Personal Knowledge Base - Considerations¶
The search for a PKB was an extensive one:
Evernote was the longest standing member of my PKB (I still haven't migrated off it). It coexisted with a lot of other parts of my quest to store knowledge for future reference.
Amongst others I tried:
- Catch notes (defunct circa 2012)
- Notion (didn't stick)
- Joplin (still considering it)
- Notable
- BoostNote & Boost Note Next - Both didn't stick, the new "next" version was worse
- TiddlyWiki - Never felt right, somehow
- Emacs Org-Mode (still in use for some situations)
- Standard Notes This is my main one for private notes at the moment.
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GistList for GitHub gists - I still use this
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Some newish(? at least I discovered them just now) as of March 2020 are:
- Roam
- TiddlyBlink - a TiddlyWiki experiment to be like Roam in TiddlyWiki
- Org-Roam - an Emacs package to use Org-mode à la Roam
Others considered:¶
Notes Apps:¶
Git Repos:¶
- PrivateBin
- Self-hosted Git Service
- TiddlyWiki.com with plugins such as Highlight.js
- Snippet Managers:
- Codervault
- Snipt
- Snibox
- GistList
Self-hosted Solutions:¶
- BookStack - php
- Bolt CMS - php
- Grav CMS - php
- KnowFox - php
- DocuWiki
- Moinmoin Wiki - python
- Self-hosted archive
- Trilium
Other:¶
- WordPress.com Themes suitable for Knowledge Base:
- Evernote + markx.co (+ Postachio for blogging)
- Typora + epsilon (android) + p2p sync
- Ginko (for mind-mapping mostly)
- TagSpaces options:
- Start.me bookmark manager
- Wikis:
- Wikiful
- Wiki.js
- Wikitten - php PHP App
- Documentation:
Other Notes¶
Links / Apps¶
- Show HN: enex-dump – Extract notes and attachments out of Evernote exports
- enex-dump
- List of apps/services on an HN post
Comments / Ref¶
- A comment on Reddit here
After 7 years of using Evernote I moved to Typora (PC/Mac) + Epsilon Notes (Android) finally. Those apps using the same database which include markdown and media files, synced across all of my devices, my home server and my VPS via Recilio Sync. I'm sure p2p scheme works better than server-client solution as Leanote, NextCloud etc., in a case you don't own your own data-center with a lot of backups.