Standard Notes
Standard Notes is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Note-taking & Editors category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in TypeScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to Evernote and Google Keep. It has 6,681 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 23, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 6,681
- Forks
- 563
- Open issues
- 0
- Commits, last 12 months
- 259
- Last commit
- Oct 23, 2026
- Latest release
- @standardnotes/desktop@3.202.10Oct 17, 2026
- Created
- Dec 5, 2016
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 23, 2026, 259 commits in 12 months.
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 23, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 259 |
| Latest release | @standardnotes/desktop@3.202.10 (Oct 17, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 1 |
| Releases, all time | 2,908 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Open pull requests | 95 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Dec 5, 2016 |
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About Standard Notes
Simple and private notes app. Protect your privacy while getting more done. That's Standard Notes.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/standardnotes/app.
Topics
- notes
- encrypted
- privacy
- secure
- evernote
- snippets
- markdown
- note-taking
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Is Standard Notes free and open source?
Yes. Standard Notes is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Standard Notes with Docker?
Standard Notes does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Ruby), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Standard Notes?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Standard Notes include Excalidraw, AFFiNE and Memos. Standard Notes itself is a self-hosted alternative to Evernote and Google Keep.
Is Standard Notes actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Standard Notes was on Oct 23, 2026 with 259 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is @standardnotes/desktop@3.202.10, published Oct 17, 2026. It had 0 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.