Unofficial alternative Joplin distributions

Daeraxa · 2022-02-13T19:35:22.315Z

Looking for the official releases? These can be found on the Joplin website

Unofficial alternative Joplin distributions

There are a number of unofficial alternative Joplin distributions that people may want to use rather than the officially supported ones. If you do not want to or cannot use appimages or any of the other officially supported releases then you may wish to consider these.

However these do come with a caveat in that they are not officially supported nor endorsed so any specific issues relating to that distribution may not supportable by the main project, rather support requests, bug reports and general advice would need to go to the maintainers of these distributions directly.

All officially supported releases can be found on the Joplin website

Stale or orphaned distributions are also listed under the details tag for each section for information in case people are on these distributions without getting recent updates (or wish to consider taking over or replacing these distributions).

See bottom of post for more information about how these packages can be installed from their respective repositories.

This post is a wiki post so feel free to edit and update this post with relevant information about these distributions and add any new ones that have been missed.

Desktop (Linux)

Distribution	Name	Links	Maintainer
Flatpak	Joplin	Flathub GitHub	catsout
Snap	Joplin Desktop	Snapcraft GitHub	MrCarroll
AUR	joplin-desktop	AUR GitHub	masterkorp/alfredopalhares
AUR	joplin-appimage	AUR	fsociety3765
AUR	joplin-desktop-bin	AUR	thynkon
RPM	joplin	GitHub copr	taw00
Nix	joplin-desktop	Nix GitHub	Hugo Reeves

Pre-compiled AUR releases may be available in the Chaotic-AUR
Flatpak and Snap packages may be directly available in your distribution's software centre if it supports flatpaks/snaps

Stale or orphaned distributions

Distribution	Name	Links	Maintainer
Snap	joplin-arnatious	Snapcraft	arnatious
AUR	joplin-beta	AUR	N/A

Desktop (Windows)

Distribution	Name	Links	Maintainer
Chocolatey	Joplin	Chocolatey	petervbeck & afischer211
Windows Package Manager (WinGet)	Joplin	GitHub	various
Scoop	joplin	Scoop GitHub	various
Scoop	joplin-pre	Scoop GitHub	various
PortableApps.com	Joplin Portable	PortableApps.com

Desktop (macOS)

Distribution	Name	Links	Maintainer
Homebrew	joplin	Homebrew	?
Nix	joplin-desktop	Nix GitHub	Hugo Reeves

Terminal/CLI (Linux/macOS)

Distribution	Name	Links	Maintainer
Linux: AUR	joplin	AUR GitHub	masterkorp/alfredopalhares
macOS: Homebrew	joplin-cli	Homebrew	?
Linux: Nix	joplin	Nix GitHub	?
Linux/macOS: Nix	nodePackages_latest.joplin	Nix GitHub	?

Stale or orphaned distributions

Distribution	Name	Links	Maintainer
Linux: Snap	Joplin Terminal application	Snapcraft GitHub	3v1n0

Mobile (Android)

Distribution	Name	Links	Maintainer
F-Droid	Joplin	IzzySoft F-Droid	IzzySoft

Joplin Server

Distribution	Name	Links	Maintainer	OS Builds
DockerHub	joplin-server	https://hub.docker.com/r/florider89/joplin-server	florider89	amd64, arm64, & ~~arm/v7~~
DockerHub	joplin-server	Docker Hub	etechonomy	amd64, arm64, & ~~arm/v7~~

Additional information about repositories

Flatpak releases require flatpack to be installed first if not included in your distribution. Install packages by running, e.g., flatpak install flathub net.cozic.joplin_desktop
Snap releases require snapd to be installed first if not included in your distribution. Install packages by running, e.g., sudo snap install joplin-desktop
AUR releases for Arch linux systems will require a helper/wrapper such as yay, paru or aura. You can then install by using commands such as, e.g., yay -S joplin
Nix releases require Nix to be installed if not running NixOS. Install packages by running e.g. nix-env -iA nixos.joplin-desktop (NixOS) or nix-env -iA nixpkgs.joplin-desktop (non-NixOS)
Chocolatey releases require Chocolatey to be installed. Install packages by running, e.g., choco install joplin
Homebrew releases require Homebrew to be installed. Install packages by running, e.g., brew install joplin-cli or brew install --cask joplin
Windows Package Manager requires the winget tool to be installed (bundled with App Installer). Install packages by running e.g. winget install joplin
Scoop requires Scoop to be installed. Install packages by running, e.g., scoop bucket add extras followed by scoop install extras/joplin

Daeraxa · 2022-02-13T19:35:30.171Z