Standard Notes
Simple and private notes app. Protect your privacy while getting more done. That's Standard Notes.
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Still maintained? Yes: 73 commits in the last 90 days, latest release @standardnotes/[email protected] (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Evernote and Google Keep.
At a glance
Standard Notes quick facts
- Health score
- 85/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 6,688
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- @standardnotes/[email protected], Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Standard Notes
Full rankings: Evernote alternatives, Google Keep alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Standard Notes is an end-to-end encrypted note-taking app for digitalists and professionals. Capture your notes, files, and life’s work all in one secure place."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Standard Notes scores 85/100, #13 of 21 in Note-taking & Editors: 73 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (@standardnotes/[email protected], 7 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 6,688 stars add 15.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
73 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
@standardnotes/[email protected] released 7 days ago
- Stars 15.3 / 20
6.7k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 73
- Last 90 days
- 245
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #13 of 21 tools in Note-taking & Editors by health , between draw.io (#12) and bewCloud (#14) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Ruby |
| Latest release | @standardnotes/[email protected] · 7 days ago |
| Stars | 6,688 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | standardnotes/app ↗ |
Standard Notes vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Standard Notes (Note-taking & Editors), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memos | 99 | 64k | MIT | yesterday |
| SiYuan | 99 | 47k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| TriliumNext Notes | 98 | 39k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| HedgeDoc | 96 | 7.5k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Joplin | 89 | 57k | MIT | yesterday |
| Standard Notes (this tool) | 85 | 6.7k | GPL-3.0 | today |
Standard Notes: common questions
What does Standard Notes replace?
Repoly lists Standard Notes as an open-source alternative to Evernote and Google Keep. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Standard Notes stands against the others.
Is Standard Notes still maintained?
Standard Notes had 73 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, @standardnotes/[email protected], is from 7 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.