Joplin
Open-source note-taking app created by French developer Laurent Cozic. Supports end-to-end encryption, Markdown, web clipping, and sync via Joplin Cloud (France-hosted) or self-hosted. Available on all platforms with a rich plugin ecosystem.
Quick facts
Why does it score 100?
Joplin's paid sync service, Joplin Cloud, is based in France under EU privacy law.
Joplin is a solo project with no company entity or outside investors.
Joplin Cloud is hosted in France, and the app is fully self-hostable.
Joplin is fully open source under an MIT licence, with a large plugin ecosystem and active community.
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JoplinWhat does it replace?
Notion 
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