# Standard Notes (open-source notes app)

> Standard Notes is a free, open-source notes app for Android and iOS. An end-to-end encrypted note-taking app for digitalists and professionals. It has 6,645 GitHub stars and is released under the AGPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid, Google Play and the App Store.

Standard Notes is a secure and private notes app. It syncs your notes securely across all your devices, including your Android devices, Windows, iOS, Linux, and Web. Private means your notes are end-to-end encrypted, so only you can read your notes. Even we can't read the contents of your notes. Simple means it does one job and does it well. Standard Notes is a safe and lasting place for your life's work. Our focus is making it easy to write notes wherever you are and syncing them with encryption to all your devices.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/standardnotes/app |
| Platforms | Android, iOS |
| Built with | Other |
| GitHub stars | 6,645 |
| License | AGPL-3.0-only (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/com.standardnotes/ (package com.standardnotes) |
| F-Droid anti-features | none flagged |
| Google Play | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.standardnotes |
| App Store | https://apps.apple.com/app/id1285392450 |
| Website | https://standardnotes.com |
| Official | yes (published by the organization behind the product) |
| Category | Notes & to-do |
| Latest release | @standardnotes/desktop@3.202.7 (Sep 17, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 30, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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