laurent22/joplin
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Joplin - the privacy-focused note taking app with sync capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
61 mentions on Hacker News by 48 people: 7 stories, 54 comments · first 2017-11-30 · latest 2025-04-30
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You likely ran into this issue, which is a bug with onedrive itself: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/11489#issuecommen... there will be a failsafe implemented for that issue in version 3.3 personally, I recommend using the s3…
comment by bwat49 · 2025-04-30 · in Taking Notes with Joplin -
Have you tried setting up a Joplin Server? https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/tree/dev/packages/server
comment by m-p-3 · 2025-04-22 · in Taking Notes with Joplin -
…This is the best help you'll get, pray it's adequately technical to expedite you to your purpose: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/readme/dev/spec... As I began with, I struggle to imagine anything that generates anywhere near…
comment by jauntywundrkind · 2024-01-18 · in Why I Like Obsidian -
Joplin is a good open source option too, feels more like the original Evernote in terms of UI/UX https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/
comment by AJ007 · 2024-01-12 · in IAC sold 17 apps to Bending Spoons. $100M deal, all 330 employees fired -
Joplin - https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/ I use it with end to end encryption enabled and Dropbox as the storage backend.
comment by BA4gDY-cqjsEPWn · 2023-08-09 · in Ask HN: How do you synchronise your notes? -
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Joplin Notes App update requires all clients to updatestory by dekarrin · 2023-07-11 · 1 comment
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From recent threads, the top contenders for self-hosted are: - https://github.com/laurent22/joplin - https://github.com/logseq/logseq - https://github.com/zadam/trilium There is also https://github.com/foambubble/foam mentioned, which I…
comment by 3np · 2023-07-10 · in Evernote has laid off most of its US staff and will move operations to Europe -
Evernote > Export ENEX file. Joplin > Import ENEX file. https://github.com/laurent22/joplin
comment by hu3 · 2023-07-07 · in Ask HN: How did you migrate off Evernote? -
…you still need to type :exit. * https://www.reddit.com/r/joplinapp/comments/ww4crz/vim_mode_... ** https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/236
comment by vwadhwani · 2023-07-06 · in Joplin – An open-source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation -
The only problem to me is that the "official" Joplin Server is proprietary: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/packages/server...
comment by kerneloops · 2023-07-06 · in Joplin – An open-source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation -
…https://joplinapp.org/news/20220606-release-2-8/ Open issue for multiple instances ala Firefox: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/591
comment by rhamzeh · 2023-07-06 · in Joplin – An open-source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation -
…3. Affine: https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE 4. Joplin: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin 5. Dendron: https://github.com/dendronhq/dendron (requires VSCode) As a programmer I liked Dendron the most but if you wan
comment by stevefan1999 · 2023-07-06 · in Tell HN: Nearly all of Evernote’s remaining staff has been laid off -
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Joplin – An open-source note taking and to-do application with synchronisationstory by 3np · 2023-07-06 · 214 comments
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Try https://github.com/laurent22/joplin + cloud drive of your choice (I use One Drive). See my reply to your parent commenter.
comment by hu3 · 2023-07-06 · in Tell HN: Nearly all of Evernote’s remaining staff has been laid off -
That's why I use https://github.com/laurent22/joplin It's markdown, open-source, free. With desktop and mobile support. Syncs notes to any cloud of your choice for free. (I use One Drive) Optionaly you can pay them to sync your data on…
comment by hu3 · 2023-07-06 · in Tell HN: Nearly all of Evernote’s remaining staff has been laid off -
…in markdown. It doesn’t have version control but there was a request to add this some time ago https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/753
comment by jayflux · 2023-02-07 · in Ask HN: Best way to version control your notes or documents? -
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Joplin – A local-first, open-source Note taking appstory by federico3i · 2023-01-29 · 0 comments
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https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/packages/server...
comment by jhot · 2022-11-18 · in Ask HN: What services/apps are you self-hosting? -
Actually, there's an app that does that : Joplin from https://github.com/laurent22/joplin you can publicise the markdown text that you're writing in markdown. here's an example with my joplin server and with the desktop app running on…
comment by mehdi_guiraud · 2022-11-11 · in We should have Markdown-rendered websites -
> Encryption: data isn't encrypted at rest. The author seems to be quite dismissive of the idea: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/289 Skimming the thread, the author does have a good point: this is something that should be…
comment by TeMPOraL · 2022-11-09 · in Writing down what I do in Obsidian -
…Encryption: data isn't encrypted at rest. The author seems to be quite dismissive of the idea: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/289 But then it's advertised as "end-to-end encryption" but that only refers to data being encrypted…
comment by rroot · 2022-11-09 · in Writing down what I do in Obsidian -
…why they chose not to go FOSS are pretty weak[2] imo, so I'm looking at using Joplin instead. [0] https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/ [1] https://syncthing.net/ [2] https://obsidian.rocks/why-isnt-obsidian-open-source/
comment by laputan_machine · 2022-11-09 · in Writing down what I do in Obsidian -
That issue seems to have been fixed 4 years ago: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/commit/b07fe5cc348ab8c3d...
comment by XCSme · 2022-09-08 · in A fully open-source and end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote -
another fun fact... https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/readme/spec/e2e...
comment by dp-hackernews · 2022-09-06 · in A fully open-source and end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote -
…and only found one [1] semi related issue from 2018. Is this the one you were referring to? [1] : https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/288
comment by Daffodils · 2022-09-04 · in A fully open-source and end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote -
Joplin has a web clipper addon at least https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/readme/clipper.... There's also an offline OCR plugin based on Tesseract https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/plugin-offline-ocr-extract...
comment by m-p-3 · 2022-06-01 · in Show HN: An open source alternative to Evernote (Self Hosted) -
https://github.com/laurent22/joplin
comment by mikestaub · 2022-05-06 · in What are your most used self-hosted applications? -
…| Notes apps are where ideas go to die, and that’s good (reproof.app) - https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30345959 | the process of physically writing the notes, internalizing the informat
comment by VMtest · 2022-05-01 · in I've used all the notebooks -
…This license was crowdfunded and anybody is free to reuse its text as a base template: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/packages/server... Also one thing you need to keep in mind, is that if you have such license you'll also…
comment by laurent123456 · 2022-02-24 · in Ask HN: Adding non-commercial clause to open source license? -
…is good to continue to see competition in this space - the innovation it drives is exciting. - [0] https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/ - [1] https://joplinapp.org/ - [2] https://obsidian.md/ - [3] https://logseq.com/ - [4]…
comment by ydant · 2022-02-23 · in Show HN: Supernotes 2 – a fast, Markdown notes app for journalling and sharing -
This is a known issue which hopefully should be fixed soon: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/6074
comment by laurent123456 · 2022-02-14 · in Include diagrams in your Markdown files with Mermaid -
I can't see it. I also read the contributing file ( https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/CONTRIBUTING.md ) but I can't find it mentioned there either. You write that bug reports are "mostly worthless" to you so state that upfront?
comment by bjourne · 2021-10-26 · in GitHub stale bot considered harmful -
…you then you should continue doing so. However , I noticed that in the read me for your project ( https://github.com/laurent22/joplin ) you are not explaining that this is how you handle bug reports. Perhaps as a courtesy to users you…
comment by bjourne · 2021-10-26 · in GitHub stale bot considered harmful -
…the biggest app in this space to do it. Joplin did this a while back. BoostNote is working on it. https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/
comment by aiisjustanif · 2021-07-12 · in Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go -
…are a react native expert, and can spare literally 30 min and wanna help feel free to take a look: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/pull/4506
comment by lbotos · 2021-06-15 · in Joplin – an open source note taking and to-do application with synchronization -
Joplin + Johnny Decimal https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/ https://johnnydecimal.com/ They go under 80-89: Inspiration & Notes > 81. Other Thinkers' Ideas Mentioned in Podcasts & Articles Title: {author or (podcast name & episode)} - {1…
comment by pizza · 2021-03-03 · in Ask HN: How do you take notes of interesting ideas while podcasting -
…to be kept up to date. However it's worth documenting at least the trickier parts of the app. [0] https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/tree/dev/readme/spec
comment by laurent123456 · 2021-02-06 · in Architecture.md -
…test units at the moment, and learning how to best package and distribute a server using Docker. 0: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin
comment by laurent123456 · 2021-01-14 · in Ask HN: What are you working on? -
…that the plug-in system will be powerful enough to add support for things like backlinks. [1]: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/3723
comment by CalebJohn · 2020-09-17 · in Athens an open source Roam alternative -
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Joplin: [Feature Request] Add Google Drivestory by searchableguy · 2020-08-20 · 0 comments
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Ask HN: A FOSS Alternative for Notion or Roam Researchstory by mindfreeze · 2020-06-23 · 6 comments
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Joplin, Evernote alternative is a good choice to contribute. https://github.com/laurent22/joplin
comment by alexriabtsev · 2020-05-02 · in Ask HN: Any open-source projects need help? -
…and to get familiar with the code base. As of now there are 40 such issues, including 28 completed: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues?q=label%3A%22good...
comment by laurent123456 · 2020-01-22 · in Browse good first issues to start contributing to open source -
…repository, you could have your notes and be able to find them again in a nicely organized way. [0] https://github.com/laurent22/joplin
comment by chris_st · 2019-12-08 · in Show HN: Notably – a simple tool for sharing markdown notes -
…one. I'd expect whatever mistake was made to get to that point could be made in any other RDBMS. 0: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/805a5399b5288b4a282...
comment by laurent123456 · 2019-12-01 · in Files Are Hard (2015) -
…close it, lose everything. Scrolling is a pain. Need to reach the end very fast? Forget it. https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/899
comment by gsich · 2019-11-17 · in Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities -
…from the 1990s. The ones formatted with max 80-120 characters wide per line, black background, etc. https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/master/readme/clipp... I haven't tried this one yet. But the biggest problem with that approach is…
comment by dmix · 2019-11-17 · in Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities -
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Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilitiesstory by adulau · 2019-11-16 · 150 comments
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…like the UI, also the iOS client was abandoned at that time * Standard Notes[7] * Inkdrop[8] 1 - https://github.com/laurent22/joplin 2 - http://happenapps.com/#quiver 3 - https://zim-wiki.org/ 4 - http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/r…
comment by charlesdaniels · 2019-06-28 · in Evernote Blows Up the ‘Fail Fast’ Gospel -
…(I use it on iOS, I won't speak for the Android one), as well as a CLI (also haven't used it). 1 - https://github.com/laurent22/joplin
comment by charlesdaniels · 2019-06-28 · in Evernote Blows Up the ‘Fail Fast’ Gospel