There appears to be a mad rush at first of yearly to seek out methods to be extra productive. New Year’s resolutions, the itch to start out the 12 months off proper, and naturally, an “out with the old, in with the new” perspective all contribute to this. And the standard spherical of suggestions is closely biased in the direction of closed supply and proprietary software program. It does not must be that approach.
Here’s the primary of my picks for 19 new (or new-to-you) open supply instruments that will help you be extra productive in 2019.
Joplin
In the realm of productiveness instruments, note-taking apps are VERY useful. Yes, you should use the open supply NixNote to entry Evernote notes, nevertheless it’s nonetheless linked to the Evernote servers and nonetheless depends on a 3rd social gathering for safety. And when you CAN export your Evernote notes from NixNote, the one format choices are NixNote XML or PDF information.
Enter Joplin. Joplin is a NodeJS software that runs and shops notes regionally, lets you encrypt your notes and helps a number of sync strategies. Joplin can run as a console or graphical software on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Joplin additionally has cellular apps for Android and iOS, which means you may take your notes with you with out a main trouble. Joplin even lets you format notes with Markdown, HTML, or plain textual content.
One very nice factor about Joplin is it helps two sorts of notes: plain notes and to-do notes. Plain notes are what you count on—paperwork containing textual content. To-do notes, alternatively, have a checkbox within the notes record that lets you mark them “done.” And for the reason that to-do be aware remains to be a be aware, you may embody lists, documentation, and extra to-do objects in a to-do be aware.
When utilizing the GUI, you may toggle editor views between plain textual content, WYSIWYG, and a cut up display exhibiting each the supply textual content and the rendered view. You may specify an exterior editor within the GUI, making it simple to replace notes with Vim, Emacs, or some other editor able to dealing with textual content paperwork.
The console interface is totally improbable. While it lacks a WYSIWYG editor, it defaults to the textual content editor to your login. It additionally has a robust command mode that lets you do nearly the whole lot you are able to do within the GUI model. And it renders Markdown accurately within the viewer.
You can group notes in notebooks and tag notes for straightforward grouping throughout your notebooks. And it even has built-in search, so you could find issues when you neglect the place you place them.
Overall, Joplin is a first-class note-taking app (and a great alternative to Evernote) that can assist you to be organized and extra productive over the following 12 months.
