[adrusi]

I've been looking for a self hosted open source version of Evernote. I was excited when I first saw this but this isn't it. Storing all data locally defeats half the purpose. You can't even create notes on your phone and view them on your PC. Add to that, this seems to be only for text notes, which makes sense, since localStorage has a data limit of about 2MB.

[vanderZwan]

Ignoring the text criticism for a bit: you optionally can set it to sync to cloud services. Doesn't that solve the local storage problem?

[orthecreedence]

Try https://turtl.it

It offers a hosted option (the default) or an open-source server you can run internally if you want more control of your data (or don't want to pay). Disclosure: I'm building it.

Note that Turtl uses IndexedDB to store everything (encrypted) locally, but also syncs to the server. This means if you wipe your local storage, your profile will be re-downloaded back to the client (only un-synced changes will be lost).

Mobile versions are on the way.

[adrusi]

Looks interesting, I'll try using it for a week or so and see where it takes me.

Bit of advise however: The front page of the website doesn't really describe it very well. There's barely any screenshots (and the ones that exist are hidden for two thirds of the time), and there's not much of a description of the actual application. There's descriptions of what features it has over your competitors, but not really anything about what the core product is. Honestly, if I saw the website outside of the context of this comment thread, I probably would have passed it by.

All in all it looks like a good alternative to Google Keep which I can feel good about using. Best of luck!

[orthecreedence]

That's incredibly useful feedback. Thanks for taking the time to mention that.

I think one thing I'm definitely missing are use cases, which would help people understand that product better. I'll see what I can do about making the screenshots more obvious as well.

I've been toying with the idea of creating a demo with pre-populated content and letting people play around with it on the site. Would that be something you'd try out as a passerby who happened to land on the site?

[adrusi]

I tend to treat such demos as nothing more than glorified screenshots. For example, Mailpile has a demo similar to what you described and I spent maybe 10 seconds in it clicking on a couple buttons. That said, I'm sure it is very useful to some other people. I'd recommend getting in touch with some of the Mailpile guys or anyone else who can relay their experiences about how useful it is.

[ch0wn]

It uses IndexedDB to store your notes. Also, the spec recommends 5MB for localStorage.

[ilian]

For an offline file based evernote alternative, take a look on http://tagspaces.org