Joplin vs Mark Text
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted notes & knowledge base options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Mark Text with
choose an app… AppFlowy AFFiNE Memos Plane SiYuan Logseq Outline Trilium Notes TriliumNext Notes Khoj Wiki.js Karakeep ArchiveBox Focalboard Notable Docmost Super Productivity Wekan Obsidian Linkwarden BookStack Foam Omnivore OpenProject Notesnook Habitica Self-Hosted Zettlr VNote Wallabag Planka Self-hosted LiveSync Shiori Leantime Linkding Blinko git-bug Kanboard Laverna Anytype Reor nb Notes Floccus Dillinger Kaneo Buku Athens Research org-roam Taskwarrior Markor Sync Livebook QOwnNotes SilverBullet TagSpaces DokuWiki Mindforger Web CherryTree Shaarli Pinry Flatnotes Dnote Trilium Notes Next NoteDiscovery MindForger WizNote BatNoter Notea AppFlowy Cloud Jotty Atomic Server Knowledge RocketNotes QuillPad Beavers Notes Outline Desktop Writing Many Notes Notabase Notesnook Sync Server mdSilo Note Mark Turtl RedNotebook Tangent Notes DailyTxT TeamMapper Standard Notes WiseMapping MyTetra Mindwendel LibreKB Digimindmap memEx QST
Feature Joplin Mark Text Category Notes & Knowledge Base Notes & Knowledge Base License AGPL-3.0 MIT Language TypeScript TypeScript Setup difficulty Easy Easy Min. RAM 256 MB 256 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal source GitHub stars ★ 55,856 ★ 59,781 First released 2017 2017 Replaces Evernote, OneNote Typora
Why pick each one
Choose Joplin if… Strong privacy with E2EE Flexible sync options Active development Joplin details Choose Mark Text if… Released under the MIT license Easy to set up — beginner-friendly Mature project with 59.8k GitHub stars Written in TypeScript Mark Text details
Frequently asked questions Is Joplin or Mark Text better? Neither is universally better. Mark Text has the larger community; both share a easy setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Joplin and Mark Text free and open-source? Yes. Joplin is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Mark Text under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Joplin and Mark Text with Docker? Joplin: yes. Mark Text: check the project docs for container support.