When comparing GhostWriter vs Joplin, the Slant community recommends Joplin for most people. In the question“What are the best open source Markdown editors for UNIX-like systems?” Joplin is ranked 17th while GhostWriter is ranked 22nd.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Distraction-free
Minimalist interface, full screen writing and "Hemingway Mode" (which disables backspace to enforce writing rather than editing).
Pro Hemingway Mode
Prevents the use of backspace key to encourage forward momentum.
Pro Suitable for writing
Fast startup, resource light and encourages you to only write by Hemingway mode.
Pro Integration with Pandoc
Pandoc integration enables it to output various different formats.
Pro HTML preview
Pop-up rendered HTML preview window.
Pro Very fast
Native application wit Qt interface, very snappy.
Pro Themeable
Has a theme editor which allows for the creation of custom themes.
Pro HUD
There are various HUD windows which can show things such as document statistics and a Markdown cheat sheet.
Pro Offline access
Pro Open source
Peace of mind that there is no malicious piece of software in the app.
Pro Encryption
Pro Cross-platform
Supports Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS.
Pro Supports file attachments
Pro Supports markdown
Pro Supports tags for notes
Pro Web Clipper
Browser extension saves full pages, clean content, or screen selections to new notes.
Pro Optional CLI interface
Provides a CLI interface for terminal lovers.
Pro Supports multiple languages
English, French, and Spanish, Italian, German, Czech and many others.
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 Dropbox support
Can sync using Dropbox.
Pro Nextcloud support
Pro Timed alarm reminder for to-do lists
Cons
Con Sync issues with Android
If update on Linux then sync on Android, sometimes the Android sync will duplicate or remove some journal notes. Seems to be a bug in the Android app. The Linux app alone without sync with Android seems to work well using Dropbox. But don't expect changes you make on Android to sync properly back to Linux.
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 Gargantuan memory footprint
1GB+ of memory for taking notes.
Con Old school interface
Con Bloated
This project is suffering from feature creep and uses a lot of memory for a note-taking app.
Con App Image launches very slowly
On Linux, you can only install via App Image, which take 5+ seconds to launch. I can launch LibreOffice in under two seconds.
Con Sync issues on Windows
No way to change account settings and sync easily corrupted.
Con Weak tag searching
Joplin can currently only search for a single tag at a time. None of the boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) are available for use in searches. This greatly diminishes the usefulness of tags in Joplin.