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Joplin
Organize notes, to-do lists, and attachments in notebooks with optional synchronization.
AGPL-3.0+ · Downloads from github.com
- License
- AGPL-3.0-or-later
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- laurent22
- Verified
- 2026
About Joplin
Joplin keeps notes and tasks in searchable notebooks, with Markdown editing and attachments for supporting material. Its desktop app can work with locally stored data.
Several synchronization options are available, including the project's paid service. You can choose an option that fits your existing storage and devices.
Information
- Source code
- laurent22/joplin
- License
- AGPL-3.0-or-later
- Website
- joplinapp.org
- Download
- github.com
- Category
- Writing
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/laurent22/joplin
- github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/LICENSE
- github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/README.md
- github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases
- icon.png: Laurent Cozic; Joplin® is a trademark of JOPLIN SAS. All rights reserved: Joplin logos and icons are copyright Laurent Cozic and may not be used without permission (Logo and Icon License in the repository LICENSE); not covered by the AGPL-3.0 code license; used unmodified (converted from .icns and resized only) only to identify the app in a non-commercial directory, to be removed on request.
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