Thanks for sharing your preference! It's great to see that you're using Trilium for your self-hosted note-taking needs. Everyone has their own favorite tools, and I'm glad you found one that suits you. If you ever decide to give Beaver Notes a try, I'd be curious to know your thoughts on it. Happy note-taking!
Thanks for your interest in Beaver Notes! As of now, I don't offer sync functionality. All notes are stored locally on your device, and there's no automatic synchronization across devices. You can manually use cloud storage options like Google Drive or Dropbox for syncing if needed. Merging conflicting edits isn't supported at this stage. Your feedback is essential, and I'm continually working to enhance Beaver Notes!
Introduction:
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Privacy-First Approach:
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Open-Source Community:
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Cross-Platform Compatibility:
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Conclusion:
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Kudos for building a thing! Forgive the terse feedback, but I figure you wouldn’t post here if you weren’t seeking it. Quick thoughts:
A) Without providing a viable option for mobile (or even via a web UI on mobile), my guess would be that a desktop-client-only solution (like this appears to be?) is going to be a non-starter for a significant number of your potential audience. To me, cross-platform doesn’t just mean cross-desktop-OS - If something says cross-platform my personal expectation is that means desktop/mobile/web.
B) If your top-level value proposition is a focus on privacy and security, people are naturally going to ask further questions about the details. For example:
- What encryption is being used here, and how?
- If data isn’t stored on external servers, how do “your notes sync effortlessly”? What mechanism makes it possible to “access your data from any device, anywhere”?
- How do I get my data OUT of this thing, if I decide it isn’t right for me?
C) If you’re going to go down the “unlike other note-taking platforms” route, it might be valuable to explicitly help people make the comparison in terms of features/approaches/architecture/trade-offs etc. How should one compare this against [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md)? [Simplenote](https://simplenote.com)? [Logseq](https://logseq.com/)? [Zettlr](https://www.zettlr.com/)? [Standard Notes](https://standardnotes.com)? Notion/Google Keep/Evernote/Workflowy/Dynalist etc?
Thanks for sharing your opinion. Firstly, there was an oversight, as stated in a follow-up post we don't offer sync across devices as of now. Secondly, I understand your thoughts on cross-platform availability, and it's totally normal to have a different view on the topic. Thirdly, although I don't like to compare my work with bigger projects, I can say, out of personal preference, that I've tried them all, and I always struggled with organizing my thoughts or having decently formatted notes. On top of that, most of them are closed-source and closed-source apps aren't my cup of tea.
I wish these days projects stopped marketing cross-platform meaning as just MacOS, Linux, Windows. In this particular situation for note-taking app it's nice when you are switching from windows to linux or macos or vice versa but most likely most people don't own 2 desktops. It's more useful to sync notes between your smartphone, tablet and desktop that between different desktops only.
Thanks for your feedback. I get your frustration and I'm sorry this project doesn't fit your requirements. Just a couple of minutes ago another user on Reddit asked me about mobile support and as of now it is still an idea. However, as I am a beginner developer, I trust the community to help me build the mobile client.
Apologies to everyone, there has been an oversight in the writing of this post. The app doesn't offer the sync functionality as of now; however, we are planning on providing a mobile client and sync functionality in the future.
