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Joplin

Published by laurent22

open source note taking and to-do application

Open sourceMIT

Highlights

  • Markdown notes in nested notebooks, with tags, to-dos and alarms
  • Sync through Nextcloud, WebDAV, Dropbox, OneDrive, S3 or Joplin Cloud
  • Optional end-to-end encryption, so the sync target holds only ciphertext
  • Web Clipper browser extension for saving pages into a notebook
  • Desktop, mobile and terminal clients sharing one note format

About this application

Joplin is a note-taking and to-do application that stores notes as Markdown inside notebooks. Notebooks nest, notes carry tags, and a to-do item is a note with a checkbox and an optional alarm. A split view shows the Markdown source and its rendered output side by side; a rich text mode is available for people who would rather not see the markup.

Notes live in a local database and are synchronised through a storage backend that you choose: Nextcloud, WebDAV, Dropbox, OneDrive, S3-compatible storage or Joplin Cloud. Because the server only ever holds files, end-to-end encryption can be switched on so the sync target stores ciphertext. Attachments and images travel with the notes.

A browser extension, the Web Clipper, saves pages or selections into a notebook. Plugins extend the desktop application, and there is a terminal client alongside the desktop and mobile builds. Notes export as Markdown, JEX archives, HTML or PDF.

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