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Standard Notes vs Trilium Notes

A side-by-side look at Standard Notes and Trilium Notes. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Standard Notes

Standard Notes

Security & Privacy

Standard Notes is an open-source, encrypted notes app that focuses on privacy and security. It stores all notes locally by default and syncs encrypted data across devices. Core features include customizable themes, keyboard shortcuts, tagging, and markdown formatting.

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Trilium Notes

Trilium Notes

Office & Productivity

Trilium Notes is an open-source hierarchical note taking application focused on building large personal knowledge bases. It has a tree-structured notes system allowing easy organization of ideas and supports features like linking between notes, embedding media, tagging, encryption, etc.

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