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24 alternatives to Joplin

Open source note taking and to-do app with sync capabilities

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Joplin launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Joplin▲75
Open source note taking & to-do app with sync
2017 · joplinapp.org · its alternatives →
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Joplin▲48
An open source note-taking app
2021 · joplinapp.org · its alternatives →
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Joplin▲2
Private notes. Open source. Your data, your control.
Jul 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
4
RagtimeCloud▲67
Sync, backups and services for your Joplin notes
2021 · its alternatives →
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Joplin, a note taking and to-do app for the terminal▲7
2017 · joplin.cozic.net · its alternatives →
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OpenNotas▲379
The best personal note-taking app, fast, secure & free
2024 · opennotas.io · its alternatives →
7
Oatsfree▲249
Free, open-source, and on device meeting notetaker
Sep 2026 · ariso.ai · its alternatives →
8
An open source alternative to Evernote (Self Hosted)▲241
An open source, markdown-based, self-hosted note taking webapp. - batnoter/batnoter
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Just Open & Type (JOT)▲345
A fast journal app for those spontaneous thoughts and ideas
2017 · jot.webflow.io · its alternatives →
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Jot▲235
The no-fuss way to take notes
2018 · gogetjot.com · its alternatives →
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Rubium▲115
Notes should only cost time
2024 · rubium.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Notea▲286
Free self-hosted open source note taking app, like Notion
2021 · cinwell.com · its alternatives →
13
My iOS app to practice sight reading (10 years in the App Store)▲313
Hello HN, this has been my personal project for quite some time now. It has been a slowly evolving project over the years and its core function is for users to expose themselves to progressively more difficult lessons of music notes. NOTE: It is free and there are no ads. There is an in app purchase but most of the app doesn't require it.
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
14
Open source non-linear notepad app▲222
MicroPad is a free non-linear note taking app that allows for easy organisation of all of your notes and notebooks.
2018 · getmicropad.com · its alternatives →
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I wrote a local-first notes app for Mac, with data longevity in mind▲128
Noteship is a note taking app for Mac that combines notes, todos, and reminders and is based on simple files and folders.
2021 · noteship.com · its alternatives →
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NerdyNotes▲176
Markdown note taking app for developers
2025 · nerdynotes.app · its alternatives →
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joplin-vscode-plugin▲3
Editing and management of Joplin notes with VSCode
2023 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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Jot▲115
Simplest notes app for the Mac Menu Bar the world has seen.
2020 · getjot.app · its alternatives →
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Paperwork▲144
An open source Evernote alternative
2015 · paperwork.rocks · its alternatives →
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Smarkup Notes▲191
Extremely simple, productivity-focused, collaboration notes
2022 · smarkup.com · its alternatives →
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Note It▲59
A feature packed note-taking extension with OCR support
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Boostnote▲164
An open-source cross platform notes app 📝
2019 · its alternatives →
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VNote, a fresh Markdown note-taking app▲80
2018 · tamlok.github.io · its alternatives →
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Note, my simple command-line note taking app▲81
A command line simple note taking app. Contribute to wsw70/note development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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