I’m a long time user of Joplin but now looking for a newer solution. I was looking at Trilum notes for the tight OIDC integration with Authelia. Has anyone here tried Trilium notes? What are your opinions on it?
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I know this is a rather necro-y post, but I’m surprised nobody mentioned anytype. I’ve been using it for the last 2 months and I’m slowly moving my notes off obsidian, as well as my journal off logseq/nextcloud.
I went in a bit weary, the webpage looks like the typical startup project ready to pull the rug off your feet at any point, but there’s a self-hosted option and even a local-only mode that syncs devices across your LAN.
Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll check it out. Do you use it behind a reverse proxy?
I have nginx set up for limited stuff, most of my selfhosted services I kept behind tailscale.
The only big con I found against it, it’s hard to switch between the self-hosted and “normal” vaults. I should test if I can have another copy (eg appimage) with separate settings for that.
I am heavily using the local-only mode but I’ve also recommended it to some normie friends, so sharing vaults in different modes becomes a hassle
Edit: tldr, I’m using the “local only” mode but since I have tailscale, everywhere is LAN ;)
I’m getting into this and have some questions (if that’s okay). We still download their mobile & desktop apps, right? Then select either “local-only” or “self-hosted”? Is one free and the other costs money? If so, I’ll do what you’re doing except I just put a wireguard server on my opnsense box and vpn into my local network that way.
Is there a sample docker compose you could show me? I found this docker-compose and this env file but it all seems unnecessarily complicated. Is this what you’re using?
The normal account (dafault) is the only monetized option, giving 100mb of free space.
I did a quick check on the self hosted option in the beginning and same, seemed too convoluted and decided to stick with the local method, since I tested it (turning phone WiFi off) and it was still syncing (via tailscale)
On the upside, I tested the import/export features and seemed rather solid, so you can always create a new local account (save the seed phrase!) And bring your stuff back into it.
I have used both but just started using jotty (jotty.page, github link on the bottom). The SSO setup with Authentik was seamless and it seems really snappy so far and the Dev seems active and involved.
I was going to switch to trillium next, but in the end I decided not because it relies on a database even more than Joplin does.
I’m in the process of giving Silver Bullet a try. It seems to be pretty well designed. I don’t really like that folders are just cosmetic and not useful for navigation, but I like that it is open source, that the documents are saved in the file system, and that it’s self-hosted instead of synced.
There’s a plug to enable folder based sidebar navigation https://github.com/joekrill/silverbullet-treeview
I was just testing it out lol.
There is also a graph plugin for an obsidian-like view, but it’s kinda janky.There is a beta AI plugin too, which (as much as I hate AI) is something I may try. The power of NotebookML is just too much, I wanna be able to ask it shit about my D&D campaign notes.
I use authelia and trillium and the oidc implementation is bad. It works but it double consent screens even with implicit etc
The app itself is ok. Pretty useful from time to time to plan a project
Oof this is faint praise. Glad to know your opinion. I’m still looking. I don’t think Trilium is my answer.
Ive had Trilium running for 2 years and it’s been perfect for me but I’m not a power user of it. I’ve yet to upgrade to Trilim Next, simply not needing anything more. I guess all I can say is it hasn’t eaten my data.
After trying a bunch I settled on trillium, it seemed the best of the bunch. My only complaint would be the cloning note wasn’t working like I expected. I think I expected the Clone to make a copy, but it was more of a symlink duplicate
I’ve been using Trilium for years and the feature set has grown significantly. It is pretty simple up front but has all the bells and whistles just an extra click or two away. It is entirely free (no up sells, pro tiers, subscriptions, etc - you get it all free, so do support the developer if you can!) There is a third party android app that works quite well if you need that and the pwa is quite good too. I’m pretty sure you won’t be disappointed. it seemed like almost every time I thought trilium was missing a feature, I would find out that it actually has it (or something similar). The only thing I would say is that if you’re a flat file only person, then it isn’t for you - it stores the notes in a database -even though they can be easily exported in a directory format.