Joplin

Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks.

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joplin is a free, open source note taking and todo application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. 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.

notes exported from evernote via .enex files can be imported into joplin, including the formatted content (which is converted to markdown), resources (images, attachments, etc.) and complete metadata (geolocation, updated time, created time, etc.).

the notes can be synchronised with various targets including the file system (for example with a network directory) or with microsoft onedrive. when synchronising the notes, notebooks, tags and other metadata are saved to plain text files which can be easily inspected, backed up and moved around.

features:desktop, mobile and terminal applications.support notes, todos, tags and notebooks.offline first, so the entire data is always available on the device even without an internet connection.ability to synchronise with multiple targets, including the file system and onedrive (nextcloud and dropbox are planned).synchronises to a plain text format, which can be easily manipulated, backed up, or exported to a different format.markdown notes, which are rendered with images and formatting in the desktop and mobile applications.tag supportfile attachment support (images are displayed, and other files are linked and can be opened in the relevant application).search functionality.geolocation support.supports multiple languages

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MarkDown support Encrypted Notes End to end encryption Sync with Onedrive

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