AFFiNE vs Standard Notes
A side-by-side comparison of AFFiNE and Standard Notes — stars, license, self-host difficulty, deploy options, and what each replaces.
| Tagline | Privacy-first, local-first workspace combining docs, whiteboards, and databases | End-to-end encrypted notes app with self-hostable sync server |
| Category | Notes & Knowledge Base | Notes & Knowledge Base |
| Replaces | Notion, Confluence, Obsidian | Evernote, Obsidian |
| GitHub stars | 51k | 6k |
| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Self-host difficulty | 3/5 Moderate | 3/5 Moderate |
| Deploy options | Docker Docker Compose | Docker Docker Compose |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 14 days ago | 18 days ago |
| View repo | View repo |
