I'm currently using a self hosted instance of XWiki on my NAS to write down long term notes just for myself. But it runs very slow with the database and limited hardware ressources. And since I only access it from my Windows PC on my LAN I figured I'd just need an application that does the same job and save the files on my NAS.

So does anyboy know a good Open Source application for Windows that can be used like that? It needs features like these:

WYSIWYG editor
tables
font colors
font highlights
text code
headings
embed images
embed YouTube links
(un-)ordered lists
bold text
underlined text

Thanks in advance!

Edit: Added WYSIWYG editor to the list.

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[–] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 years ago

I just use an editor and a local git repo. Write everything in Markdown. Current editor of choice is Pulsar but use what you like. Self hosted repo lets me access the notes from any device as well as keep a history of what I've changed.

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Maybe Joplin?

[–] sup@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Yep, Joplin is great. It uses markdown and I've been using it for a while now. Great application

[–] Vexz@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I already use Joplin but it doesn't offer all the features I need (afaik). Tables for example.

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've tables in Joplin... https://joplinapp.org/markdown/#tables

[–] Vexz@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh, right. But it looks very inconvenient to create and edit tables. I'd rather stick with my XWiki then. Thank you anyways.

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

They've a GUI / WYSIWYG editor to make things easier:

[–] cduke23@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I love Dokuwiki. It’s pretty easy to install, and has low requirements. TikiWiki is also not bad I think, but I prefer DokuWiki.

[–] hfdh 1 points 2 years ago

DokuWiki is great. Indeed all you need is a webserver with PHP something like this: https://www.mwiede.de/windows-php-webserver/

[–] anaximander@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

I'm a big fan of Obsidian. It's not open source, but it's free forever and has a rich theming and plugin ecosystem, and it works on just regular markdown files in folders so you're not locked in by proprietary file formats or anything, you can switch to basically anything that edits text and lose nothing. There's paid sync and publish features, but because it's just ordinary text files, you can replicate those for free with OneDrive and Jekyll, or your favourite tools of similar function.

[–] spike@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

I've used Tiddlywiki to plan out and track my Pen and Paper Campaign I was writing.

It's basically a single html file you can update and host through a number of things.

The link provides a demo as well as installation instructions.