. Set up my own CouchDB, ran the init script, connection test is fine. But I can’t get the plugin to actually sync anything, it just keeps failing with “Failed to initialise the encryption key, preventing replication”. Whatever that means. It won’t explain which encryption key or what failed. I did not enable E2E encryption.
Oct 5 at 9:22amWeb
Show threadcantevencodeOct 5

Maybe run through the installation again, and run via Docker if you aren’t already. It was plug-and-play when I set it up

Failing that, obsidian offers a 1st party paid sync feature