[feature] alternative sync ways?

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp, postgresql, sqlite
Domain
desktop, distributed-systems

Research direction

The issue does not name implementation files, tests, or an existing sync-plugin entry point. First clarify which synchronization target and plugin scope should be pursued, then inspect AlephNote's current storage and synchronization architecture. Done would require an agreed protocol, plugin design, and defined backup or cross-device synchronization behavior.

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Description

One of the biggest problems when you have a stolen or formatted notebook/pc is the settings of certain applications. Recently, I thought of a way to sync my AlephNote settings on GitHub, that way I would have a backup of everything.

Another way to solve this problem would be to add a sync per database like postgres or sqlite. In this particular case, I can have an external database to save my notes in case I need to format my computer or prevent my computer from being stolen. But I could also have a synchronization in some specific network protocol as is the case with "nostr", "bittorrent", "localsend", "smb" or "ipfs".

For example, I could write posts with AlephNote through nostr. But in a special case, if I wanted to share notes, I could transfer them via a torrent file. But Localsend is an interesting network protocol if you want to share information across different devices on the same network. So this could be done with a localsend plugin for Alephnote.

But very interesting use case would be to make my notes public with ipfs, and another use case would be to synchronize my notes on different types of windows computers with the smb protocol. In short, we can have different plugins for different types of synchronization.

So I want and am willing to help in this regard. And would be happy for any answers or advice on how to create custom sync plugins for AlephNote.

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