Xournal++ for MAC
Free, open-source handwritten note-taking app for Mac: write with a stylus or tablet, annotate PDFs and add shapes, text and LaTeX.
Xournal++ Overview
Xournal++ is a note-taking app for handwriting, made for flexibility and speed. It supports pressure-sensitive styluses and drawing tablets such as Wacom, Huion and XP-Pen, and gives you paper backgrounds for notes, scratch paper or a whiteboard. Open a PDF and write on top of it: you can select, highlight, underline or strike through text in the PDF, follow its links, and export your notes as PDF, SVG or PNG.
Xournal++ has pens, highlighters and erasers with many styles, shape drawing with lines, arrows, circles and rectangles, a set square and compass for precise drawing, a text tool, image insertion and LaTeX formulas if you have LaTeX installed. A sidebar shows page previews, PDF bookmarks and layers, and the toolbar can be customized. Xournal++ is free and open source under the GPL-2.0 license, developed by its community. Version 1.3.8 has separate downloads for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
Key Features
Xournal++ is a notebook you write in by hand.
- Stylus support: pressure-sensitive pens and drawing tablets.
- PDF annotation: write, highlight and underline on PDFs.
- Paper backgrounds: for notes, scratch paper or a whiteboard.
- Drawing tools: pens, highlighters and styles.
- Shapes and measuring: lines, arrows, set square and compass.
- Text, images and LaTeX: add typed text, pictures and formulas.
- Export: PDF, SVG and PNG.
- Pages and layers: previews, bookmarks and layers in a sidebar.
What’s New in Version 1.3.8
Xournal++ 1.3.8 brings bug fixes from the community.
- Fixed PDF export when the background PDF has a CropBox
- Fixed a crash when setting up the language fails
- Fixed memory leaks and locale-dependent reading of metadata
- Updated translations
Xournal++ FAQ
Is Xournal++ free?
Yes. Xournal++ is free and open source under the GPL-2.0 license.
Does Xournal++ run on Apple Silicon?
Yes. There are separate downloads for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
Can I write on PDFs with Xournal++?
Yes. Open a PDF and write, highlight, underline or strike through text on top of it.
Does Xournal++ support drawing tablets?
Yes. It supports pressure-sensitive styluses and tablets such as Wacom, Huion and XP-Pen.
Which formats can Xournal++ export?
PDF, SVG and PNG.
Can I add typed text?
Yes. The text tool adds text in different fonts, colours and sizes.
Does Xournal++ support LaTeX?
Yes, when you have a working LaTeX installation.
Can I draw straight lines and circles?
Yes. It has shape tools plus a set square and compass for precise drawing.
Is Xournal++ available in my language?
It is translated by volunteers on Crowdin into many languages.
Where does the Xournal++ download on xournalpp.FULLMAC.app come from?
The download button leads to the official Xournal++ releases on GitHub at https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/releases/latest. xournalpp.FULLMAC.app does not change or repackage the app.
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