Title. looking for some tasks/reminders app that can sync across android and mac/windows. Android is a must have though. I am not doing selfhosted just yet but recommendations are still appreciated, Thanks!
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I just use Proton Calendar.
I use Logseq for notes, project and task management.
obsidian.md using the Self-hosted Livesync plugin
Have you had any issues with the self-hosted livesync plugin? I currently use the “remotely save” plugin and sync to a nextcloud instance, but I thought about trying the livesync plugin instead. I just wasn’t sure if it was worth spinning up a couchdb instance just for that.
I’ve been using it for about a year, and it’s definitely gotten a lot better in that time. It can be a little finicky to get everything configured for the first time for a vault. You only have to do it on the first device though, then you can copy a setup URI to each subsequent device. One caveat is that if you want it to work on mobile, then you’ve got to have it configured with https and not with a locally-signed cert. I have it proxied through Cloudflare with a domain I use for homelab stuff.
The biggest difference is that remotely save doesn’t have any kind of conflict resolution. It just overwrites the remote file as long as the local one was modified more recently. Livesync keeps separate versions of a file almost like a git repo, tracking the changes. It almost always automatically merges conflicts, but if it can’t it’ll pop up asking you to choose which version to keep. I have a few vaults that I share with others and multiple people can work on the same file simultaneously with no issues at all. There’s end-to-end encryption built in so if you’re using it externally you don’t have to worry about your privacy. I write up my task list for the day on my computer in the morning, and being able to pull my phone up and check things off and have it reliably sync back to my desktop without overwrite issues works flawlessly. There’s iOS, Android and Windows devices all playing nicely.Here’s a link to the docs for setting up your own server.
I’m gonna stick the docker compose and config files I used to spin mine up if you wanna use them (make sure to put them in the same directory):
docker-compose.yml
name: obsidian version: '2' services: database: image: couchdb restart: unless-stopped ports: - "5984:5984" volumes: - ./local.ini:/opt/couchdb/etc/local.ini environment: - COUCHDB_USER=username - COUCHDB_PASSWORD=password
local.ini
[couchdb] single_node=true max_document_size = 50000000 [chttpd] require_valid_user = true max_http_request_size = 4294967296 [chttpd_auth] require_valid_user = true authentication_redirect = /_utils/session.html [httpd] WWW-Authenticate = Basic realm="couchdb" enable_cors = true [cors] origins = app://obsidian.md,capacitor://localhost,http://localhost credentials = true headers = accept, authorization, content-type, origin, referer methods = GET, PUT, POST, HEAD, DELETE max_age = 3600
Edit: Sorry for the huuuge reply, hope it’s not too much haha
Thanks so much for the detailed response! I didn’t realize livesync handled conflicts better, that’s almost enough by itself to make the switch.
I think originally I was mostly hesitant to try it because I didn’t want to expose a public couchdb, but it’s actually not that big of a deal now that I think about it, especially if it’s using end to end encryption.
I have a few vaults that I share with others and multiple people can work on the same file simultaneously with no issues at all.
Do you just share the entire vault? I’m assuming each person you share with would just end up using the same credentials? I tried sharing a vault with my partner before using remotely-save+nextcloud and it was kind of clunky, we ended up just using a shared folder and let nextcloud desktop app sync it instead. It doesn’t help for mobile though.
Thanks for sharing your config too, I’ll probably try setting it up with a test vault this week and see if I run into any issues with it
So there’s the one set of couchdb login details, but that’s not used for encryption. There’s a separate encryption passphrase per vault, so you can store as many vaults as you like without worrying about other people using the database reading your files. My partner and I have a vault that we share (with shared passphrase), as well as each having our own vaults. This works best for us, but there’s also another tool by the creator to sync folders between vaults: https://github.com/vrtmrz/livesync-classroom
I’m currently using Remember the Milk as my primary tasks/reminders. It isn’t updated with big features very often, and has been around for a long time. I’m looking for a new similar solution that is self-hosted though. Currently I’m leaning towards Kanboard for bigger “projects”, but my alternative to rtm so far is just a bunch of markdown checklists in Obsidian.
I came in here to recommend Todoist - been using Pro for years and I love it for organisation and reminders… However, with all the self-hosted options in the comments, I’m looking at making the move to the NAS. Thanks other commenters!
I use Todoist. But I’m currently trying to get to the bottom of what their privacy stance is. Their Privacy Policy is too vague for my liking. I’ve been recently talking with their staff and asking some questions about it, but they’ve been slow to respond.
Am I the only one using Google Keep?
Etesync. Open source, self hosted or cloud, cross platform, and fully client side encrypted.
Etesync is basically caldav/etc right? What are you syncing it to on your devices?
It’s a fully client-side encrypted key store, mainly used for calendars, contacts, tasks, and notes. It does have a cal/carddav bridge. I use task.org for tasks, EteNotes for notes, and the android connector for native support of calendars and contacts. In GNOME it works via evolution for syncing. I use the *dav bridge for some custom integrations (like HomeAssistant).
Thanks! I’m assuming you meant tasks.org? It looks interesting, I’ll give it a try. I knew etesync could be used to sync calendar/contacts, but didn’t really think about tasks and notes too.
Etenotes looks like it might be too simple for me, but I have been looking for a new task/todo list.
I also saw etebase is its own thing, but it looks pretty interesting too and I’ll keep it in mind for future projects.
Yes tasks.org. EteBase is the server backend for etesync (the client side). EteNotes is one integration, but others are possible too!
Is there any problem with a Google or Microsoft calendar? Free and app supported on pretty much everything.
Your asking on privacyguides and using Google. I think the answer should be pretty obvious. At least for the Google free accounts, they mine many things. Presumably if you have a business services agreement with them you could more or less guarantee more security.
