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xournal

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.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Application type

Alerts

  • Discontinued

Platforms

  • Windows
  • Linux
Discontinued

It hasn't been updated since 2017, but there is an active fork Xournal++ icon Xournal++

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Features

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  1.  Edit PDF
  2.  PDF annotation
  3.  Handwritten Notes
  4.  Support for styluses
  5.  Drawing Tablet Support
  6.  Sketching

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Top Positive Comment
Goghard
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You can annotate PDF as if you were using a paper, without special textboxes as in other PDF editors. In addition, Xournal saves your annotations in a separate XOJ file, which is really small compared with the original PDF. Having a separated file for annotations, I can share the PDF without sharing them, and I don’t need to duplicate the PDF, saving space. Downsides are an outdated interface, and a rare way of using tools.

VaVid
1

First app that was usable to actually edit and annotate PDFs. Graphics capabilities sometimes are fiddly though.

J D
0

Easy way to make small additions to PDFs

Nanang F. Rozi
0

Great app for PDF annotation. It will make the text remain selectable and copyable.

braniti
1

Ocular app is very good but I got surprised about Xournal , even better ... Can export PDF notes to PDF . http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/74882.html

What is xournal?

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.

It supports drawing and writing on pdf's.

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xournal information

  • Developed by

    Unknown
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Alternatives

    50 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 5 comments and reviews about xournal, and it has gotten 74 likes

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