QOwnNotes - Open Source, Self Hosted, Powerful, Efficient, Note-taking stored as plain text files!

[@0xpbek]

Awesome tutorial video about QOwnNotes! It really was the most sophisticated and extensive so far! Thanks a lot! (Disclaimer: I'm the author of QOwnNotes 😉)

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I appreciate it, and truly appreciate the incredible open source software!

[@Romaoplays]

Great app!

[@falajose3080]

OMG!!! Love your app!

[@0xpbek]

@@AwesomeOpenSource, thank you! Keep on your great work on reviewing FLOSS software!

[@0xpbek]

@@Romaoplays thank you 😉

[@mrkdosmil2879]

Great timing as I was looking for videos of this app after hearing Tom Lawrence saying this is his favorite note app.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Great to hear it! I love LawrenceSystems and his coverage of the new pfSense features in particular, but all of his topics are great.

[@Darkk6969]

Pretty neat note taking tool. Love the idea of integration with Nextcloud.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I've really been enjoying it I must say.

[@maniakimon]

do you have to pay for nextcloud? is it worth it?

[@pesto12601]

folks must be taking a lot of notes in order to need something like this... lol.. I'll just stick to jotting thing in notepad++.. local, simple and does the job. Thx for sharing!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

If it works for you, then definitely keep using it.

[@Archbishop_of_the_Noodle]

Same. If I need anything more complicated, I remember that load/save session exists in it.

[@jim7smith]

Great video as always, just one small complaint. The intro portion even on full screen on my desktop had the "meat" in a window about a 1/4 of my desktop. You almost always do a zoom in on such things..... Disregard the complaint, I am an idiot. I did not realize I was looking at their website until the install portion started. Best Regards from North Florida

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

No worries my friend.

[@IRosario-q4u]

Hi there! Thank you so much for sharing us this awesome video and open source application! :D I was just wondering if QOwnNotes could also allow us to import, open, view and edit any EXCELL files, WORD Files, NOTEPAD Files and IMAGES and PHOTOS? Thanks again!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

It can do JSON import, so if you could get those into a JSON format...maybe.

[@Practical-IT]

I was just starting to test Trillium. This may be better for my use cases

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Hope it's a great fit!

[@justbendev2324]

Great video as usual but to be honest it's going to be really hard for me to move from Obsidian until we get similar features and UI.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

LogSeq might be what you want then, but I understand.

[@MrTrueSky]

Affine seems like might get there too, quite active development. Great video!

[@justbendev2324]

@@AwesomeOpenSource That's actually really interesting ! Thanks alot !

[@justbendev2324]

@@MrTrueSky Thanks for sharing the project it seem's to be a nice alternative too.

[@Zwiesel66]

I am happy with Hedgedoc, simple and straightforward, no steep learning curve. I am also familiar with Obsidian and Logseq, but in the end I want to save time and have a web interface that I can use on any platform or device.

[@middle_pickup]

Why is this video so dark? Was this shot on a literal camera?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I don't know what you mean. Looks fine to me. I used OBS like always.

[@middle_pickup]

@@AwesomeOpenSource Not sure what's going on here. The video is definitely darker than it should be, at least it is on my system. I posted a screenshot of your video showing the discover store page for qOwnNotes next to the same page in my discover store app on imgur. KZbin will kill my comment if I post the full link, so if you care to see it add the following to the imgur base URL. /a/U5UF4PM

[@Link-channel]

Related to QOwnNotes and its open source alternatives: kzbin.info/www/bejne/joPTeXyXYpeLeac

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

That looks like a nice roundup.

[@basdfgwe]

Personally I would love something like notion that is served through the browser instead of having to install a client app. But in the meantime I like Trillium is pretty sweet imho.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

You can 100% use Trilium straight through your browsr instead of through the client app if you prefer it that way, just FYI. There are a few others that are pretty much browser based only as well.

[@anycolouryoulike9160]

Do you think I can encrypt my notes locally and back them up to GoogleDrive/OneDrive? Does this make sense?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Just store them in any folder that syncs, and they'll be synced. I want to be clear, however, a sync is not a backup. If you change something in one place, it's changed everywhere that is synced.

[@dannyzhang8200]

May i ask:how to reselect the panel layout from the minimal to full mode?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Go to the settings for the application and you can change the layout. You need to be sure to save the changes, and the app may have to restart when you do.

[@stevenwinderlich2891]

I still wish more businesses would start using tools like these instead of big tech top to bottom, even governments.....

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Me too. I think for businesses, they look at ROI. Not knowing what kind of "I" (investement) this tool might take is where I feel like Open Source falls flat in a lot of cases unfortunately. Bur FOSS projects are getting much better at positioning themselves as viable business tools, giving pricing, offering hosted options, and so on. So there's still hope.

[@nildesperandum2034]

HEY. How do you have a Nextcloud snyc for free? Do you use your router for that? Can you please make a video about that?? Thx...

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I run NextCloud in my network, and I use a reverse proxy to make it available with a URL and SSL, and then just set that up on QOwnNotes. I have a video on setting up NextCloud AIO (All In One) in docker as well. wiki.opensourceisawesome.com/books/nextcloud-all-in-one/page/install-and-setup-nextcloud-all-in-one-aio

[@user-mfsc-2024]

could i change font used in the markdown preview panel ?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Yes, in Settings >> Go to Editor > Preview thenuncheck the option for "Use Editor Highlighting..." and then you can choose your font below that option.

[@halvarmc671]

Thanks, I'll stick with Obsidian.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

If it works for you, that's great.

[@viruslab1]

I use obsidian, can it substitute it for me?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I would say that's something you'd hae to decide. Each person has different needs. I think there are some amazing tools out there, and I love trying them out, but a lot of times all of the features a tool has is truly overkill for my needs, so I tend to move to something that fits my needs better over time. Maybe obsidian is perfect for your needs, or maybe QOwnNotes will really fit you better in the end.

[@undrwateranarchy]

Joplin won't export to a format qownnotes understands?

[@0xpbek]

I wrote a Joplin import in QOwnNotes. 😉

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I don't know that it won't. I just believe that QOwnnotes has a joplin importer built in. And it looks like @0xpbek has written an importer for QOwnNotes.

[@CatzDaLegit]

Can you update the video on using AI scripting?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I'll look into it, but not overly familiar with AI just yet. I feel like the 'I' is still missing.

[@ChaosTheory666]

>C - f "emacs" >no result Obligatory Emacs comment.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Nice

[@chrisr3592]

Thanks but I'm sticking with my napkin.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

If it works for you, then use it. No problems with doing that for sure.