Xournal++
Xournal++ is a cross-platform handwriting note-taking app for writing, sketching, and annotating PDF documents on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
What is Xournal++?
Xournal++ is a native note-taking and PDF annotation app built for handwritten notes, stylus input, sketches, and markup workflows. It is designed for students, teachers, researchers, and anyone who prefers writing or drawing directly on a page instead of typing everything. On Mac, it can be used for lecture notes, worksheet completion, brainstorming, journaling, and signing or annotating PDF files. The app supports pressure-sensitive pens and drawing tablets, layered pages, shape tools, image insertion, and page previews for organizing longer notebooks. It also includes a built-in LaTeX tool for adding formatted math and technical content, which makes it especially useful in academic and engineering workflows. Xournal++ is published by Xournalpp and is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Key features
- Write handwritten notes with stylus, tablet, or mouse input
- Annotate and mark up PDF documents directly on the page
- Organize notebooks with layers and page previews
- Insert images and draw shapes for diagrams and visual notes
- Use pen, highlighter, and eraser tools with customizable behavior
- Add formatted math and technical content with the built-in LaTeX tool
- Customize the toolbar and extend workflows with plugins
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Xournal++ is legitimate note-taking software for handwriting and PDF annotation. It normally needs access only to the files and folders you choose to open or save, and it stores settings and cache data in standard user locations. If you use it for notes, annotated PDFs, or recordings, keep backups of important work before removing the app or clearing its support files so you do not lose settings, autosaves, or recent document metadata.
Recommendation: Keep Xournal++ if you use handwritten notes, stylus input, or PDF markup on your Mac. If you no longer use it, you can remove the app and its related support files, but export or back up any notebooks and annotated documents you want to keep first.
Common paths
/Applications/Xournal++.app
Cache paths
~/.cache/xournalpp
Support paths
~/.config/xournalpp
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