---
title: "Xournal++"
category: "Office, notes and writing"
tagline: "Handwritten notes and PDF annotation, made for a pen or stylus."
source: "Flathub"
package: "com.github.xournalpp.xournalpp"
replaces: ["Microsoft OneNote"]
website: "https://xournalpp.github.io/"
code: "https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp"
---

## What it is

Xournal++ is a note-taking app for handwriting. With a graphics tablet or a touchscreen and stylus, you write and draw on pages as you would on paper, with pressure sensitivity, highlighters, shapes and layers. It's also a good way to annotate PDFs: open one, write on it, and export the result as a new PDF. It supports LaTeX for typed formulas.

## Why it's here

- **Sign and mark up PDFs.** Fill in a form, sign it or add comments without printing it.
- **Notes by hand.** Lecture notes, sketches and math work better with a pen than a keyboard.

## On CoreDesktop

CoreDesktop installs Xournal++ as a Flatpak from Flathub. Open it from the app grid, or open a PDF with it from Files. `update` keeps it current along with your other Flatpaks.