A friendly whiteboard for quick sketches, plans and diagrams that look hand-drawn.
Joplin
Private, encrypted notes that sync between your computer, phone and the cloud you choose.
Notes & journal
AGPL-3.0-or-later
Reviewed version 94168d3
What it does
Joplin is a note-taking and to-do app for desktop, mobile and the terminal. Notes are written in Markdown, organised in notebooks with tags, and can be synced through Dropbox, OneDrive, Nextcloud, WebDAV or Joplin's own server, with end-to-end encryption. A large plugin library and a web clipper make it easy to shape to your own way of working.
- Markdown notes with notebooks, tags and attachments
- End-to-end encrypted sync to the service you pick
- Hundreds of plugins and themes
- Desktop, iPhone, Android and terminal apps
Great for: Anyone who wants private, portable notes that are not locked into one company's app.
- LicenceAGPL-3.0-or-later
- Where it runsYour computer (free)
- Built withtypescript, javascript
- Your dataStays in your own copy
- Sourcelaurent22/joplin
Ways to use it
Your AI helps you choose, based on what you need, and sets it up with you in plain words.
- On my own computerFreeJoplin has a desktop app. Your AI can install it with you.
How people are using this project
Examples of what people ask their AI to do with Joplin. Start from one, or just tell your AI and it will ask what you'd like.
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“Every Sunday, create a note from my review template with this week's completed to-dos.”
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“Set up a notebook of recipes with a template and tags for meal type and cooking time.”
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“Make notes show in large text with a cream background and dark text.”
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“Write a plugin that adds a daily check-in panel and keeps a monthly summary note.”
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Can I trust it?
- AGPL-3.0-or-later. Free to use and change. If other people use your changed version, including over a network (for example a website you host for them), you must offer them your source code under the same licence. Using it privately for yourself or your household has no extra obligations. The Joplin Server code in packages/server has its own separate licence file; check it before running a server for other people.
- Your data: stores personal data, on your own device or server. A local SQLite database and attachments in the Joplin profile folder on each device.
- Other services: Sync target (Joplin Cloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, Nextcloud, S3 or WebDAV) (optional, free to paid, depends on provider); Joplin Server (self-hosted) (optional, your own hosting costs)
- Reviewed version. Your AI always gets exactly the version we've checked.
- Notes can hold sensitive information. Enable end-to-end encryption and keep your master password safe.
- Install plugins only from the official plugin repository, and read what a plugin can access.
- Never paste sync credentials or encryption keys into an AI chat.
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