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Reviewed by Marco Wollank
Joplin
joplinapp.org 4.2 (12)
Notebooks Open Source E2E encrypted Self-hosted Windows macOS Linux Android iOS Freemium United Kingdom
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Threat level
Covered
A covered pick. Anyone can use it as a private drop-in, with no setup or know-how. Enough for most people. Threat levels
Our take
Massively popular (55k stars) and the de facto open-source choice for Markdown notes, with the unusual strength that you bring your own sync, Dropbox, Nextcloud, or whatever, instead of being locked to one vendor. The catch is that end-to-end encryption is opt-in and the setup is more hands-on than a polished commercial app, so newcomers can stumble. Pick Joplin if you want full control over where your notes live and don’t mind configuring sync yourself. People who want notes to just appear, encrypted, with zero setup should choose a managed service.
GitHub at a glance
laurent22/joplin androiddropboxelectronenex-filesevernotejavascriptjoplinnextcloudnodejsnote-takingnotesnookobsidianonedrivereact-nativestandardnotessynchronisationweb-clipperwebdav
Stars
57,014
+104 this week
Forks
6,393
485 watching
Last commit
today
healthy
Latest release
v3.7.22
6d ago, 100+ total
Star history
Issues
92% closed
640
open
7,890
closed
+94 / -86
opened / closed, last 4 weeks
Opened vs closed, last 12 weeks
Commits, last 26 weeks
1,103 commits, active 26 of 26 weeks
437 contributors since Jan 2017
Languages
- TypeScript 77%
- JavaScript 13.9%
- Rust 3.8%
- Other 5.3%
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Website at a glance
joplinapp.org
C score 50
Basic website security headers
Graded by Mozilla HTTP Observatory, tested today
Inspect this site yourself
Measures the security configuration of the tool's own website, not the privacy of the product itself. A strong tool can still score low here.
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