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Standard Notes

E2EE notes built to last decades

provisional — pending verificationAGPL-3.0self-hostable

Arete score

3.8 / 5

Autonomy5

Return3

Efficiency3

Transparency4

ἀρετή “AH-reh-tay” — excellence: a thing being good at what it’s for. Mean of the four principle scores. How we score →

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~ Provisional — seeded estimate by a human researcher; full rubric pass pending.

Why it's listed

Standard Notes is listed in notes & personal knowledge because it competes on utility: e2ee notes built to last decades. Its funding model is disclosed on the listing. Licensed AGPL-3.0; pricing: free / paid features. Its resource footprint is reasonable for what it does, though not featherweight. This entry is provisional — the scores are seeded estimates pending our full manual rubric pass, and the verification date will appear here once complete.

Facts

License: AGPL-3.0
Pricing: Free / paid features
Funding model: Proton-owned
Self-hostable: Yes — deploy difficulty: medium
Replaces: Evernote
Verification: Provisional — scores are seeded estimates pending manual verification

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