what program i can host to write? reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9acca9 · 2023-11-01 17:07 I like to write, short story, poems, etc. I write in a room of my house where i have a pc, but, sometimes im in other place of my house and have an idea, or i want to write but i dont want to go to that room, maybe im in the garden and want to write there (or maybe im not at home...). I have already a pc running some servers that i use, a ebook server, and also a game server, a invidious server... but anyway, there is some program / app that i could serve to write? i dont want to use Gdocs, i like to write local (in the server) and with sync to gdrive or whatever, but local. Thanks.. (i dont speak english) p.s. dont know if the flair is the appropriate. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- h4mster1234 · 2023-11-01 17:19 Try [Trilium notes](https://github.com/zadam/trilium), notes taking app that might fit your needs! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- gilluc · 2023-11-01 17:24 I love obsidian https://obsidian.md/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- amcco1 · 2023-11-01 17:25 Are you wanting to write like a book, and have one file that you continually work on until finished? Or are you writing just like a daily journal? If it's a journal. check out [memos](https://www.usememos.com/). It's great for daily thoughts. Otherwise, [this list](https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome- selfhosted#note-taking--editors) has a ton of note-taking/text ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nyrosis · 2023-11-01 17:52 I used obsidian for awhile then migrated to joplin for basic stuff because I enjoy how I can just tag it and forget it a little. I've always been able to find what i'm looking for through my mind processes as long as i utilize my own tags. I've been playing around with bookstack lately it's a nice way to get research organized in a way you can share out. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dcabines · 2023-11-01 17:55 I use [https://silverbullet.md](https://silverbullet.md) give it a try. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BCIT_Richard · 2023-11-01 19:36 came to recommend trilium, I use it in my homelab. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lilolalu · 2023-11-01 20:30 Onlyoffice has a standalone version if you want to use it without Nextcloud. https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/Docker-DocumentServer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lilolalu · 2023-11-01 20:34 Not open source ---------------------------------------------------------------------- powerfulparadox · 2023-11-01 21:10 Unless I missed something, OP did not specifically request open- source-only solutions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lilolalu · 2023-11-01 21:14 Sure. but when they will start charging for a self hosted obsidian server, shutdown the project or sell it to another company, people will whine about how they are being ripped off. Like in every second post on /r/selfhosted where people are using "free" commercial software or services and then complain about how the companies suddenly try to make money with it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- powerfulparadox · 2023-11-01 21:34 They promised to open source it if they abandon the project (not a guarantee, but it's potentially better than nothing). The choice to have all text in markdown with standardized front-matter makes it straightforward to implement a replacement if that doesn't happen (I remember seeing a project aiming to be Obsidian-compatible on Reddit a while ago, no idea how that worked out, though). The community knows enough about the plugin architecture at this point that even plugin support could be recreated if necessary. To more directly address your first sentence, they have committed to an architecture (markdown) that makes it quite difficult to monopolize self-hosted solutions (and they seem quite satisfied with offering their own hosting for sync and publishing - that's how they currently fund things, anyway). The only way they could have a chance of monopolizing self-hosting would be to force-encrypt everyone's vaults, which defeats the purpose of their main selling point (plain text, easy import and export from the Obsidian ecosystem, etc.) and that would collapse their community immediately if they even tried. I'm not trying to advocate reckless trust in a company making proprietary software, but your concerns as stated seem like a poor fit from what I've seen from the Obsidian devs so far. If I turn out to be wrong, that will be a most unfortunate day indeed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DarkKnyt · 2023-11-01 21:36 I've used Joplin and it's pretty good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lilolalu · 2023-11-01 21:37 If they don't open source their software they have a reason for that. What would be your guess of what this reason would be? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- powerfulparadox · 2023-11-01 21:40 I think the following link does an excellent job of summarizing the situation, and quotes one of the developers as to some of the main reasons: https://obsidian.rocks/why-isnt-obsidian-open-source/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lilolalu · 2023-11-01 21:50 There are literally zero reasons in that link for why they wouldn't open source the project. Plus, this type of blahblah explanation has been given over and over by other projects that started "free" and then turned "paid". I have absolutely no problem with people trying to monetize their work, if it's open source or closed source. But "free to use", developed by a commercial company but "closed source", thats a deal breaker. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Droophoria · 2023-11-01 23:20 Bookstack might be what you're looking for, check it out. Can use docker for it too if you choose that route. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nikolasdi · 2023-11-01 23:37 https://silverbullet.md/ is excellent. I wrote my 40.000 word thesis using it and had all my reseaech and notes stored on it while doing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jajeiadfadmvee · 2023-11-01 23:42 Ghostwriter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- morfanis · 2023-11-02 02:20 For me it's only a deal breaker if you can't get your own data out of the system and easily import it into another system. There is no lock-in with Obsidian. The notes are text based markdown that by default are saved on your own system and can easily be migrated to another system. If Obsidian ever dissappears I will just write my own scripts to process the data into a new format for another system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- hakoen · 2023-11-02 06:16 Trilium is amazing! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lilolalu · 2023-11-02 07:01 Sure, maybe start already. Commercial company, closed source, "free to use" = red flag. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDROID_16 · 2023-11-02 07:33 I'm sold. This looks great. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- morfanis · 2023-11-02 07:56 How do you even know they have VC money. As far as I can tell it’s just 2 private developers? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lilolalu · 2023-11-02 08:02 The team page lists a lot of people. In any case, I think I outlined why I wouldn't use a commercials, closed source but "free to use" project like obsidian, feel free to see it differently. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AntiSkillYT · 2023-11-02 08:39 What did I miss? I thought Obsidian was just an application and not something you can host yourself? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2samedru · 2023-11-02 08:55 [https://www.bookstackapp.com/](https://www.bookstackapp.com/)is what i use ---------------------------------------------------------------------- EmanuelSchanderl · 2023-11-02 10:02 only office!. I integrated it to nextcloud and have desktop versions connected to the cloud. it's just very simple. purpose built and a all in one it really replaces word,excel,pp bundle. also Fileformats are 1:1 compatible most loved Feature is to be able to co-edit. so the moment you forgot to close the document you're still able to join and edit the document. gets really powerful with the nextcloud versioning ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Install_GNU_LINUX · 2023-11-02 16:59 joplin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Install_GNU_LINUX · 2023-11-03 02:51 if you need handwritten notes look up saber on github ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CryptoNarco · 2023-11-03 20:41 Bookstack is my go-to! I write haikus and it is very comfortable for me.