

The Turtl application comes with 5 predefined note types: text note, password, file, image and bookmark. However, the Turtl server is free and open source software, so you can install and use your own instance. The Turtl developers offer the service (hosted server) for free, but a premium service is planned for the future. Chrome and Firefox extensions are available to easily bookmark the page you're on, great for quickly saving sites for later. There are Turtl applications available for Linux, Windows, macOS and Android, while an iOS application should also be available in the future.


The free and open source tool, which is considered beta software, can be used to take notes, save bookmarks, store documents and images, and anything else you may need, in a safe place. Turtl is a " secure, encrypted Evernote alternative". I'll cover the new version in the second part of this article, after an introduction to Turtl. Turtl was updated to version 0.7 yesterday, the new release shipping with a rewritten server, among other changes.
