Joplin
Open, end-to-end-encrypted notes and to-dos.
⬦ Free and open source
Released under the AGPL-3.0-or-later license. There is no affiliate link on this page. The button goes straight to the project.
Free and open source, released under the AGPL-3.0-or-later license. This page carries no affiliate link. The button goes to the official project.
Get Joplin →Joplin is the privacy pick for notes: end-to-end encrypted, Markdown-based, and happy to sync through storage you already control. For anyone who does not want their second brain living on someone else’s server, it is the default.
Note the license change: Joplin relicensed from MIT to AGPL-3.0, so any review claiming MIT is out of date.
The good
- End-to-end encryption, bring your own storage
- Markdown, no lock-in
- Cross-platform
The catch
- Relicensed from MIT to AGPL-3.0, older write-ups are stale
- AI features are add-on, not native
- Sync setup takes a moment
Pricing
Free and open source. Optional paid sync, or bring your own storage.