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Right, obsidian didn't appeal to me since it's proprietary.
I probably will look into setting up a Joplin server and maybe write a frontend for it. Also didn't try frontend options on PC yet.
Until now I only tried the Android app and while it looked quite mature, I didn't get quite the UX from it I was anticipating.
Some things that bothered me:
Creating a note requires 2 clicks, 1 should be fine.I want to start writing and decide whether its a todo later.
Tag management. In Keep #tags are parsed from text automatically. Although there is a conflict with markdown syntax, having to issue 3 clicks to add a tag seems bothersome
Tags are not shown in the main menu, but are another view.
Didn't figure out what notebooks are supposed to be, but i guess some kind of directory system. Don't see the point when having a tag system. In the end they are too prominent in the UI.
But the synchronization options and markdown capabilities are a big plus. mardown is actually a feature missing in keep.
I'm a Joplin contributor and if you think the android app is halfway decent, that's a win ahahaha. The desktop apps are what makes it a superstar though, with all the plugins and community. The mobile apps have been slowly modernizing but it's real basic
Obsidian is just a glorified markdown editor and there are some open source plugins for sync that you can self host if you want!