Xournal is an application for notetaking, sketching, keeping a journal using a stylus. It is free software (GNU GPL) and runs on Linux (recent distributions), Windows and other GTK+/Gnome platforms.

There are many alternatives to Cournal for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is xournal, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked seven alternatives to Cournal and six of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Cournal are NoteLab, Jarnal, MrWriter and gournal.
Xournal is an application for notetaking, sketching, keeping a journal using a stylus. It is free software (GNU GPL) and runs on Linux (recent distributions), Windows and other GTK+/Gnome platforms.




Jarnal is an open-source application for notetaking, sketching, keeping a journal, making a presentation, annotating a document - including pdf - or collaborating using a stylus, mouse or keyboard. It is similar to Microsoft .

Notetaking and blackboard replacement application. Inspired by Xournal. Written in C++/Qt for Linux / Windows / Mac.



Gournal is a note-taking application written for usage on Tablet-PCs (such as the Toshiba M200)

Notetaking and blackboard replacement application. Inspired by Xournal. Written in C++/Qt for Linux / Windows. It has the ability to annotate PDF files and has a few other options (e.g. markdown support).