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Joplin

Open source note taking and to-do application.

  • Free, with trade-offs
  • Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Joplin is a note-taking program, available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. Other documented uses: to-do lists.

Features described in its F-Droid listing, in its Flathub listing and in its GitHub repository: Markdown support, attachments, sync across devices, offline use, end-to-end encryption and full-text search.

Services and protocols mentioned: WebDAV, Nextcloud, Dropbox and OneDrive.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Joplin, the open source note-taking application” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “open source note taking and to-do application” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “The notes are in Markdown format.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Notes exported from Evernote can be imported into Joplin, including the formatted content (which is converted to Markdown), resources (images, attachments, etc.) and complete metadata (geolocation, updated time,…” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “The notes can be synchronised with various cloud services including Nextcloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, WebDAV or the file system (for example with a network directory).” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Joplin is "offline first", which means you always have all your data on your phone or computer.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “The notes can be securely synchronised using end-to-end encryption with various cloud services including Nextcloud, Dropbox, OneDrive and Joplin Cloud.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Full text search is available on all platforms to quickly find the information you need.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Joplin is free, with trade-offs (account, ads, data or attribution) detailed below.

Its licence (AGPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Plans and conditions

  • The publisher also offers paid plans (hosting, support or services); they are described on its website.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • No advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. The notes are searchable, can be copied, tagged and modified either from the applications directly or from your own text editor. The notes are in Markdown format. Notes exported from Evernote via .enex files can be imported into Joplin, including the formatted content (which is converted to Markdown), resources (images, attachments, etc.) and complete metadata (geolocation, updated time, created time, etc.). Plain Markdown files can also be imported. The notes can be synchronised with various cloud services including Nextcloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, WebDAV or the file system (for example with a network directory). When synchronising the notes, notebooks, tags and other metadata are saved to plain text files which can be easily inspected, backed up and moved around. The application is available for Windows, Linux, macOS, Android and iOS (the terminal app also works on FreeBSD). A Web Clipper, to save web pages and screenshots from your browser, is also available for Firefox and Chrome.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

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  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (limits, commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Comptoir du Libre (source code, licence) —
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  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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