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Can you recommend a free minimalist documents app? (replace Google Docs- can be offline) (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 month ago by Mothra@mander.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hey Lemmy! I'm ashamed to admit I haven't yet quit Google Docs. I think I should especially since I got a lot of documents which I really have no reason to keep online, I've been doing so out of lazyness as I'm used to GDocs and its ease of use.

I'm looking for a text editor that lets me paste images straight from my clipboard into the documents, this is a must for my workflow.

Another feature I use a lot is the side menu/index, which is created automatically when I insert a header and lets me jump quickly to any part of my document.

With that in mind, the search function is also essential, I need this to either have a search bar or work with ctl+F

Of course I need some basic color and font size variation, and having the ability to create tables is handy but I don't need any kind of math functionality.

I could use Libre Office but I'm looking for something bare bones and lightweight. I haven't used LO in years so it may have changed, however from memory it's pretty well fleshed out and I find all the extra features distracting especially since I don't need them. I'm not sure though, perhaps I'm wrong and you can convince me?

Have you got any suggestions? TIA

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[–] IHawkMike@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm not sure about color support without HTML or add-ons, but Obsidian is a good markdown editor with a lot of functionality and extensibility.

It's not open source but it runs on everything.

[–] geoma@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Logseq is like obsidian but open source/libre. Totally recommended

[–] Corr@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm getting more into using logseq. I like it fairly well. It's not quite comfortable on mobile though so I'm sticking to obsidian there for the time being.

[–] N0x0n@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Logseq is a good alternative, if you like everything being a bulletpoint :/.

It doesn't fit my note taking workflow and learning or translate to a new way of note taking style will take to much time/effort...

Guess I'm still stuck with Obsidian.