Standard Notes
Simple and private notes app. Protect your privacy while getting more done. That's Standard Notes.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 45% of tracked projects; popularity more than 72%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 6.6k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | @standardnotes/mobile@3.202.7 · 17 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 22 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Ruby |
Is Standard Notes actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 221 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 55 of them.
The most recent tagged release, @standardnotes/mobile@3.202.7, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Standard Notes ranks #8 of 22 in Note-taking & Editors, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What Standard Notes actually does
Standard Notes is a self-hosted note-taking application designed to keep your written records private. It provides a centralised server backend alongside client applications to store and sync your plain text or formatted notes securely.
Best fit: It is a good fit for individuals or small teams who prioritise data privacy and want control over their sync server.
Worth knowing: Setup and ongoing maintenance can involve managing multiple components like a database and background workers, which introduces operational overhead.
Deployment notes
As a Ruby application, it typically requires a persistent database, a reverse proxy for TLS termination, and process management for background queues.
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