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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/cokelid on 2025-01-18 14:32:08+00:00.
I've tried a few note-taking apps over the years, but always fall back to plain text files (previously .txt files, but nowadays .md Markdown files). I like that I can grep them from the command line, view and edit them from a basic ssh connection, use Git for version control, etc.
I recently came across SilverBullet. I love that it's based on .md files. I can continue to write/edit/use plain markdown files as usual, but on top of that get a sweet little web interface. If SilverBullet goes away, the .md files are just still there.
I got it up and running in under a minute with a docker one-liner:
sudo docker run -it -p 3000:3000 -v /path/to/my/notes:/space zefhemel/silverbullet
Docker install Instructions:
There are also a lot of bells and whistles if you want them. Here's a good YouTube vid introducing it:
It's barely mentioned here so I thought worth a shout out.
I'm in no way associated with it. All credit to Zef Hemel u/zef...