Looking for a simple note taking app/Feathernotes alternative

questionman1

I'm just looking for a really simple app to take some notes in different categories. (And as a KDE user, it would be preferable, but by no means necessary, if they were QT apps).

I found Feathernotes, its simple enough, fast enough, does everything I need it to. Its not the flashiest, and I'm sure is severely feature limited, but is fit for my purpose.

Unfortunately since transitioning to Solus, its not available in the repositories. I'm wondering if anyone has a suggestion for a light-weight note taking app.

algent

questionman1 I you are not happy with alternatives then you can try to compile it from source.

wget https://github.com/tsujan/FeatherPad/releases/download/V0.18.0/FeatherPad-0.18.0.tar.xz
tar -xf FeatherPad-0.18.0.tar.xz
cd FeatherPad-0.18.0/
sudo eopkg it -c system.devel
sudo eopkg it qt5-svg-devel qt5-x11extras-devel libx11-devel libhunspell-devel
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install

Brucehankins

questionman1 algent I've also packaged it for Solus, you can find all the information on git. Tested the local build and it is working on Plasma.

just

questionman1 Take a look at Joplin. It's a cross-platform app, which runs on Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, iOS. Joplin is a comfortable way to keep the notes in sync between all these devices.

No repo is required to install Joplin on Linux. It is installed with a single command, shown on the Joplin site.

Harvey

QOwnNotes. (qt application)

QOwnNotes is a plain-text file notepad and todo-list manager with markdown support and ownCloud integration.

DudeG

Simplenote
https://simplenote.com/

algent

DudeG We have this in the repository.

questionman1

algent

That was really cool; I've never compiled from source before but it was so easy. Granted all I did was copy what you wrote and it still looks like voodoo to me, but it was pretty cool compiling from source.

But getting ot the matter at hand, thank you also because I tried various alternatives mentioned here and none of them were particularly to my liking.

Brucehankins

Notes is in the repo and is a great simple note-taking application. I think I actually prefer it to FeatherPad, and it's pretty light at 3.04 mb install size and using about 14 mb of ram when running on my Plasma install.

questionman1

Brucehankins

I tried this and the biggest gripe I have with it is that you can't reorder notes manually. It seems like such a simple feature but lots of note taking apps don't have it (heck I'm not sure if feathernotes has it).

LukMas

just
A couple of hours ago I've lost all my notes with Joplin due to a strange behaviour with the sync. Then I've suddenly removed it. ☹️

Velophil

ZIM works fine, is in the repos and well documented. No cloud "bs".

just

Velophil ...No cloud "bs"

True. That's the only weak point of the otherwise superb Zim.

Missing sync capabilities in Zim may be workarounded with Syncthing. Thanks to Syncthing, I sync Zim between Linux, Windows and Android. Syncronization works fine and is practically instant.

Syncthing is in Solus repo, iirc.

Velophil

just way to go, that's what I have been using for years without any problems.

Brucehankins

questionman1 you can always put in a package request for FeatherPad. Or reach out off the forums and I can help you get it running locally with a package build and local repository. Not responsible if something breaks though.

downhill

Checkout Cherrytree. It's pretty simple in my opinion. I use Emacs and Org mode for my notes, tips, etc., but there's a bit of a learning curve with both Emacs and Org mode.

questionman1

Brucehankins

That's a good option, but algent gave me the instructions of compiling it myself and so far it seems to be working just fine 🙂

NigelSanford

I've been on the hunt for a straightforward note-taking app too. Something that just works without all the frills, you know?

Brucehankins

NigelSanford sticky notes, notes, simplenote are all in the repos. Featherpad is pretty simple to package as well.

brent

NigelSanford I tried the ones with all the frills and strangely took to gnote the best, a pretty good gnome app, also in repo. No bells and whistles.
.....the strange thing about note-taking apps is I always migrate back to Gedit..

kaktuspalme

I have two recommendations: Joplin and Obsidian.
Personally I switched to Obsidian now. With the extended query features it serves now also as my task planner. I subscribed to Obsidian sync to have all my notes on all devices. But there's other free methods for syncing as well.