Joplin is an open source note-taking application that lets users capture notes, to-do lists, images, PDFs, audio, and diagrams and securely access them across devices. It supports end-to-end encryption, synchronisation via services like Joplin Cloud, Dropbox and OneDrive, a web clipper for saving web pages, and customisation through plugins, themes and an Extension API. Joplin Cloud and Joplin Server Business add hosted or self-hosted synchronisation, note publishing, and collaboration features on top of the free open-source apps.
What it's for
Features 19
- Consolidated billing for teams
- Email to Note (forward emails into notes)
- End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
- Extension API for custom scripts and plugins
- Joplin Cloud AI (beta) for summarising, rewriting, and answering questions about notes
- Math expressions and diagrams creation
- Mobile photo capture saved to notes
- Multi-user management (Teams)
- Multimedia notes (images, videos, PDFs, audio files)
- Multiple text editors (Rich Text or Markdown)
- Note publishing to the internet with shareable link
- Notebook sharing and collaboration
- Open data format storage
- Plugin and custom theme support
- Self-hosted server option (Joplin Server Business)
- Share permissions (read-only or editable)
- Synchronisation across devices via Joplin Cloud, Dropbox, OneDrive
- Terminal application
- Web clipper extension for Chrome and Firefox
At a glance
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Pricing
All Joplin Cloud and Joplin Server Business prices are stated in EUR. Teams plan is per user with a 2-user minimum. Joplin Server Business pricing is tiered per user per year (2–10, 11–50, 51+ users).
Annual price is billed as 28.69€/year.
10 MB per note or attachment, 2 GB storage space
Annual price is billed as 57.48€/year.
200 MB per note or attachment, 30 GB storage space (upgradeable to 100 GB)
Annual price is billed as 95.88€/year.
200 MB per note or attachment, 100 GB storage space (can revert to 30 GB)
Annual price is billed as 80.28€/year per user.
200 MB per note or attachment, 50 GB storage space
Install on own infrastructure; pricing tiered by number of users, billed annually.
Self-hosted synchronisation server; unlimited note/attachment size and storage space.
50% Education Discount for students and teachers, valid for a year, renewable while in education, claimed via school/university email.
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