Notes
Joplin
Open-source notes with end-to-end encrypted sync.
open source self-hostable Joplin · ?Markdown notes on every platform; sync through your own server, Nextcloud, or Joplin Cloud.
Website ↗ Source ↗ Plan “Notes” with it
How you can run it
| Way | Where the data lives | Price basis | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host it myself | your own server or hardware | free | green — You run it yourself: no data leaves your own infrastructure. |
| Hosted in Europe | region unknown | ≈ €3/mo flat | unknown — We do not yet know where this company or its servers are. |
Facts
| Company / project | Joplin (jurisdiction unknown) — Joplin Cloud is operated by the author; seat not verified |
|---|---|
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Self-hosting footprint | 256 MB RAM · 0.25 vCPU · 2 GB — small deployment: a household or a team of up to ~20 people |
| Commonly replaces | Evernote, Notion |
| Upstream (awesome-selfhosted-data) | 56,231 stars · updated 2026-09-03 · Nodejs |
| Provenance | curated, verified 2026-09-04 |
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