---
name: "xournal"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xournal"
version: "1:0.4.8.2016-9"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xournal"
---

# xournal(1)

GTK+ Application for note taking

## NAME

xournal - GTK+ Application for note taking

## SYNOPSIS

**xournal** \[*file*\]\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page briefly documents the **xournal** command.

**Xournal** is a GTK+ application for notetaking, sketching and keeping a journal using a stylus. It can also be used to add annotations to PDF files and graphics files.  It takes no options.

The Xournal HTML manual may be found at file://usr/share/doc/xournal/manual.html

## AUTHOR

xournal was written by Denis Auroux \<auroux@math.mit.edu\>.

This manual page was originally written by  Mathieu Bouchard \<mbouchar@bioinfo.ulaval.ca\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).