I excluded it because of the proprietary database format but generally like what Automattic do. Simplenote is worth a look because they have well maintained apps and Markdown editing available for free.Scrivener might be great for complex writing projects but it is far too sophisticated for a notes app.Since it supports Markdown, when it is released I will just be able to point it to the files I’m editing. It’s not open for public use at time of writing so I couldn’t try it yet. The UI is why I excluded it, but I am keeping an eye on nvUltra which is the replacement in active beta now. nvALT hits all of my requirements except tag support, but is quite an old app (and looks it).
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The format is JSON and you can set up your own CouchDB server to run the sync services, but that isn’t something I’m interested in doing. It fits most of my requirements and the UI looks great, but uses a proprietary format rather than files on disk. Inkdrop is an app I’ve heard about because of the blogging of its main (Japan-based) developer.I understand why developers use Electron because it allows you to build cross-platform apps using web technologies, but I’ve had bad experiences with them e.g.
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They feel brittle, tend to have poor performance and I found that Typora was buggy (the macOS version is in beta). They remind me of Java apps that almost get the native OS style right, but not quite. It also uses Electron and I really hate Electron based apps.