Joplin
Note taking application with markdown editor and encryption support for mobile and desktop platforms. Runs client-side and syncs through a self hosted Nextcloud instance or similar (alternative to Evernote).
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Still maintained? Yes: 473 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v3.7.22 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Notion, Evernote and Google Keep.
At a glance
Joplin quick facts
- Health score
- 89/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 56,939
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v3.7.22, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to Joplin
Full rankings: Notion alternatives, Evernote alternatives, Google Keep alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do 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."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Joplin scores 89/100, #9 of 21 in Note-taking & Editors: 473 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v3.7.22, 2 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 56,939 stars add 19.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
473 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v3.7.22 released 2 days ago
- Stars 19.0 / 20
57k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 473
- Last 90 days
- 2,138
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #9 of 21 tools in Note-taking & Editors by health , between Note Mark (#8) and plumio (#10) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Nodejs |
| Latest release | v3.7.22 · 2 days ago |
| Stars | 56,939 |
| Open issues | 640 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | laurent22/joplin ↗ |
Joplin vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Joplin (Note-taking & Editors), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memos | 99 | 64k | MIT | yesterday |
| SiYuan | 99 | 47k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| TriliumNext Notes | 98 | 39k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Joplin (this tool) | 89 | 57k | MIT | yesterday |
| Docs | 87 | 17k | MIT | today |
| Standard Notes | 85 | 6.7k | GPL-3.0 | today |
Joplin: common questions
What does Joplin replace?
Repoly lists Joplin as an open-source alternative to Notion, Evernote and Google Keep. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Joplin stands against the others.
Is Joplin still maintained?
Joplin had 473 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v3.7.22, is from 2 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.