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HelixNotes now on Android, same Rust + Tauri codebase (helixnotes.com)

submitted 6 months ago by ArkHost@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Last month I posted HelixNotes here and some of you asked about mobile. Version 1.2.1 ships with an Android APK. Same codebase, Rust + Tauri 2.0, no separate app. Since last post: Android support, Ollama for local AI, graph view performance improvements, wiki-link navigation, and a bunch of mobile UX polish. Direct APK download from the site. IzzyOnDroid submission in progress. AGPL-3.0, source on Codeberg.

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[–] piDev@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I think there's something really appealing about being able to open your notes without needing the original app or a specific cloud service. That's a much better kind of "ownership" than just having an export button somewhere.

[–] claim_arguably@lemdro.id 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is it vibecoded?

[–] ArkHost@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

AI-assisted, yes.

[–] currycourier@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

Assisted in what way?

[+] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] ArkHost@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No, notes are plain .md files on your disk. Encryption was never the goal.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Would like to see encryption, but I have to respect having a clear goal.

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think it makes sense to handle this at a lower level. After using other notes apps, the thing I want is for it to not have some arbitrary opaque file hierarchy that locks me into it. I want a plain dir of .md files, some resources they link to, and that's it. If I want disk encryption, there are solutions for that. I can use something like LUKs to encrypt my whole drive, or even just the notes directory.

For android, afaik everything uses disk encryption by default.

The unix philosophy is do one thing really well. We don't need a note taking app that also handles encryption.

[–] babka420@szmer.info 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

In what way is this better than LogSeq?

[–] ArkHost@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Different tools. LogSeq is outliner tool with a database backend. HelixNotes is a markdown editor (with default WYSIWYG editor) with plain .md files on disk

[–] john@feddit.org 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Does it support LaTeX blocks for math formulas?

[–] ArkHost@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Yes, it supports LaTeX math blocks via KaTeX.