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Is there any closed source android app that you wish had a good open source alternative? (programming.dev)

submitted 5 months ago by federino@programming.dev to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I'm currently looking to develop an open source app that can help somebody. I'm currently out of ideas, so I'd like to heard if from you guys.

Sorry if it seems to lazy to ask for ideas like that, I just thought that I could do it since the result will be a free app.

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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 43 points 5 months ago (16 children)

Obsidian.

Markor is a great open source markdown editor for android, but I wish we had some decent WYSIWYG options, like obsidian, typora, etc.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 15 points 5 months ago (9 children)

Joplin already does a great job for this, at least for notes.

[–] krash@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 months ago (8 children)

I used Joplin extensively for ~2 years, but I was constantly put off by the desktop applications UI and how my notes was stored in SQLite. The move to obsidian felt natural and I felt more in ownership over my files in their existing structure. Granted, obsidian is closed source and could go rogue, but when that happens, I am prepared to jump ship without too much pain.

[–] nix@midwest.social 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

IMO Obsidian is already a little rogue, in the sense that it only supports their sync. I know you can glue something together by syncing the folder itself, but that's not convenient or the point. For now I'll stick with Joplin because it works with nextcloud nicely.

[–] krash@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

There is at least plugins that enables sync by alternative ways. They're not as elegant, but work.

Since everything, including settings, is stored in the same root folder as the notes - you can sync your settings along your notes through other tools too.

[–] nix@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago

Oh, I'll take a look at those plugins.

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