#FreeSoftwareAdvent day 1: Joplin
Inspired by @neil, each day until the 24th, I'm going to post about one piece of open source software that I use, under the #FreeSoftwareAdvent hashtag.
When I decided to do that, I immediately created a notebook in Joplin. Both as a place to list what software I was going to toot about, and to draft those toots.
So it seems appropriate to start with Joplin. It's a note-taking app that organises notes in a tree-based hierarchy, and is available for Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, and Windows.
It can synchronise notes, so you can switch quickly between devices. Synchronisation can be done through various services. Initially, I used the Joplin cloud, then moved to using my own Nextcloud instance. Both work very well. If conflicts are found during a sync, they appear in a special "Conflicts" notebook, so you can check both versions of the note and resolve any issues.
Notes are formatted in Markdown, and it has a formatting toolbar for anyone who isn't familiar with Markdown syntax.
I have two profiles set up. One for general notes, the other for research related to the book I'm currently writing. There are lots of plugins available to add extra functionality - I have plugins installed to do automatic backups, allow me to have some notes pinned for quick access, and to show an outline of the current note. The latter two are most useful for when I'm using Joplin for research.