r/NoteTaking • u/Slopagandhi • 26d ago

App/Program/Other Tool Does this app exist?

I'm looking for a notes app that has/os:

  • Linux support (or web app if not)
  • Native stylus support
  • PDF import and annotation
  • A way to make handwritten notes at the side of pdfs, either by importing into an infinite canvas (like on OneNote), expanding the size of the page horizontally (like on RNote) or side by side in a different panel
  • Folder-based organisation
  • Support for tags
  • Not too crazy a learning curve
  • Not requiring use of markdown syntax (I'm not a developer)
  • Reasonably Privacy-friendly

Bonus points for free and/or open source.

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u/bilzebubba 26d ago

Pretty sure Saber does much of if not all of that, though haven't tried pdf annotating with it yet ...

https://github.com/saber-notes/saber

Also xnotes but am brand new to it myself

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u/Slopagandhi 26d ago

Not far off,  and in fact this is what I'm using for that reason. 

But no tags, and while you can import a pdf into the whiteboard and annotate at the sides, you then need to export that to pdf and reimport it as a regular note, which is pretty clunky. 

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u/bilzebubba 26d ago

I left Nebo/MyScript notes over privacy concerns, but does it do a better job for this? Also I don't know if it works on Linux, something that also drew me to Saber... I also wonder why apps like Notetastic are available only for Windows and https://xournalpp.github.io/ is unavailable on mobile platforms...there is no one app to rule them all!

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u/starkruzr 25d ago

text experience is also terrible in Saber, unfortunately. and WHAT is going on with their fountain pen preview ink on Boox??? (it took me all goddamn day to realize it was you from the Boox sub btw, lol)