I can't speak to any F-droid apps specifically but every team I've worked with always tried to push their last update for the year on Wednesday the week before Christmas. Usually still enough developers active to fix any issue that arises and not close enough to eat into most big Christmas activities or weekend plans. Could just be that
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I am just happy that the update for the official Peertube app finally hit f-droid today.
fossify apps? they usually do monthly updates for all their apps, often small fixes and translations.
@sga
> fossify apps?
That was about half of them.
Mental note: must donate to Team Fossify. I'm deeply grateful to them for continuing the Simple Apps as un-enshittified Free Code, and I use heaps of them every day. If they had a notes app (ideally one compatible with NextCloud), I'd use that every day too (hint, hint).
there is https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Notes. But it does not have nexcloud integration (relevant issue - https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Notes/issues/36).
in case you want to still use, and still want syncing, there is an option to use syncthing for syncing to other devices, or use some other nexcloud sync app to sync file to sync to nexcloud, as the notes files are plain text.
@sga
> there is an option to use syncthing for syncing to other devices
Intriguing, is this built into the app itself? I gave SyncThing a solid try and it failed on me pretty badly, in a number of ways. Also didn't the mobile app get abandoned some time ago?
I'll install it and kick the tires at least.
> the notes files are plain text
That's definitely a good feature. Getting this from my existing notes app requires a manual export.
Intriguing, is this built into the app itself?
no
Intriguing, is this built into the app itself?
i agree a bit. syncthing is a bit flimsy, and i do not use it, since i basically just use 1 device and my phone is used very little, and if i have to sync, i just do wires.
Also didn't the mobile app get abandoned some time ago?
yes. though the app is basically feature complete, unless syncthing (upstream) makes some breaking changes (unlikely, but very much possible)
there are many note taking apps on fdroid, many have nexcloud integration (i can not give any recommendation because i do not take notes on phone).
you can alternatively use just a regular davx5 sync app to sync any file to nexcloud
For basic notes, Markor + Syncthing works a treat. I've been using it for years, and never had any issues with it.
I recently switched back to Joplin Notes, largely because of its (upcoming) support for Rocketbook (and other smart notebooks, such as Bambook and Scribzee), and the self-hosted Joplin Server, which lets me offer accounts to friends and family, and share notebooks with them.
It works perfectly, and has the added benefit of E2EE, biometric support, plus the many, many advanced features Joplin offers. There are plenty of other sync options, including file system (for use with Syncthing) and Nextcloud.
all of that sounds great but seemingly above me. I essentially take notes in a text editor in markdown like syntax (typst), and for occasional sketches, i use xournalpp. if it is too media heavy, then xournalpp as whiteboard, ilude media in it, and can type and include math by typst. I do not do multiple devices so this 1 device is it