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Dev tools · March 12, 2020

Joplin

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

Joplin launched on March 12, 2020 with 6 votes, #1,370 of 4,417 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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What it does

Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application. The notes are searchable, can be copied, tagged and modified either from the applications directly or from your own text editor. The notes are in Markdown format.

Joplin, the open source note-taking application

Joplin is an open source note-taking app. Capture your thoughts and securely access them from any device. Images, videos, PDFs and audio files are supported. Create math expressions and diagrams directly from the app. Take photos with the mobile app and save them to a note. With Joplin Cloud, share your notes with your friends, family or colleagues and collaborate on them. You can also publish a note to the internet and share the URL with others. Use the web clipper extension, available on Chrome and Firefox, to save web pages or take screenshots as notes. Customise the app with plugins, custom themes and multiple text editors (Rich Text or Markdown). Or create your own scripts and plugins…from joplinapp.org

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