Joplin
Launched 2017
152 features found available
In their words
Free your notes. Joplin is an open source note-taking app. Capture your thoughts and securely access them from any device. Read more
Pricing
Our most recent pricing details for Joplin:
Free for basic plan
Cloud service available:
Basic - €1.49 monthly
Pro - €4.79 monthly
Teams - €6.69 monthly
Features pertaining to how the app comports itself visually
Custom CSS can be included by the note editor to effect a specific theme via CSS
Editor can show content exactly as it will be exported/printed
AI integrations offered by the app or a first-party plugin.
Tasks from notes can be viewed on a calendar
What kind of content can be uploaded or inserted into notes?
Content of the PDF can be viewed inside the note, rather than clicking on PDF and having it open in an external PDF viewer
The title and body of the PDF are automatically indexed in search
Features that pertain to how the app interfaces with its customers
Company offers on-site real time chat support, or a chat server in which the company participates
There is a dedicated venue such as Discord where users can chat about the product in real time
The company has a specified URL at which users can discuss the product and ask questions in a format where answers can be upvoted to pinpoint the best one
The company offers a version of the product that can be used indefinitely at no cost, without a note limit
What measures are taken to ensure customer data remains private, even to employees of the companies themselves?
Note data can be encrypted before leaving the user's device such that the decryption key is not shared with the note app provider (sometimes referred to as "end-to-end encryption")
Attachments included with note data are encrypted before leaving the user's device such that the decryption key is not shared with the note app provider
The entire account's worth of notes, not just individual notes, can be encrypted before leaving the user's device such that the decryption key is not shared with the note app provider
An explicit policy describes how security is implemented, and what access employees have to data.
Note content can be created such that even a user who gained access to the note app's cloud database (employee or intruder) couldn't decrypt content (i.e., they couldn't obtain a usable decryption key even if possessing the database contents)
A documented claim exists that note content will not be accessed by employees
Notes can exist purely on the local file system of the device, without syncing
A private web server can be used to sync note content across devices
What options are available for formatting text and related content in a note?
Audio can be placed in a note with embedded controls to start and stop the audio
a vertical bar formatted to the left of the selected text allows for an indented "quote" styling
dotted points are used at the beginning of a paragraph to assemble unordered lists
A sub-list contained within an unordered list
Multiple languages can be selected to define the code syntax highlighting
App provides a built-in means by which to capture user drawings, sketches, or handwriting
Text or images can be linked from a particular string of text in the note (not just URLs)
A formatting text style that slants the letters evenly to the right
Numbers are used at the beginning of the line to assemble ordered lists
A sub-list contained within an ordered list
text characters are smaller than regular text, and are set below the baseline (subscript), or above the baseline (superscript), commonly used for mathematical expression
A set of links to each header in the note can be inserted into the note or sidebar
Videos can be placed in the body of a note, with controls to start and stop the video
What functionality specific to images is possible?
An image (such as jpeg, png, gif) can be inserted and viewed in the note editor
Words in the image are added to full text search, so the note will show up in search results that contain a word from within the image
A plugin system allows images to be processed/modified via custom-written code
Text or handwriting from within an image can be inserted into the note body
What features are provided for interoperability between apps? How much lock-in is there?
Hierarchy is exported in a way that other apps can import
When an export is initiated, the downloadable package includes image files for each image uploaded to the user's notebook
App includes a built in importer for Evernote notes (ENEX)
App includes a built in importer for any markdown notes (MD)
App automatically syncs note & image data to the cloud without implementing extensions, and without signing up for a secondary account on a storage provider
A list of different versions of the note from past various points with the ability to revert to any of them
What features does the note provider offer in terms of third-party integrations and utilities adjacent to the note content itself?
Addition, subtraction and multiplication is possible within an evaluated expression (not including table formulas)
Hotkeys can be remapped from their default values
Supports syntax allowing diagrams and charts (Mermaid, etc) to be inserted into a note body
It's possible to setup callbacks to external services when a note changes
A column style view used for dragging text blocks from one section to another
Pre-configured content (instructions, tasks, etc) can be duplicated from an existing source note
Public access is available to the source code necessary to build/modify this app
The app allows users to develop and package extended app functionality. A directory is provided to help users browse and install plugins
Which login types are supported?
Features specific to the mobile experience
How well can the app function without internet access?
How fast is it?
Which platforms are officially supported?
Includes web apps that can be installed via official PWA or Electron
An iPad app (separate from iOS app) has been published to App Store
What options are there for navigating around the app and finding the note you're after?
It's possible to create a link from one note to another note
A list of all notes containing a word or phrase can be produced
Enclosing the search query with quote brackets, the results only show words from within those quotes
Search results contain notes only within a selected range
Using whatever mechanism the app provides to organize notes (e.g., tags, folders), can that mechanism be used as a full text search filter?
A dialog is provided to look up other notes as link targets while creating a new link in a note
The app provides a means by which to arrange notes such that they can be browsed through a tree structure (e.g., tags, folders)
Organization of folders or hierarchical tags can have at least three levels of sub categories
A note can be in multiple navigation hierarchies concurrently (i.e., because it has multiple tags)
A hotkey is available that can be used to access an input box that searches notes, and a note can be selected from that list without using the mouse
The quick search shortcut can apply a filter to the results for tags or folders
Groups of notes can be bookmarked and accessed from a dedicated "Shortcuts," "Starred" or "Favorites" area
What features exist to share notes with the world?
Enable a specific user or multiple users to view and/or edit one's otherwise private note content
It's possible to define a group of notes to be shared through a single action
Does the app support formatting data in tables?
Left, center, right-aligned text can be defined per cell, row or column
Allows for basic text formatting (e.g., bold, italics) to an entire row or column of data within a table
Highlight the background of any table cell with a variety of color options
What to-do list and scheduling features does the app support?
An alert time can be associated with a task, or note, before it is due. (e.g., remind me 1 hour before task is due)
What functionality is offered to capture content discovered on the internet?
Web clipper allows choosing a note to insert image into
An official Chrome web clipper extension is offered by the note-app
The clipper can capture an entire web page, even when it is taller than their viewport
An official Firefox web clipper extension is offered by the note-app
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