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nhostvsStandard Notes

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

nhostStandard Notes
Score67/10070/100
Rank in category#3 of 15 in Backend as a Service#8 of 81 in Notes & Editors
GitHub stars9 3706 684
Stars, last 30 days+66+52
Stable releases, 12 months345
Latest releasecli@1.52.2 · 26 Oct 2026@standardnotes/mobile@3.202.11 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Standard Notes scores 70/100 against 67/100 for nhost, so it is the safer default.

nhost ships more often: 34 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for Standard Notes.

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