I'm currently using a self hosted instance of XWiki on my NAS to write down long term notes just for myself. But it runs very slow with the database and limited hardware ressources. And since I only access it from my Windows PC on my LAN I figured I'd just need an application that does the same job and save the files on my NAS.

So does anyboy know a good Open Source application for Windows that can be used like that? It needs features like these:

WYSIWYG editor
tables
font colors
font highlights
text code
headings
embed images
embed YouTube links
(un-)ordered lists
bold text
underlined text

Thanks in advance!

Edit: Added WYSIWYG editor to the list.

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[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maybe Joplin?

[–] sup@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Yep, Joplin is great. It uses markdown and I've been using it for a while now. Great application

[–] Vexz@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I already use Joplin but it doesn't offer all the features I need (afaik). Tables for example.

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've tables in Joplin... https://joplinapp.org/markdown/#tables

[–] Vexz@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, right. But it looks very inconvenient to create and edit tables. I'd rather stick with my XWiki then. Thank you anyways.

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They've a GUI / WYSIWYG editor to make things easier:

[–] anaximander@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

I'm a big fan of Obsidian. It's not open source, but it's free forever and has a rich theming and plugin ecosystem, and it works on just regular markdown files in folders so you're not locked in by proprietary file formats or anything, you can switch to basically anything that edits text and lose nothing. There's paid sync and publish features, but because it's just ordinary text files, you can replicate those for free with OneDrive and Jekyll, or your favourite tools of similar function.