Xournal++
Xournal++ is open-source software for handwritten notes, sketching, and annotation.
About Xournal++
Xournal++ is note-taking software for handwritten notes, sketching, and annotation. It is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux and supports pressure-sensitive styluses and drawing tablets.
It provides pen, highlighter and eraser tools, layers, page previews, image insertion, shapes, grid and rotation snapping, a built-in LaTeX editor, customizable toolbars, Lua plugins, and audio recording linked to note objects.
Key features
- Pressure-sensitive stylus and drawing tablet support
- Customizable pen, highlighter and eraser tools
- Layers and page previews for organizing notes
- Image insertion and shapes such as circles and splines
- Built-in LaTeX editor for equations and diagrams
- Audio recording linked to objects with playback tool
Best for: People who take handwritten notes with a stylus, including those documenting technical or scientific work.
Good for
- Open-source and available for macOS, Windows and Linux
- Works with pressure-sensitive tablets including Wacom, Huion and XP-Pen
- Supports LaTeX input, custom toolbars and Lua plugins
Xournal++ at a glance
- Website
- xournalpp.github.io
- Category
- Productivity › Notes & Knowledge Management
- Type
- Online tool
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Linux, macOS, Web, Windows
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
Guides for Notes & Knowledge Management
Xournal++ alternatives
Tools and sites you could use instead, ranked by how closely they match.
Xournal++ supports handwritten note-taking and PDF annotation on Linux, macOS, and Windows, including pen input from devices such as Wacom tablets.
Open source
24 alternatives
Linwood Butterfly provides an endless workspace for handwriting, sketching, annotating, taking notes, and organizing ideas.
Notability combines handwritten notes, audio, and documents with AI summaries, flashcards, and quizzes.
Saber focuses on handwritten notes and lists synchronization options on its page.
Popular in Notes & Knowledge Management
Well-known listings from the same topic.
Mirahezemiraheze.orgElephaselephas.appSimplenotesimplenote.comNoteDiscoverynotediscovery.comJumble Journaljumblejournal.orgRecallrecall.it
Is something wrong or out of date?
Tell us and an editor will check it.
Own this website?
Claim this listing
Claim the listing and suggest updates yourself. An editor checks every claim first.