Add to ChromeWhen comparing Gitbook vs Joplin, the Slant community recommends Joplin for most people. In the question“What are the best Markdown editors for Linux?” Joplin is ranked 4th while Gitbook is ranked 21st. The most important reason people chose Joplin is:
Supports Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Ability to accept donations for books
If donations are set up, users have the ability to choose if and how much they want to spend on a book. It's limited to $100 per donation.
Pro (planned) Ability to automatically distribute books to online retailers
Gitbook plans to soon release a feature that allows easily distributing your books to Amazon, Apple's App Store, Google Play, Kobo Store.
Pro Includes good analytics
Pro All authors keep rights to their books
Pro Includes promotion tools
Pro Versioning with Git
Version control is based on GIT scm.
Pro Free support for custom domain names
Pro Cross-platform
Supports Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS.
Pro Offline access
Pro Supports markdown
Pro Open source
Peace of mind that there is no malicious piece of software in the app.
Pro Supports file attachments
Pro Encryption
Pro Nextcloud support
Pro Web Clipper
Browser extension saves full pages, clean content, or screen selections to new notes.
Pro Supports tags for notes
Pro Active user forum with support from app creators
Support, troubleshooting, and new feature requests are easy to make at the user forum and you can contact the app creator directly.
Pro Optional CLI interface
Provides a CLI interface for terminal lovers.
Pro Dropbox Support
Can sync using Dropbox.
Pro Supports multiple languages
English, French, and Spanish.
Pro Timed alarm reminder for to-do lists
Cons
Con Wire transfers are US only
Ability to automatically deposit revenue in your bank account is limited to United States. PayPal deposits work internationally.
Con Donations are buggy
The form for donations automatically changes to a credit card information form as soon as any amount of money is entered in the form field for donation amount. In addition to the process being jarring, it also does not allow you to finish entering the amount and there's no way to change the amount after the form has changed. Also, the site says they limit donations to $100 USD, but higher amounts can be entered with no indication that they wouldn't go through.
Con Sync issue under Linux
The Linux client has a bug that requires the user to click the mouse frequently in order for sync to proceed. This bug has been open for a while.
Con Can't create tags from the mobile app
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