Post #1908602

2026-05-02 16:34 UTC

Any recommendation for #SelfHosting a web app, useable on mobile as well as desktop for two people to collaborate making notes with basic WYSIWYG text formatting? The purpose is to help us maintain notes for #renovation and #refurbishment of our home. We're mostly apart so I think it would help being able to edit a list of documents. Say one per room, and for things like lighting, heating, #HomeAutomation etc. Anyone done this? #HomeLab #HomeAssistant

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@chewie@mammut.gogreenit.net 2026-05-03 08:30

@happyborg@fosstodon.org https://github.com/ether/etherpad maybe?

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@scottwi@mastodon.social 2026-05-02 16:37

@happyborg@fosstodon.org Honestly any wiki software would probably be fine for this

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@sowa@fedi.sowi.space 2026-05-02 16:38

@happyborg@fosstodon.org I like how #Outline works. Been using it for well over a year (lost track of time), and never had a problem updating or using it. Its editor might be oversimplistic sometimes, but I see it as a feature, because thanks to that I don't spend too much time making docs look perfect.

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@jeppe@mastodon.social 2026-05-02 16:38

@happyborg@fosstodon.org i have replaced keep in our house with the French project Docs. Works really well, also on mobile. Wysiwyg and checklists and stuff. https://github.com/suitenumerique/docs

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@jasperspicace@defcon.social 2026-05-02 16:50

@happyborg@fosstodon.org etherpad ? anytype ? Cryptpad ?

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@matt@mastodon.knight.fyi 2026-05-02 16:58

@happyborg@fosstodon.org it’s a little more comprehensive than what you asked for, but it does cover the needs: Outline Wiki. We use it for everything relating to the house, construction, garden, etc. It’s not the best on mobile, but it’s perfectly usable.

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@t0maz@floss.social 2026-05-02 17:05

@happyborg@fosstodon.org How about #Joplin?

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@pixeldorf@mstdn.social 2026-05-02 17:31

@happyborg@fosstodon.org mabye bookstack?

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@mcr314@todon.nl 2026-05-02 17:36

@happyborg@fosstodon.org all good recommendations in this thread. Next cloud/own Cloud are probably overkill.

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@davebooi@ieji.de 2026-05-02 18:30

@happyborg@fosstodon.org how about 'crumbs notes'? Feels not fully fletched out, but works like a charm for my household. https://crumbs.bretzel.app/

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@dmakovec@theblower.au 2026-05-03 09:58

@happyborg@fosstodon.org I go for Obsidian, syncing with SyncThing

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@chfkch@ruhr.social 2026-05-03 15:30

@happyborg@fosstodon.org I have set up wiki-js for some similar undertaking. But it is still fresh and i am not it is overkill. #SelfHosting #renovation #refurbishment #HomeAutomation #HomeLab #HomeAssistant

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