Comment by mih
8 years ago
Ever since the decline of Evernote, I've been looking for something as convenient, but been pretty much disappointed in the alternatives. For a while Qownnotes was my choice, but it's not without its drawbacks. Currenlty Joplin ( https://joplin.cozic.net/ ) is the one I'm taking for a test drive, and I'm pretty much pleased with what I've seen so far. Among the features that impressed me most in terms of personal priority are:
- Importing from Evernote (.enex files)
- Cross-platform support (Win/Lin/Mac) + Mobile apps (ios / Android)
- Synchronization (Dropbox, Onedrive, Nextcloud, WebDAV, Filesystem)
- Support for encryption
- Webclipper extension (for Firefox and Chrome)
- It's FOSS, with a number of active contributors on GitHub (https://github.com/laurent22/joplin). A good bus factor and no more dependence on the whims of private organizations.
- A command line interface
- Use of Markdown. Drag and drop support for files and media in the GUI.
There are still features of evernote I miss such as inline PDFs and audio recording
I've got my eye on Joplin as well to replace EN. The deal-breaker issue for me right now is that the mobile app (iOS) only supports Dropbox as the backend sync provider. I refuse to use Dropbox, and prefer to sync via filesystem. I use Resilio Sync (formerly btsync) for this. Until some other method is allowed, I can't make the jump.
Why do you refuse to use Dropbox?