Why I don't use TiddlyWiki as much as I'ld like

[Mike Manchester]

I've always been a big fan of TiddlyWiki. I've been using it in one form or another since about 2010. But the one thing still frustrates me is the awkwardness of using on multiple systems. When I was just use it on one system it works great. 

I use many different OS Linux, Mac, Windows, iOS. I have yet to find away to use TiddlyWiki on all of these. I've tried Dropbox, Google Drive and you still have to jump through hoops to get to run. 

Does anyone have a solution that will work anywhere and on any OS? Maybe it's just me. Maybe I don't know how to access it. 

I have so many ways I want to use it but if I can't get to if from anywhere with anything none of that matters. 

[@TiddlyTweeter]

Mike Manchester wrote:

I've always been a big fan of TiddlyWiki. I've been using it in one form or another since about 2010. But the one thing still frustrates me is the awkwardness of using on multiple systems....

Right. Two dimensions of difficulty arise: (1) its, in bare, a local file save for continuity; (2) different OS and different browsers don't behave the same.

The core point is its NOT coming through a server so co-ordination gets baroque.

I think one of the neatest solutions is the NoteSelf version of TiddlyWiki.

Under this the Tiddlers are held both locally in "browser storage" AND (optionally) remotely in a "cloud database". This eliminates most cross OS & Browser differences.

Its reputed to be quite difficult to setup, but once working is very good.

Just a thought ...

NoteSelf has its own discussion group here: https://forum.noteself.org/

It can be installed from here: https://noteself.github.io/

[Arlen Beiler]

I use (and develop) TiddlyServer and sync my files using Dropbox. You should only have one device actively running it at a time, otherwise data folders (folders containing a tiddlywiki.info file) will get out of sync. But it works great for me and works on every platform except maybe iOS. Not sure about that though. If there is a linux terminal emulator for iOS that you can run Node in, then you should be good. I run it on Android using Termux, as well as on windows. And you can access it over the network. 

I agree about NoteSelf, though. Until cloudant stopped working it was my service of choice. It is a good piece of work even if it sometimes is a little tricky. I think we need to get it working with PouchDB server and then you could host it on a AWS EC2 Instance or other cloud engine. 

I would still like to make a NoteSelf inspired system that syncs with Dropbox, but I am often stymied by the enormity of the task. 

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