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Is it possible to use joplin on my phone and desktop with syncthing? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/joplinapp@sopuli.xyz
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I cannot figure out how to sync Joplin with anything, but I do use syncthing to basically back up my whole phone to my desktop whenever I'm on WiFi. Can I use desktop Joplin to access the syncthing folder and edit notes?

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[–] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why not just setup WebDAV sync? If you are concerned about US cloud storage providers use an EU one. I use Koofr personally.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    I use Koofr personally.

    I've started looking at moving away from Google one service at a time, and koofr was my choice as well.

    I also really appreciate the separate additionally encrypted vault to store things I want more security on but don't need to access regularly, like the backup recovery codes that bypass 2FA on your accounts everywhere.

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    • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    I don’t use Joplin, but I do use an iOS app called “Synctrain” to sync my Obsidian vault with my server running Syncthing. It has worked extremely well for a couple years. The only “issue” is the iOS app appears slow to respond (30 seconds or so until the server is listed as “online”).

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    [–] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    I think you can with android but I have iOS so I use Joplin Server which has worked flawlessly for me for 3 years.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I dont really get what Joplin server is. You have to pay right ?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    No, you don't have to pay. There is a free self-hosted option using docker.

    Joplin Server is basically a postgres database sync with a user management frontend.

    You don't need to use it with a reverse proxy. For the first two years I just used it on my local network's ip. If I was away from home, I vpn'd and synced that way. But now I use it with a reverse proxy and everything is much simpler that way.

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    • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    There is a Joplin Server if you are into self hosting. Nextcloud also works well for this.

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    [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I’m not sure about your specific request. Here’s what I do. I have all of my Joplin notes encrypted. I run Dufs file server via docker (lightweight WebDAV server). Authentication is enabled. A reverse proxy is utilized through nginx proxy manager so I get https and access it from anywhere.

    This should work regardless of what kind of phone or device you’re using as long as it has network access.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 month ago

    I dont trust myself to do anything over internet and I'm home most of the time so not a big deal. I keep hearing of nginx and reverse proxies and have 0 understanding. I basically just figured out what DNS and https are after 25 years of computing lol. I just never get actual training on all this networking and its very confusing now.

    Seems like dpcmer and WebDAV are what I need. Ive read and watched so much on docker and I still do not understand what it really is.

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