Build a private, self-hosted, and extensible productivity notes-taking system using Directus and Docker - inspired by Obsidian and single-file workflows

Features for the note taking app detailed in this guide include:

  • Self-hosted
  • Private
  • Built to last
  • Low maintenance
  • Access in one place & from any device (Obsidian charges for this feature)
  • Versioning
  • Zero vendor lock-in
  • Extendable (eg. passing text-embedded notes to AI)
  • ShimitarAEnglish
    7·
    19 hours ago

    When i tried Joplin i was put off by a few issues:

    • pretty sluggish UI on all platforms
    • not plain markdown: all your files have .md extension but the content is definitely more JSON than MD :)
    • synch is cumbersome unless you use sychthing or similar.

    It was over 1 year ago,so.