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Has anyone migrated from a Markdown notes app to another or use them simultaneously? (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 week ago by lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to c/foss@beehaw.org

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Hey,

I'm using Joplin (a Markdown note taking app) and think about migrating to Logseq because of multiple reasons.

The main problems I have not yet solved:

OSS-Syncing Logseq notes between Desktop OS and Android. Logseq does not have an OSS selfhostable sync-server like Joplin has...
Making sure to transform my stuff, so that Logseq can work with it. Yes, it's both Markdown, but especially images and how Joplin handles them seem to be a problem for this migration.

What are your experiences? Have you ever switched between 2 Markdown note taking apps?

Which ones?
How well went it?

Is it maybe even possible to use app 1 and a Desktop OS and a totally different app on Android simultaneously on the same data? The common standard is Markdown...

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[–] StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

I've bounced between a bunch of different ones. Each time I switched and moved the directory over the formatting and linking tended to break. In the end, I settled on just a raw hierarchical directory structure using raw markdown (using a basic text editor) for typed notes and whatever other relevant media (pictures, pdfs, whatever), and GoodNotes for handwritten notebooks with PDF backups saved to directory on my Nextcloud.

I don't know, maybe my needs are odd but I've just never found a single application that could handle all of my note-taking and documentation needs. Everything is close, but frustratingly annoying in one missing feature or another. And all of them seemed damned slow compared to just opening up a file browser or a terminaland doing what I needed.

As for file syncing, Logseq was pretty easy to handle syncing for. I just put the logseq notes directory on my Nextcloud and Bob's you're uncle. Access on my desktop, laptop and mobile devices. Don't have to use Nextcloud though, just something that would allow you to sync the directory between devices. Syncthing would probably work. Just don't bounce between devices too fast. Causes conflicts you have to correct manually.