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Add to SafariWhen comparing Dnote vs Trilium Notes, the Slant community recommends Trilium Notes for most people. In the question“What are the best knowledge base systems for personal use?” Trilium Notes is ranked 10th while Dnote is ranked 31st.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Local first
Supports local use first.
Pro Self-hostable
Because the software is fully open source, it can be self-hosted, if the users want to.
Pro Automated spaced repetition
It sends a weekly digest email for spaced repetition. Refreshes memory and helps learn faster.
Pro Minimal friction
Works as CLI, browser extension, and IDE plugins.
Pro Free and open source software
Free software under GPL license.
Pro End-to-end encrypted
Respects user's privacy with end-to-end encryption
Pro Note encryption
Pro Free and open source software
Pro Excellent WYSIWYG interface
Pro Attributes that can be assigned to nodes and inherited
Pro Graph of node connectivity
Pro Note versioning
Pro Synchronization with a server
You can set up synchronization but you need a server to do this.
Pro Database storage rather than files
This enables the tool to do a lot of things that would be difficult with plain text file storage.
Pro Archival functionality
Cons
Con Not mobile friendly
No Android app and site is not a PWA. Requires extra work to add notes.
Con No multimedia support
Because it is designed to be as minimalist as possible, it doesn't seem to have multimedia support yet.
Con Interface can be confusing
There is a fair amount of flexibility to the interface but it can also become confusing, especially when some parts are not necessarily simple to use. Most of the basic features nevertheless are intuitive.
Con Database storage rather than files
This makes it a little less simple to work with (also has benefits).
Con Not markdown
It will import and export markdown but it does not store content as markdown. This isn't necessarily a problem if you don't need it.
Con Synchronization requires use of Trilium's sync server
This can be problematic to set up unless you have a web server that will support the requirements of this.
