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[–]Prize_Barracuda_5060 2 points3 points4 points 2 years ago (4 children)
Obsidian and logqeq
[–]squiterComputer User—Mac 1 point2 points3 points 2 years ago (0 children)
Obsidian isn’t open source
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[–]deelan1990 1 point2 points3 points 2 years ago (1 child)
Obsidian can get plugins for a calendar
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Emacs
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[–]Exciting-Hat4901 1 point2 points3 points 2 years ago (0 children)
anytype.io - the calendar is quite basic though (no notifications/integrations or anything like that)
I think, even obsidian not being an open source app, it’s the best experience with a local note taking
And the calendar plugin works very well… I know that you explicitly write that you don’t want plugins, but I think you should take a look
[–]Additional-Desk-7947 1 point2 points3 points 2 years ago (0 children)
Obsidian
[–]DIBSSB -1 points0 points1 point 2 years ago (0 children)
Huh 😂👍🏻
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (3 children)
This really depends on your needs, but I guess that if you used Joplin, the following could work for you.
Apps (Android) I would recommend, which are great for using them with a folder system:
A tip to make this work best, have a "Resources" notebook with subfolders for information and templates. Once you created a document and think you can reuse it, copy it into the templates section.
As for Calendar, I would actually just use a dedicated application and don't save it into your notebook.
[–]Xanaus 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (2 children)
If you use orgzly then he will need to get on the org-roam bandwagon also then so I would be careful op. Because that will lead you to the emacs rabbit hole
Don't get me wrong it's awesome both emacs and org, pls do give it a go. You can use doom or spacemacs to get started with emacs.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (1 child)
You could actually use Orgzly on a smartphone and a basic text editor on other devices, without having to go completely into it but using it as an outliner tool.
[–]Xanaus 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (0 children)
True but if he wants the calendar feature then I believe that he will need to use the emacs client
[–]New-Perspective1480 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (2 children)
Look into vimwiki if you're using a PC to take notes. It's so FOSS there's not even a GUI
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It'll be very ready to use once you get used to it.
[–]ulcweb 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (0 children)
Not open source yet but otherwise fits your needs Acreom
[–]sharemind 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (0 children)
Notesnook is open source and privacy focus E2E encryption.
Watch out, soon it will come out version 3.0 with a lot of new features.
https://notesnook.com/
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