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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.

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

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.

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

• Klaudio Sinani (@klaussinani)
• Mario Sinani (@mariosinani)
• Athan Gkanos (@athangkanos)

Sponsors

A big thank you to all the people and companies supporting our Open Source work:

• Better Stack: Spot, Resolve, and Prevent Downtime.

Disclaimer

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

License

MIT