[HN Gopher] Memos: A lightweight, self-hosted memo hub
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Memos: A lightweight, self-hosted memo hub
Author : Tomte
Score : 89 points
Date : 2023-07-11 16:21 UTC (6 hours ago)
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| mmcclure wrote:
| I think I like this, but I can't find any high level information
| about what this actually _is_ , which is surprising given how
| popular the project seems to be. I figured the marketing site
| might have more details, but it's remarkably scant even down to
| the FAQ.
|
| Is a "memo hub" a common term that I'm just not familiar with?
| jeroenhd wrote:
| The description doesn't say much (well, it's a place for memos)
| but the screenshot shows exactly what this is.
|
| The lack of alt-text would make it difficult for people relying
| on assistive technology to understand it, though.
|
| It's all in the title, though. It's a place to store memos.
| petemir wrote:
| I was going to suggest you to check the live demo (link in the
| README.me) but the autofilled credentials do not work :)
| briangray wrote:
| I agree. I think I like this. Enough to try it out. I've seen
| hundreds of to-do apps, local, cloud, and hosted. This one
| having the timeline visible on the front page is appealing. Too
| many apps try to obfuscate and obscure the details. For memos
| and notes, I feel like review is an important aspect. Having
| visibility of _when_ you wrote something can be just as
| important as what you wrote. It's kept simply here, but still
| functional.
|
| This app does seem to be aiming for a collaborative experience.
| With that it would be nice to see some sort of comment or
| thread for posts. I.E. Create a to-do post that others can
| respond to without directly editing. That way memos aren't kept
| here while discussion is in Slack or Teams.
| ankitrgadiya wrote:
| From the Pull Requests, it looks like Comments API is in the
| works.
|
| https://github.com/usememos/memos/pull/1900
| mxuribe wrote:
| I feel the same!
|
| Its like the *Continuum Transfunctioner* from the film "Dude,
| Where's My Car", in that, its a powerful and mysterious device!
| lol :-)
| dabedee wrote:
| My guess is that they are an open source alternative to mem.ai.
| It looks super polished & well designed.
| kouru225 wrote:
| Self hosted stuff makes me lol all the time. Half of them you
| read the documentation for and come out like "what does it do?"
|
| I used to think I just wasn't educated enough and someone with
| more education would know exactly what it does and why it was
| created just by context alone, but now I don't think that's
| what's happening
| Tomte wrote:
| It seems to be imitating https://flomoapp.com/
| mxuribe wrote:
| Thanks, this helps!
| ymsodev wrote:
| The app itself looks pretty neat. But I don't know how much I can
| agree with "lightweight" for a full stack webapp that just stores
| and presents text.
| yborg wrote:
| It's a ~20 MB Docker image. In an age of 800 MB Electron
| instant messaging apps, I'd say it qualifies.
| JohnFen wrote:
| I wouldn't. That it's not as enormous as it could be doesn't
| mean it's "lightweight".
| icedchai wrote:
| That's the same size as my first hard drive back in the late
| 80's!
| JohnFen wrote:
| I've noticed of late that "lightweight" doesn't seem to mean
| what it used to mean.
| Tomte wrote:
| It seems to be able to connect to OpenAI's API and to Telegram,
| as well.
| whalesalad wrote:
| I have been wanting this forever! Even built an MVP in rails.
| This is a lot more polished.
|
| Excited to try this. Now excuse me while I go yak shave a kube
| cluster here at home so I can quickly run/test apps like this.
| ectospheno wrote:
| Fossil works well for self hosted memos. Writing markdown in a
| phone browser isn't horrible.
| whalesalad wrote:
| the scm?
| ectospheno wrote:
| Yeah. Versioned. Easy export for other tools. Simple setup.
| Works on my phone with just a browser. Can make home network
| only as I am vpn'd to my house anyway. Ticks a lot of boxes.
| ankitrgadiya wrote:
| I'm using this app for sometime for notes. It fits the usecase
| when you want to write down something without thinking about
| where to place it. It also works like a simple micro-blog with
| Public memos. There is a nice looking third party app available
| for iOS. https://memos.moe/
| nirav72 wrote:
| thanks for mentioning the IOS app. I've also been selfhosting
| memos for a while now. But wasn't aware (never really checked)
| if there was an actual mobile app for it.
| revskill wrote:
| When will you release the desktop app ?. This can replace the
| MacOSX Note app for me.
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