# Standard Notes vs temporal

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

| | Standard Notes | temporal |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 70/100 | 83/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #8 of 81 in Notes & Editors | #1 of 1 in Workflow |
| GitHub stars | 6 685 | 24 047 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +53 | +787 ✓ |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 5 | 11 ✓ |
| Latest release | @standardnotes/mobile@3.202.11 · 23 Oct 2026 ✓ | v1.30.8 · 12 Oct 2026 |
| Setup | Advanced | Advanced |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes ✓ |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Main language | Typescript | Go |

## Which one should you pick?

temporal scores 83/100 against 70/100 for Standard Notes, so it is the safer default.

temporal ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for Standard Notes.

temporal is growing faster right now (+787 stars in 30 days).

## Details

- [Standard Notes](https://selfhost.directory/project/standard-notes) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/standard-notes.md)
- [temporal](https://selfhost.directory/project/temporal) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/temporal.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/standard-notes-vs-temporal