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Name: Standard Notes for Windows PC
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Author: Standard Notes

Standard Notes is the end-to-end encrypted notes app for people who plan to keep notes for decades — your words are encrypted on your device, sync...

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Technical Specifications & System Requirements

Developer Standard Notes

Platform & OS Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)

Package Size 118.0 MB

Architecture x64 (64-bit)

Package Format EXE Installer

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Software notes

The Bottom Line: Most note apps are really cloud documents with a privacy policy stapled on. Standard Notes inverts that: encryption is the architecture. Every note is sealed on your device with keys derived from your password before a single byte syncs, which means a server breach, a subpoena, or a rogue employee yields ciphertext. That guarantee, plus a fully open-source codebase you can audit and a self-hostable sync server, is why journalists, clinicians, and the privacy-serious have standardized on it. Day to day it is quick and calm — instant search across thousands of notes, tags that nest, offline access everywhere, and a plain-text core that will never hold your words hostage in a proprietary format. Since joining Proton, development has continued in the open and the free tier remains genuinely useful (unlimited notes and devices, plain text and basic editors). The fuller experience — Super rich-text documents, spreadsheets, file storage, note history, and themes — sits behind the paid Productivity/Professional plans, and that is the honest trade-off to know before you migrate a lifetime of notes. The encryption guarantee also cuts both ways: forget your password without your backups and recovery is intentionally impossible. For notes you intend to keep for decades — journals, research, records — that seriousness is precisely the point.

Features

True end-to-end encryption with keys only you hold — Standard Notes (and its parent Proton) cannot read your notes, by design.
Open-source clients and an optional self-hosted sync server; full export any time, so your archive is never hostage to the company.
Fast, calm apps on every platform with offline access and instant encrypted sync across unlimited devices, even free.
Grows with you: plain text by default, with rich documents, spreadsheets, checklists, code and journal editors on paid plans.
A longevity-first company ethos (now part of Proton) — designed explicitly for notes you keep for decades, not quarters.

Considerations

The best editors (Super documents, spreadsheets, files) require a paid plan; the free tier is deliberately minimal.
Zero-knowledge means zero recovery: lose your password and your backup keys, and your encrypted notes are gone by design.
Not a collaboration tool — sharing and real-time co-editing are absent compared with Notion or Google Docs, on purpose.

About & Overview: Standard Notes for Windows PC

Standard Notes is a free, open-source notes application built around one principle: your notes are end-to-end encrypted with keys only you hold, so nobody — not even Standard Notes — can read them. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android and the web with instant encrypted sync across all of them, organizes notes with tags and folders, and grows from a fast plain-text core into rich documents, spreadsheets, checklists, code editors and a daily journal through its editor system. The company (now part of Proton) commits to longevity: export everything any time, self-host the sync server if you wish, and rely on an app designed to outlive trends. This download is the official Windows x64 build from the Standard Notes GitHub releases.

How to Install & Verify Standard Notes for Windows PC

STEP 1

Download and run the installer

Download Standard Notes from the official GitHub link on this page and run the installer.

STEP 2

Create your account and passcode

Register inside the app and set a strong account password plus an optional local passcode — your encryption keys derive from these, so keep them safe; nobody can reset them for you.

STEP 3

Write and sync

Start writing — notes encrypt on the device and sync automatically. Install the mobile apps and sign in to see the same encrypted notes everywhere.

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Frequently Asked Questions & Verification Guide

Is Standard Notes really private?

Yes. Notes are encrypted on your device with keys derived from your password before syncing, so the servers only ever store ciphertext. The apps are open source, and you can even self-host the sync server.

Is Standard Notes free?

The core app is free with unlimited notes and devices and plain-text/basic editors. Paid plans unlock advanced editors (rich documents, spreadsheets), file storage, and long version history.

What happens if I forget my password?

Because of end-to-end encryption, Standard Notes cannot recover your data. Keep your password and the backup codes from registration somewhere safe.

Who owns Standard Notes now?

Standard Notes joined Proton (the company behind Proton Mail) in 2024, and the app continues as open source with the same encryption model.

Is this the official Windows download?

Yes — this page links the official Windows x64 installer from the Standard Notes GitHub releases (standardnotes/app), with its SHA-256 recorded here.