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Ruslin

A note application that supports syncing using a self-hosted Joplin server.

Completely free
Android
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by F-Droid
License: GPL-3.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by F-Droid
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by F-Droid
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by F-Droid
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: No
Platforms: AndroidEstablished by Android: F-Droid
Distribution: Available on F-Droid
Publisher: DianQK
Latest version: 0.1.2-beta.3 (25 September 2024)
Latest activity: 25 September 2024
Source code: github.com/ruslin-note/ruslin-android

Overview

Ruslin is a note-taking mobile app, available on Android.

Features described in its F-Droid listing and in its GitHub repository: self-hosting on your own server, Markdown support and full-text search.

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

“A note application that supports syncing using a self-hosted Joplin server.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“A note application that supports syncing using a self-hosted Joplin server.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“✅ Markdown editor with toolbar” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“✅ Support Markdown edit and preview” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
“✅ Full-text search using jieba-rs (Chinese and English supported)” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Ruslin is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-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.

Strengths

Open source code
No advertising
Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

Few recent updates

Sources and checks

Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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