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Discussion on: Note-taking software - Investigation

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Evan Oman •

My note-taking choice of late: plaintext AsciiDoc files in a private Github repo.

Pros:

  • "Cloud" backup
  • Github renders the files so there is no build step
  • AsciiDoc files are also readable as raw text
  • Extremely cross platform
  • Lightweight
  • grep-able
  • Normal version control benefits
  • Can edit via phone (with the right app)
  • Plenty of text editor options (I mostly use vim)
  • Folder structure can be arbitrarily complex
  • Code blocks are well supported

Cons:

  • Harder to include images
  • I'll admit the git workflow can be a bit tedious
  • Not much for math syntax
  • Probably others I can't think of
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Aleksey Pastuhov •

Thanks for writing such list of pros and cons! I will add Github as another tool to keep notes.