Both AFFiNE and Joplin Notes are intended for creating and editing notes, with a view to building up your searchable personal knowledge base.
My video does an in-depth dive comparison between AFFiNE and Joplin Notes with a primary focus on the note-taking capabilities and their Markdown format compatibility. AFFiNE has the added advantage of providing some great graphical tools with its edgeless canvas mode, whilst Joplin Notes has tremendous extendability through its numerous community plugins.
They do things slightly differently and neither, though, does everything perfectly, so my video will hopefully highlight some of their differences which may appeal to you.
NOTE: If AFFiNE gets bulk export to MD I will mention it here in the description.
CHAPTERS:
AFFiNE Main UI layout overview 03:37
Markdown Editor Decisions 07:17
Markdown Standards 17:10
Comparison between AFFiNE vs Joplin 21:16
AFFiNE Presentation Mode 42:35
Resource Usage 45:07
Presentations Slide 47:23
Exporting to Markdown format documents 49:12
Why did I leave Obsidian Notes? 58:13
AFFiNE Linking to a Different Note 01:00:24
AFFiNE Database 01:01:48
Embedding Media Objects in AFFiNE 01:04:41
AFFiNE Cloud Hosted Costs 01:05:46
Accessing Admin Settings 01:08:52
AFFiNE AI activation 01:09:41
Notifications 01:13:49
Opening a Document with Stream Deck 01:14:29
Embedded YouTube video not displaying 01:15:57
AFFiNE Usage Tips 01:16:23
Why use the Indexer Service? 01:18:52
Browser access View and Doc Links 01:21:39
App Settings 01:23:42
Workspace Settings and Changing Icon 01:26:26
Admin Settings 01:28:42
Setting AI APIs key 01:30:47
My Docker-Compose file 01:32:58
My Stack.env file 01:36:17
Final Thoughts 01:36:59
Joplin Notes Rich Text Editor view 01:38:44
LINKS:
GitHub code https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE
AFFiNE documents https://docs.affine.pro/
AFFiNE Community at https://community.affine.pro/
My docker compose file at https://microbin.gadgeteer.co.za/upload/eel-ape-hawk
My stack.env file for AFFiNE at https://microbin.gadgeteer.co.za/upload/eel-otter-ape
Chrome browser web clipper at https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/affine-web-clipper/mpbbkmbdpleomiogkbkkpfoljjpahmoi
Q&A about AI on self-hosted instances https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE/discussions/11722
My AFFiNE Markdown Cheat Sheet at https://affine.gadgeteer.co.za/workspace/dc785ed7-b0af-4a81-87f5-1b0be87cda98/fB9bXeRGFk
My Joplin Markdown Cheat Sheet at https://joplin.gadgeteer.co.za/shares/sVrj8LIi6HkKRhfKql2ZGK
My AFFiNE Reference document at https://affine.gadgeteer.co.za/workspace/dc785ed7-b0af-4a81-87f5-1b0be87cda98/yRhExd6qZR2hrocn30DGX
My Joplin Notes vs AFFiNE document at https://affine.gadgeteer.co.za/workspace/dc785ed7-b0af-4a81-87f5-1b0be87cda98/QJ9RNy7b91erRqSJzgB0Y
Test Export to Markdown File at https://affine.gadgeteer.co.za/workspace/dc785ed7-b0af-4a81-87f5-1b0be87cda98/CuJgcP_1NY and for Joplin at https://joplin.gadgeteer.co.za/shares/Ha0qmCuFZlx4k5g0Ks21lH
My Obsidian Notes video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_4LR76g-jU
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