Instead of Evernote
Notes with clippings, tags and OCR search.
Swap it
Evernote has spent a decade making its own case for leaving. Joplin imports the archive and the search works.
You lose: The web clipper, which is still better than most, and the decade of formatting you will re-check.
Start here
Joplin
Sync through your own server takes a bit of setup. Clipping is a browser extension.
github.com/laurent22/joplinjoplinapp.org
One container, no domain needed.
Also worth a look
- Memos
A single binary and a delight. It is for short notes, not your 2011 archive.
- Trilium
Deep hierarchy and scripting. Steeper than Evernote ever was.
What the desk has written
Facts checked 8 November 2026. Licences, activity and archive status come from each project's own repository; the verdict and the cost lines are the desk's.