God I wish there was a way to view and use #Drafts on Windows. It's literally the dealbreaker to me using it as my new #Simplenote replacement. Really well programmed but every single knowledge management app, without any exception I can conceive of, *needs* to be crossplatform. Mandatory.
#Simplenote
(Linux news in previous posts)
FOSS NEWS
Firefox Nova – our first look at the browser’s big redesign:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/firefox-nova-redesign
Automattic ends Simplenote active development, only basic maintenance continues:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/automattic-ends-simplenote-active-development-only-basic-maintenance-continues/
Zen web browser introduces live folders, Firefox 148 core, Linux performance boost & more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/zen-web-browser-introduces-live-folders-firefox-148-core-linux-performance-boost-and-more/
Shotcut 26.2 update: new text options, subtitle search & crash fixes:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/shotcut-26-2-update-new-text-options-subtitle-search-and-crash-fixes/
KeePass 2.61 adds diacritic-insensitive search, async updates, improved OTP tools and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/keepass-2-61-adds-diacritic-insensitive-search-async-updates-improved-otp-tools-and-more/
GIMP 3.2 issues third release candidate with fresh fixes:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/gimp-3-2-third-release-candidate-fixes
Arti 2.1.0 advances relay and RPC support, overhauls configuration:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/arti-2-1-0-advances-relay-and-rpc-support-overhauls-configuration/
Xournal++ adds tablet-friendly toolbar mode:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/xournalpp-tablet-mode-ui
Memerist is a new desktop meme generator for Linux:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/memerist-meme-generator-app-linux
Burner Todo now "officially" available for Linux, as a Flatpak or AppImage:
https://social.linux.pizza/@fosserytech/116167053395729064
(In case you're wondering, no I'm not gonna comply with the California bill or any other moronic age verification bill and start requesting age bracket from the OS. Not sure if it legally applies to me, I only distribute the app on Codeberg, plus the Flatpak via Disroot's file sender because it exceeds Codeberg's file limit, but I just put it out there, in case this would apply to FOSS projects distributed solely on code collaboration platforms. What can they do with me? I'm anonym, they don't know my real-world identity, and even if they hire hackers, and de-anonymize me, what do they do with me? Fine me? Not gonna pay. Arrest me then? I'm in Europe. But I guess they don't even know about the existence of the app, so why should I even bother?)
FEX 2603 Released With A Partial Fix For The Steam GUI Crashing On AArch64:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FEX-2603-Released
(more FOSS news in comments)
#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #OpenSourceNews #News #Firefox #SimpleNote #ZenBrowser #Shotcut #BurnerTodo #KeePass #GIMP #FEX #Arti #XournalPlusPlus #FosseryTech
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@notesnook/116160886911438924
Extremely disappointed and sad to hear that #Simplenote is no longer being developed. I’ll continue to use it as long as it’s alive. Have used it for years and it has been absolutely perfect for multiplatform use, completely free and always instant syncing. Was my go to for warm-storage.
I’ll investigate alternatives but unless they are *free with instant syncing* they can f off. Collaboration for free would be a bonus (Simplenote has this).
#Simplenote is no longer an option. What alternatives do you recommend?
Also, some programs (I can only think of #SimpleNote off the top of my head) have a fully native Mac app, but only an electron app for Linux.
That's sad, and makes me feel sad. XD
Seemingly when I need it the most #Simplenote has stopped syncing my notes between my phone and PC :(
Is there any alternative that is easy to switch all my notes over to?
I need it to be simple and have an app for Android and Linux. Not self hosted, sorry.
SimpleNote MCP Server
I’ve been an avid SimpleNote user, long before I started working at Automattic.
I love how easy it is to just fire up a note and start typing. I can tag, type text, use markdown formatting, and link to other notes. And that’s basically it! I’ve tried things like Obsidian and Notion but they just had too much overhead and I never used them for long.
I’m also a big Claude and Claude Code and I thought it would be fun to write a simple MCP server so I can use Claude to query my SimpleNote notes.
Here it is for your enjoyment. Open source, should work with any AI tool that supports MCP. The limitations are that it’s currently macOS only (because it reads the raw XML data from SimpleNote) and you have to manually add it to your settings file for Claude and Claude Code. The README has detailed instructions.
https://github.com/markbiek/simplenote-mcp
Here’s a little example of it in action.
I’d love to hear any impressions, bugs, suggestions, or whatever. It’s my first MCP server so I’m sure there’s plenty of room for improvement.
#ai #Claude #mcpServer #simplenote
I've got a bit of free time on my hands starting tomorrow through the rest of the week.
Been digging myself out of a depressive mood surrounding some loss and trauma, yadda yadda...
I decided to look up my "todo" note on #SimpleNote. Well, it's not a simple "todo" per se, but more of a big goals/planning kind of note. I've struggled with goalmaking and planning for a very long time, like...
> "What are your goals?"
"Uhhh, not die? Maybe?"
> --__--
(:
Anyway, I looked up my "goals/schedule/projects...etc..." note and noticed the timestamp in the title said "2024" at the end.
Ho boy. XD
Looking at the history with the simplenote web interface, I see I touched the note about 8 times in 2024, and maybe three times this year.
Yeah, I'm NOT good at this. XD
Encouraging words would be appreciated. :BlobCatDerpy:
Oh, another random thing, I was watching a few episodes of Homecoming tonight, and there's these two characters, they're a couple: an uneasy, ethically-minded (initially, at least) Vietnamese lady and her extremely confident African-American wife.
The African-American lady is constantly prodding her wife to take chances and to be more confident.
I leaned over to my family member and said, "She's crazy evil, but what I wouldn't give to have someone like that whispering in my ear all of the time, instead of the usual crap that goes on in the back of my head!"
Been using #SimpleNote for too long before accepting it just isn't secure. Used this script to convert my notes to #Obsidian https://github.com/philgyford/simplenote-to-obsidian
@viharm @jarunmb Don't get me wrong. I never said it didn't "work" for me. It did - for a full year. But here's the thing. I have two requirements for notes. One is immediate quick notes - what a lot of people use #AppleNotes, or #Drafts for. But I have #WINDOWS as well. Neither of those work. I use #Simplenote for it. Syncs multiplatform and I could give a fuck about it not being end-to-end secured. #Obsidian for cold-storage of notes. (1/3)
Wait, since when was there NO WAY to paste into Simplenote?
Nothing in the right-click menu, Ctrl-V doesn't work, console says "Error: command 'editor.action.clipboardPasteAction' not found"
That's... more than a little deal-breaky.
Yazı Yazmayı Kolaylaştıran Not Alma Programları
#notalma, #evernote, #onenote, #notion, #simplenote, #bear, #googlekeep, #verimlilik, #yazıyazma, #dijitalnotlar
https://huseyinozbekar.com/yazi-yazmayi-kolaylastiran-not-alma-programlari/
@EpiphanicSynchronicity So I was right - #Joplin DOES create files. They're named like shit, but they exist for sure - in the /Joplin subfolder folder in #Dropbox. But, even though they have .md extension they're not actually #markdown - they contain a lot of arcane metadata that I'm sure is translated on the fly by Joplin. Huh.
Buuut it's all exportable (of course, since I already did that once upon a time).
Still fiddling with it as a potential replacement for #Simplenote.
Funktioniert bei irgendwem in #Simplenote neuerdings noch Strg + V?
Strg + Shift + V funktioniert aber…
@emory Reading this just makes me more annoyed that #Drafts isn’t on #Windows as well nor is there any alternate way to access its data on that platform even if iCloud is installed. @EpiphanicSynchronicity may have convinced me to switch (back) to #Joplin from #Simplenote for this sort of stuff but I simply can’t use a locked-in system with my workflow. 😕
Ich suche gerade eine sinnvolle Notizenapp und bin natürlich auch auf #simplenote gestoßen: Opensource, auf mehreren Geräten möglich, sync, kostenlos....wo ist der Haken? Alles kostenlos kann ja nicht sein.
New #blog post: My Approach to Online Notes
https://rldane.space/my-approach-to-online-notes.html
965 words
cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn
(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)
#rlDaneWriting #blost #writing #SimpleNote #vi #vim #nvim #neovim #notes #NoteTaking
I really wish I could use #Drafts instead of #Simplenote for quick note entry that syncs across multiple devices. I like it a lot.
Only problem is that it's only available for Apple devices which is basically a dealbreaker for people who use other operating systems. One day the dev will graduate, I hope. One day.
In the meantime.. Simplenote.
@dhry I wish #Drafts worked on #Windows and #Linux. Honestly it's probably the only reason that I don't use it way more and prefer Simplenote. If #Obsidian just was easier to use on mobile. But it probably never will be - now that Bases has come out, predictably all new versions are going to be concentrating on leveling up that useless functionality versus fixing legit issues but whatever, is what it is. #Simplenote.
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