Built-in synchronization

[fabiospampinato]

Synchronization support should be built-in, in order to make it easier to use. It will enabled better mobile apps and other features.

[orangelynx]

Adding to the discussion:

The protocol used for Sync should be

• open / well known / standardized.
• easy to integrate with LAN-Sync and Homesever-Sync Setup
• a third option for people interested in sync over the internet without a personal homeserver would be nice as well. This could for example include a cloud service which offers an interface for the chosen protocol (e.g. webdav)

As protocol, WebDAV comes to mind. It sure has issues but is well known and established in the open source community. Downsides are the high complexity of the protocol (afaik). Perhaps there are better alternatives.

For Sync, not only a file transmission / storage access protocol is needed, but also a sync protocol, that compares files. Here we can perhaps learn a lot from Syncthing.

In case Sync screws up, there should be an option for automatic backups.

[oleksalab]

Hi! May be you don't have to develop sync by yourself and just look at Seafile integration for selfhosted solution. Seafile does already support markdown edititing and preview, has git-like engine with version control support and it very mature and stable. May be you just can provide an integration mechanism with it. That way you can also free your resource to make Notable more mature and powerful and concentrate forces on mobile apps. And may be to add more features to desktop apps like alarm or notification by time. Please consider to look at Seafile.

P.S: You are doing nice job and the excellent product!

[fabiospampinato]

@oleksalab I'll check it out 👍

[meinto]

In my opinion you don't need a build in synchronization solution. All this is already done by Syncthing. It's open-source, encrypted and peer-to-peer which makes it secure and private.

I would recommend to mention this way of synchronization in the documentation as the recommended way to go. Personally I think that notes are such a private thing, that it's worth for every user to deal with solutions like Syncthing, even if it is an additional tool to install.

I use for example the android client, mac client and the docker version for my server to sync my notes. Works like a charm. :)

[fabiospampinato]

In my opinion you don't need a build in synchronization solution.

Eventually this app will become usable by regular people too, and they can be asked to set-up Syncthing on their own. I'll surely take a look at how Syncthing works though.

[Kellermaan]

The APP is really excellent, and if you are going to add the syncing function, webdav is a wonderful choise. Thanks for your effort by the way.

[NuSkooler]

I use Notable because of it's simplicity and the ability to use my own sync (Nextcloud, personally). Synchronization is a big can of worms which for a small project will very likely distract from the core features of the app, so tread waters carefully.

If you do decide for sure to do this, at least make it optional.

[fabiospampinato]

@NuSkooler It can be a can of worms but it's important to make the project long-term sustainable.

It will be opt-in, available behind a subscription actually.

[troilus]

Hope WebDAV supported.

[nickbe]

Security? How do I know you're not reading everything I note? A build in solution which just does the syncing and which cannot be disabled can't be good

[fabiospampinato]

@nickbe the built-in solution will be opt-in and to be paid for. Security-wise I'm thinking end-to-end encryption is the way to go.

[smblee]

Updates on this issue?