Joplin

I used to use Zim for 5+ years as my personal wiki and note taking app. Amassing over 1000 notes. However due to its lack of easy mobile access on IOS, and me being less at my desk, I finally looked at alternatives. I spent many hours over the last week reviewing endless online discussion threads, product info and testing. Joplin gets the win 🏆 I use Linux and IOS. A few notable Joplin highlights: * Lightning fast full text search- including attachments 😃. Some note taking apps don’t search attachments 🤷‍♂️ * Excellent performance - I think the SQLite architecture helps here. * Can use an external editor which as a bonus allows you to open multiple notes at once for side by side editing, which is good for merging etc. * Excellent add on plugins - some that I use allow for adding links to any other note, add back links, contents outline, and bookmarking notes. * Versioning built in - default is 90 days of versions 🎉 * Syncing is there for many platforms, such as Dropbox, Onedrive, iCloud, weddav, Nextcloud,…, or subscribe to Joplin sync service for hands free syncing. * Import and export options from/to standard mark down and more. No vendor lock-in 👍🏼 * Slick uncluttered interface. * Import options The IOS app is not yet feature par with the desktop version, but for searching, reading and editing notes it is 100% fine. Stop wasting your time elsewhere, Joplin is what you need.

Incredible app for note taking and planning. Really needs a way of creating linked documents from within the current document (i.e., without having to first create the linked document then copy its link into the document you are linking from).

My requirements were for an app to capture thoughts and research for later reference (the Zettelkasten idea), and that it sync privately across my Macbook and iPad. I have other apps and processes for To-dos and journals. Syncing via webDAV on my server, Joplin is fast, easy, private, and sufficient. It appears well supported. I investigated a wide variety of alternatives. This app looked to fit best, and, after trying some others, is actually doing the job.

This app has gone from strength to strength. Keep up great features!

Configuring s3 as a sync target will crash the app. Avoid. Going back to Evernote.

It’s been a few years thought I would try Joplin again. The iOS app has major rendering issues. As soon as you edit a note or enter text in the app’s settings, the whole user interface disappears and you have to force close the app and reopen to do anything further. Entering my login details for Joplin Cloud required 3 force closes as the UI bugs out after entering the details. Want to edit a note, forget about it. Why does this critical bug for a note taking app still exist years later? Seriously ridiculous

Obviously the 5 Star ratings here are for the desktop solution which is very good and has a lot of features. But … the IOS App is really just a viewer with little functionality and no access to plugins. If this app is as stated a replacement for Evernote then needs to provide more for mobile users.

This app is absolutely amazing. If you’re looking for an app that does these things you won’t be disappointed - To-do alternative like todoist - Note taking alternative like Evernote - Notion - everything it does Joplin is open source and the best app for collaborating just about everything

The more I use Joplin, the more I like it. I especially like the Katex equations and mermaid diagrams. The fact it’s a true cross platform app is the main reason I use it.

This is a great high quality open source application that works across all operating systems. It’s a no-lock-in Evernote in markdown. It has a built in WebDAV sync (which is ideal for speed and privacy compared to say Dropbox) and keeps everything in a SQLite database. Although I generally prefer flat files, the advantage to Joplin is having everything all in one place (tags, sync, search). Oh and it implements KaTeX and parses HTML.