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I was also a fan until I discovered that there is no search and replace feature. The issue for it was opened in 2016 but the dev doesn't seem interested. Search and replace should be core functionality for any text or code based editor IMHO. https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver/issues/417

I would say Quiver targets the same problem space. There’s some overlap and there are some healthy differences. I didn’t mention it to propose it as an alternative, but to illustrate that “expensive” is not just about absolute cost. https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver/wiki

I suspect OP is talking about this: https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver/wiki (there's a link to an iOS app there)

I really like Quiver (https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver/wiki).

I really recommend Quiver (http://happenapps.com). It supports code blocks, LaTeX, html, markdown, etc., as well as attachments of any kind (pdf, jpg, etc.) The format is well documented and open (https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver/wiki/Quiver-Data-Format), so you could potentially write your own parser if it ever becomes unsupported! There's also an android app (called quaver) that someone else (not the original developer), has built using the open JSON specs. It works, but isn't that great. Syncing the JSON data to the cloud keeps all devices in sync. It also has an import feature that allows you to import your Evernote notes.

The Dec update was a couple of minor bugfixes. It had been a long time since the previous update, and there haven’t been new features for ages. It is quite featureful, so this isn’t egregious, but it is indicative of an app that you’d have to say is, at best, in caretaker mode now. There are a ton of unaddressed bugs at https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver/issues. Also the iOS version had been in beta for a long time, and was eventually released in attenuated form (a free read-only notes viewer). I’m not writing this to bag the app at all. It’s still my primary note-taking app. But on present evidence I don’t think anyone would say it has a great future. Quiver got a lot right, at least for me, and hit a kind of sweet spot between the overwhelming closed-platform-centricity of Evernote, and the minimalistic text-oriented note apps. And it

The Quiver format is very simple https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver/wiki/Quiver-Data-Format Just some files organised in directories from a root you have stored on disk, with a simple JSON structure to describe a document.

No. It has a simple & documented file format (https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver/wiki/Quiver-Data-Format) so an equivalent could be built, but it's very much a Cocoa app so a port wouldn't be very feasible.

I use quiver for both notes and bookmarks (https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver), with the data residing on Google drive. My reasons (YMMV): 1. The data format is clean and open. At some point if the app becomes unavailable for whatever reason, I can write my own to retrieve my data. Or someone will. 2. There's an unofficial app for Android called "quaver". It's not very polished, but when linked with a folder synced to Google drive, it allows me to access/edit my notes on mobile. 3. Search is pretty good. You can tag stuff, arrange by folders, and search. 4. It can store attachments. 5. Sometimes if I think I need an offline version of a page, I just do a copy-paste and save it in quiver. Or sometimes I just save the page as PDF and add it to quiver.

Sorry, you never will! By 'crude' I really meant it; and not just the UI, but the code. I thrashed it out as a kind of spike and it won't ever be seen by anyone but me (and even I only look reluctantly). Writing a proper Android version is currently tying for first place with a micro.blog (http://micro.blog) client for my next project. Should you really be interested in a Linux version, Quiver's author has written up the json format: https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver/wiki/Quiver-Data-Format. It seems simple and sane. I also like the general notion of "Standard Notes" (https://standardnotes.org/), but can't see text-only notes becoming 'standard' in the 21st century.

I've been using Quiver (http://happenapps.com/#quiver). It's for Mac but I think it does the job. Although links are not created wiki-style, they are kept when you export your notes to HTML and they don't break when you change the note's name. Quiver is also propietary but it is possible to create other scripts to export the notes (https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver/wiki/Quiver-Data-Format). In any case, I'm also looking for better personal wiki solutions. So far, there is no clear answer. At least for Mac.

It does sync: https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver/wiki/Cloud-Syncing

Quiver is another awesome note taking app, native and superfast on macOS: http://happenapps.com https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver/wiki/Getting-Started

...which is why I moved all my notes to quiver from evernote. The format is open and is extremely well designed (https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver/wiki/Quiver-Data-Format). And someone's used it to build an android app. So with the notes stored on google drive and the notes folder set to sync, I have access to my notes on all devices.

You can customize the default fonts for the editor, preview and presentation via CSS, and you can theme the entire UI with different colors, but I haven't found a way to change the font size for the core controls like the left notebook bar. Add a feature request @ https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver/issues For cells, you can Opt+Cmd+2 to convert to a code cell, then Opt+Cmd+/ to bring up the list of languages and then type ahead. That's about as close as it gets. You can also set the default language for new code cells in preferences.