Boostnote: Web version?

[pffreitas]

Have anyone considered a Web version? I think this would make things easier for Boostnote Team

[asmsuechan]

Hi, @pffreitas. Boostnote Team is Web version for you. What do you mean about web version?

[pffreitas]

I mean run Boostnote as a web app on the cloud rather than as a client app on my machine. I figured that Boostnote Team would be web, but I haven't been granted access to it yet.

But I think what I miss are some collaborative features, that are probably on Team version

[asmsuechan]

@pffreitas Does it mean cloud sync? If so, you need to use other services such as Dropbox or GoogleDrive. I don't contemplate to implement sync feature in Boostnote app.

[skogsmaskin]

I think it would be great to just have it running as a Node web app somewhere without the Electron wrapper. Then it could be used everywhere. Not having Andorid or web access to my notes is kind of a showstopper for me.

I am already using it with Dropbox as the file storage (sharing notes between my Linux and Mac computers), and it works OK (would like to see a feature that reloads / notifies me when the documents has changed though).

It would be great if I also could set it up as a node web app at home, also using that Dropbox folder as the storage. Then I would have access to my notes on Android or anywhere.

[kazup01]

Thanks for suggestion! But I'm sorry, this feature is out of scope.

[txchen]

@pffreitas I was thinking about this as well. The use case is, I'd like to access and read my notes anywhere.

If we only need readonly mode, I think it won't be too difficult:

• create a git repo to store the note files
• manually git push to the remote repo
• create a webapp, which reads the git repo and render notes.

Of course, if 3rd party storage integration is done, it would be easier.

[yashha]

Good Ideas,
You can also think about LocalStorage integration.
And when you leave the site you are asked to save it locally.
I like how https://github.com/Laverna/laverna did it.

[chreniuc]

I also like this idea of having a web based instance running(self-hosted). This way I won't need to install boostnote on all devices.