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by alexland 2738 days ago
This is great, I'm very tempted! When I was looking at note apps (and as I continue to re-evaluate my decision), the big win that keeps me on Standard Notes is the longevity and encryption, but the editor interface isn't anything special and sometimes I really miss OneNote/Evernote. Have you heard of Standard Notes, and would you ever consider making Notable support being a client for Standard Notes[1]?

[1] https://docs.standardnotes.org/standard-file/client-developm...

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What do you mean by "longevity"? Notes in Notable are plain markdown files, that's about as portable and long-lasting as it gets.

There's no encryption by default, but you could put your notes into an encrypted image, read more about this here [1]

I had never heard of Standard Notes, fortunately now I can say I have my note-taking needs covered so I've no interested whatsoever of making Notable a front-end for a third-party service. Perhaps we could add support for importing notes from Standard Notes though, if somebody wants to work on that.

[1] https://github.com/fabiospampinato/notable/blob/master/resou...

By longevity I mean a hosted service with the intention of being around for a really long time. Of course plain text (and therefore Markdown) are the pinnacle but I'm very interested in supporting a service that aims to live for a hundred years, thus Standard Notes.

I commented mainly because Notable as a front-end for Standard Notes seems like the perfect solution for me but I understand that this is already your perfect solution. I might have to try the integration myself. Thanks again for your awesome work!

No problem, thank you!