Joplin

Free, open-source Markdown note-taking tool for research notes, project materials and long-term knowledge organisation.

Details

Joplin is a free, open-source note-taking and to-do tool supporting Markdown, tags, attachments, sync and multiple platforms. Researchers can use it to organise reading notes, project records, lab logs, meeting minutes and a personal knowledge base.

Use cases: research notes, reading notes, project management, lab logs, Markdown writing

Note: Joplin is better suited to personal notes and material management and is not a dedicated citation manager; for formal citations, pair it with Zotero.