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Download Joplin Notes App for Windows PC v3.7.21 for Windows PC

Name: Joplin Notes App for Windows PC
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Author: Laurent Cozic

Joplin is a free, open source note taking app by Laurent Cozic, licensed under the AGPL and positioned as the privacy respecting alternative to Evernote.

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Technical Specifications & System Requirements

Developer Laurent Cozic

Platform & OS Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)

Package Size 344.28 MB

Architecture x64 (64-bit)

Package Format EXE Installer

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Software notes

The Bottom Line: Joplin is what Evernote would be if it respected you: fast, open, and uninterested in your data. The Markdown foundation keeps notes portable, the web clipper captures research cleanly, and syncing through your own Nextcloud or S3 with end-to-end encryption is the kind of setup privacy advocates dream about. It handles the unglamorous core — capture, organize, find — with the reliability of a project that has been refined since 2017. It will not win beauty contests, and if you hate Markdown the learning curve is real (though the rich-text editor softens it). But note apps are infrastructure for thought, and infrastructure should be open, exportable, and boring in the best way. Joplin is all three. For students building study notes, developers keeping a knowledge base, or anyone fleeing a note app that got greedy, this is the free alternative that actually holds up. The plugin ecosystem is Joplin’s quiet superpower: Kanban boards for project tracking, outline panels for long documents, templates for meeting notes, and calendar integrations turn a note app into a personal productivity system. The web clipper deserves praise too — it captures pages as clean Markdown, not bloated HTML, so research notes stay readable and searchable. And because everything is plain Markdown under the hood, even if Joplin vanished tomorrow your notes would remain perfectly usable. That exit guarantee is rare and valuable.

Features

Free and open source under the AGPL, with no subscription required for the full note-taking experience.
End-to-end encryption plus sync to your own Nextcloud, S3, or WebDAV means your notes stay yours.
Markdown with attachments, to-dos, tags, and a browser web clipper covers serious note-taking, not just jotting.
A plugin ecosystem adds Kanban, outlines, templates, and calendar views for those who want more.
Open export formats (Markdown, HTML, PDF, ENEX) — your knowledge base is never held hostage.

Considerations

The interface is functional rather than delightful — it looks like a tool, not an experience, and Markdown-averse users will bounce off it.
Plugin quality varies since the ecosystem is community-run; a few popular plugins lag behind Joplin updates.
The mobile apps, while solid, do not feel as polished as the desktop client, and large notebooks can make sync feel sluggish.

About & Overview: Joplin Notes App for Windows PC

Joplin is a free, open-source note-taking app by Laurent Cozic, licensed under the AGPL and positioned as the privacy-respecting alternative to Evernote. Notes are written in Markdown with support for attachments, to-do lists, tags, notebooks, and a web clipper for browsers; an optional WYSIWYG editor exists for those who dislike raw Markdown. Sync works with Joplin Cloud (paid), or self-hosted via Nextcloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, S3, or WebDAV — and end-to-end encryption keeps note contents private wherever they land. A plugin system adds Kanban boards, outline views, and calendar integrations. For students, developers, and anyone building a personal knowledge base without handing their thoughts to a data-mining giant, Joplin is the serious free choice.

How to Install & Verify Joplin Notes App for Windows PC

STEP 1

Download the installer

Download Joplin from the official vendor link on this page.

STEP 2

Run the setup

Open the downloaded installer file and follow the on-screen installation steps.

STEP 3

Launch the app

Start Joplin from the Start menu or desktop shortcut.

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Frequently Asked Questions & Verification Guide

Is Joplin completely free?

Yes. Joplin is free and open source under the GNU Affero General Public License. Syncing through third-party services (Dropbox, OneDrive, Nextcloud, S3) is free; the optional Joplin Cloud sync service is a paid subscription that funds development.

Can I get my notes out of Joplin?

Yes. Export any notebook or the whole database to Markdown, HTML, PDF, or Evernote's ENEX format at any time. Your notes live in an open format on your own devices — you are never locked in.

How do I keep my notes private when syncing?

Enable end-to-end encryption in the settings and set an encryption password. Note contents are then encrypted before sync, so the sync provider cannot read them.

Joplin or Obsidian — which should I pick?

Both are free, open-source, Markdown-based note apps. Joplin is closer to Evernote (notebooks, web clipper, to-dos, sync-everywhere); Obsidian is built around linked notes and a local-first graph. Many people use Joplin for capture and reference, Obsidian for connected thinking.