F-Droid @lemmy.ml Danileonis @lemmy.ml 1 yr. ago

Syncthing-friendly apps?

I tend to prefer "file centered" apps, there's some cool one you'd use with Syncthing? My favourite is KeePassDX; I would love a notes app with a 'material you' UI.

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I use Obsidian for my notes and use SyncThing instead of their paid syncing option.
- Logseq is better than Obsidian and open source
- It's on F-Droid? Can't find it
  
  Obsidian is not FOSS, I still use it because I find it to be the most complete note taking app. You can download it from the Aurora Store and disable the network permission, same on linux downloading it from Flathub and disable the network permission using Flatseal
I've been using Markor to take notes for a year or so now, and I really enjoy it. I use SyncThing to cloudify my Markor notebook directory, and I edit the same files on my laptop using VS Code.
Logseq for notes
- Not very intuitive but seems like something interesting to play with.
  
  Edit: It feels very unresponsive on my phone. At the moment I'm using KeePassDX for notes also (as suggested by another user) and it works very well!
These are the ones I actively use with syncthing

Markor - for quick note taking and todo's

Librera reader - ebook reader

Seeneva - smart comic reader

Voice - Audiobook player

Simple music player

KeeepassDx - also
- Markor seems the most syncthing friendly but I don't like the UI. :(
- Are you able to set up Syncthing to synchronize Librera reading progress across devices? How would you go about that?
  
  Haven't tried it, since I only sync with my PC and cloud server. But I just checked up and Librera has an option to save progress and profiles to a custom directory, so I guess that would be the way.
Keepsssdx also. Synced across 5 devices. Perfect

I also sync my dcim folders on my devices. So all my photos appear on all my devices. Delete on one, delete on all. Love it

Same with my documents folders, and more.
- One of the coolest thing about using KeePassDX this way: you can even sync OTP and use these on deskop without a phone.
I use it for emulator saves between my phone and laptop also just use it for moving videos etc between them.
I have the following apps backing up to a syncthing share

Aegis

OpenScale

Gadgetbridge

OpenTracks

Signal

all of them were set and forget, except for Gadget bridge who would randomly loose access to the shared

The following apps allow to manually backup to a file, but not automatically.

AntennaPod

Catima

Birday

Tickmate
- I found syncthing acted weird with signal backups. It would error out the first time signal changed the backup. Did you have to change anything?
  
  No, never had an issue with Signal backups.
Orgzly if you use Emacs' org-mode.
Simple notes has a file based option that may be worth a shot. I also backup my contacts ".vcf" file, my AntennaPod database, and my Feeder RSS feed list with Syncthing.
Ahhh ok. I use Joplin and sync with syncthing. I use the file system storage setting in joplin, and my notes sync across my tablet, phone, desktop, and laptop.
- Does your method use cloud storage? If not, can you please explain to me just how it works across multiple devices?
  
  Good question. I have a simple home server that runs all the time. Syncthing runs on that as a sort of cache, or my own little "cloud".
  
  So devices, when they turn on, check the server, as well as whatever devices are online, and get the new changes.
  
  We do this at work also, so we have our own simple "shared folders" using Syncthing.
A text file in a syncthing folder, then open the text file with a text editor you like?

Maybe a text editor that can keep files open and auto updates changes?
- Not an easy step to find a text editor I like. I've tested pretty much all the ones I can find, the most decent UI is probably Orgzly but I had sync issues in the past, and it's just a decent UI.
  
  Not sure if this will help you stick with orgzly, but it synced very well with Nextcloud. Must admit Nextcloud was easy, so didn't need to manually sync it any other way.
  
  Hope you find what you're looking for though.
Well, since you love KeePassDX as me, I started to use KeePassDX as a "database of notes". Under Root, you can create categories by adding 'Group's. Inside each group, you can add an 'Entry' (a note). each Note, will have a sub Category (Title), subject of note (User name), url and the note itself (note). you can also add tags to your notes.
Give it a go, you'll be surprised how well this works, finding/searching for whatever is there.
- I actually tried too! It works, just not very comfy for me. Maybe I'll give it another try.
  
  Edit: It's actually very usable! I love these categories you can create. No markdown but ok.
Try logseq it's better

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