tusk

Description

Tusk is an unofficial, featureful, open source, community-driven, free Evernote app used by people in more than 140 countries.

Tusk is indicated by Evernote as an alternative client for Linux environments trusted by the open source community.

You can now support the development process through GitHub Sponsors.

Come over to Gitter or Twitter to share your thoughts on the project.

Visit the contributing guidelines to learn more on how to translate this document into more languages.

You can find more apps here.

Highlights

• Black, Dark & Sepia Themes
• Focus, Compact & Auto-Night Modes
• Local & Global Customizable Keyboard Shortcuts
• Export Notes as PDF, HTML & Markdown Files
• Note Navigation
• Yinxiang Support
• Cross Platform
• Scalable Interface
• Update Notifications
• Drag and Drop Files

Contents

• Description
• Highlights
• Install
• Features
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Development
• Related Apps
• Team
• Disclaimer
• License

Install

Github Releases

Head to the releases page and download the appropriate installer for your system.

Snapcraft

Ubuntu Linux users can directly install through Snapcraft snap install tusk

Homebrew

Macos users can directly install through Homebrew Cask brew cask install tusk

Note

The version available on Homebrew Cask may not be the latest, since unlike Snapcraft, it is not offically maintained. If that is the case, please consider downloading directly from the Github releases page.

Features

Visit the project homepage to view all features in detail.

• Auto Night Mode - Press Cmd/Ctrl Alt N to allow Tusk to adjust to your environment.
• Black Theme - Activate it by pressing Cmd/Ctrl Alt E.
• Compact Mode - Downsize the window to enter the mode.
• Custom Shortcut Keys - Navigate to ~/.tusk.json or press Cmd/Ctrl . to modify any shortcut key. To reset delete ~/.tusk.json & restart the app.
• Dark Theme - Activate it by pressing Cmd/Ctrl D.
• Drag & Drop Files - Attach files by dragging them to the app window.
• Export Notes as Markdown - Press Cmd/Ctrl O to save your notes as Markdown files.
• Export Notes as HTML - Press Cmd/Ctrl Shift H to save your notes as HTML files.
• Export Notes as PDF - Press Cmd/Ctrl Shift E to save your notes as PDF files.
• Focus Mode - Activate it by pressing Cmd/Ctrl K.
• Global Shortcut Keys - Enable them by using the File > Enable Global Shortcut Keys option.
• Note Navigation - Navigate your notes by pressing Cmd/Ctrl Tab / Cmd/Ctrl Shift Tab or jump directly to one by using Cmd/Ctrl 1 - 9.
• Note Printing - Press Cmd/Ctrl Alt P to print your notes.
• Scalable Interface - Adjust the zooming factor by pressing Cmd/Ctrl Shift = or Cmd/Ctrl -.
• Sepia Theme - Activate it by pressing Cmd/Ctrl G.
• Update Notifications - Customize the apps update checking frequency.
• Yinxiang Support - Login to Yinxiang by using the File > Switch to Yinxiang option.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Local Shortcut Keys

70+ local keyboard shortcuts. Toggle anything in a flash.

Description, Keys
--------------------------, --------------------------
Activate Auto Night Mode, Cmd/Ctrl Alt N
Add Link, Cmd/Ctrl Shift K
Add Shortcut, Cmd/Ctrl Alt S
Align Center, Cmd/Ctrl Alt M
Align Left, Cmd/Ctrl Alt L
Align Right, Cmd/Ctrl Alt R
Attach File, Cmd/Ctrl Shift F
Bold Text, Cmd/Ctrl B
Bulleted List, Cmd/Ctrl Shift .
Change Font Size, Cmd/Ctrl Alt 1 - 6
Code Block, Cmd/Ctrl Shift L
Decrease Indentation, Cmd/Ctrl Shift M
Delete Note, Delete
Edit Shortcut Keys, Cmd/Ctrl .
Export Note as HTML, Cmd/Ctrl Shift H
Export Note as Markdown, Cmd/Ctrl O
Export Note as PDF, Cmd/Ctrl Shift E
Increase Indentation, Cmd/Ctrl Alt K
Insert Date Stamp, Cmd/Ctrl Shift ;
Insert Date-Time Stamp, Cmd/Ctrl ;
Insert from Drive, Cmd/Ctrl Shift D
Insert Horizontal Rule, Cmd/Ctrl Shift -
Italic Text, Cmd/Ctrl I
Jump to Note, Cmd/Ctrl 1 - 9
Make Text Larger, Cmd/Ctrl Shift =
Make Text Smaller, Cmd/Ctrl -
Navigate to Next Note, Cmd/Ctrl Tab
Navigate to Previews Note, Cmd/Ctrl Shift Tab
New Note, Cmd/Ctrl N
New Notebook, Cmd/Ctrl Shift N
New Tag, Cmd/Ctrl Shift T
Numbered List, Cmd/Ctrl Shift O
Print Note, Cmd/Ctrl Alt P
Remove Formatting, Cmd/Ctrl Shift Space
Reset Zoom Level, Cmd/Ctrl 0
Return to Notes, Esc
Save Note, Cmd/Ctrl S
Search Notes, Cmd/Ctrl F
Set Always on Top, Cmd/Ctrl Shift P
Set Reminder, Cmd/Ctrl E
Strikethrough Text, Cmd/Ctrl T
Subscript Text, Cmd/Ctrl Shift ]
Superscript Text, Cmd/Ctrl Shift [
Toggle Black Theme, Cmd/Ctrl Alt E
Toggle Checkbox, Cmd/Ctrl Shift B
Toggle Dark Theme, Cmd/Ctrl D
Toggle Focus Mode, Cmd/Ctrl K
Toggle Notebooks, Alt Shift N
Toggle Sepia Theme, Cmd/Ctrl G
Toggle Settings, Cmd/Ctrl ,
Toggle Shortcuts, Cmd/Ctrl Shift S
Toggle Sidebar, Cmd/Ctrl \
Toggle Tags, Alt Shift T
Toggle Window Menu, Alt
Underline Text, Cmd/Ctrl U

Global Shortcut Keys

Access Tusk at any moment from anywhere within your operating system. All global shortcuts can be customized to match your own preference through the configuration file ~/.tusk.json.

Description, Global Shortcut
--------------------------, --------------------------
Toggle Tusk Window, Cmd/Ctrl Alt A
Create New Note, Cmd/Ctrl Alt C
Search Notes, Cmd/Ctrl Alt F

Development

For more info on how to contribute to the project, please read the contributing guidelines.

• Fork the repository and clone it to your machine
• Navigate to your local fork: cd tusk
• Install the project dependencies: npm install or yarn install
• Run Tusk on dev mode: npm start or yarn start
• Lint code for errors: npm test or yarn test
• Build binaries and installers: npm run release or yarn release

Related Apps

• Ao - Elegant Microsoft To-Do desktop app.
• Taskbook - Tasks, boards & notes for the command-line habitat.

Team

• Klaus Sinani (@klaussinani)
• Mario Sinani (@mariosinani)
• Thanasis Gkanos (@ThanasisGkanos)

Disclaimer

Tusk is an unofficial, open source, third-party, community-driven, free app and is not affiliated in any way with Evernote.

License

MIT