Can Trilium be used for quick notes?

[wsw70]

I currently use blinko for notes taking because it has the concept of stock, independent notes that I use a lot.

Several people told me how good Trilium is and I wanted to gauge whether it build be suitable for my use case.

In often need to create a short note that has no context. This is also the place where I "share" from Android through a HTTP shortcut to the REST API.

Would Trilium be a good match? Thanks for any comments!

[dosubot[bot]]

Trilium can work well for quick note-taking, but with some differences from Blinko. All notes in Trilium must be part of a hierarchy—there’s no true “standalone” note, but you can set up an “Inbox” note (using the #inbox attribute) to act as a catch-all for rapid, context-free notes. This lets you jot down quick thoughts without worrying about organizing them immediately, and you can process or move them later if you want. This workflow is fast and designed for users who create lots of short notes, similar to an “inbox-first” approach in other tools (source).

For sharing from Android, Trilium supports creating notes via its REST API, and you can set up custom endpoints for integrations like HTTP shortcuts. There’s also an official “Trilium Sender” Android app, which lets you quickly send text or images into your Trilium note tree (it creates new “day notes” by default). The Sender app is “write-only”—for full note management on mobile, you’d use the web interface (source).

If you’re used to Blinko’s truly independent notes, the main adjustment is that Trilium always puts new notes somewhere in the tree (like the Inbox or Journal), but you don’t have to organize them right away. The system is flexible and fast for capturing quick, context-free notes, and the REST API makes Android integration straightforward (source).

If you want a workflow where you can just “dump” notes and organize later, Trilium is a good match. If you need notes that are never part of any structure at all, that’s not how Trilium is designed—but for most quick note-taking and sharing scenarios, it should fit your needs well.

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[wsw70]

can a note NOT have a title? this is not required for quick notes

[dosubot[bot]]

Yes, you can create notes in Trilium without a title. If you leave the title blank, Trilium will display a fallback like “[untitled]” in the note tree and search results, so your quick notes remain visible and accessible. This works well for rapid note capture, but using meaningful titles is still recommended for easier organization and searching later on. For more details, see this discussion: source.

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[eliandoran]

Similar to Notion, note titles always exist. However, it is possible to keep it empty.
Unlike file-based editors, there's no requirement to have unique note titles.

[eliandoran]

Trilium's main use case is to create your own personal knowledge base, so it's a bit more centered on the organization part and less on the concept of taking notes quickly.

Nevertheless, this is generally not a problem since you can use Day notes and the concept of Inbox which helps you creates notes easily.

I think the best approach is to try it for a few days and see if it matches your expectations. If it does, feel free to share your experience so we know what can be improved.

[wsw70]

Thank you for the follow-up. Yes, I will do that and look around for extensions people have created (especially in the context of taking notes quickly - I wrote a few frontends for that so I would gladly write one for Trilium if needed, at least as a start)