tusk-app

Tusk

🐘 Refined Evernote desktop app

Description

Tusk is an unofficial, open source, third-party, community driven, free Evernote app with a handful of useful features.

Come over to our Gitter channel to share your thoughts on the project or to just say hi.

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Highlights

• Vibrant Themes 🍎
• Sepia Theme
• Dark Theme
• Black Theme
• Focus Mode
• Compact Mode
• Note Navigation
• Note Printing
• Custom Shortcut Keys
• Scalable Interface
• Export Notes
• Yinxiang Support
• Auto Night Mode
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Global Shortcut Keys
• Build-in Markdown
• Cross Platform
• Automagical Auto-updates 🐘
• In-app Notifications
• Background Behavior
• Launch on Start
• Launch Minimized
• Drag and Drop Files

^{🍎 Macos only atm
🐘 Windows & Linux only atm}

Contents

• Description
• Highlights
• Install
• Features
• Related Apps
• Team
• Disclaimer
• License

Install

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

Ubuntu Linux users can directly install through Snap snap install tusk

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

Arch Linux users can directly install through AUR yaourt tusk

Note

The version available on Homebrew Cask or AUR may not be the latest. If that is the case, please consider downloading directly from the Github releases page.

Features

Vibrant Themes

Refreshing dark and light vibrant themes. Press Cmd Alt U / Cmd Alt J to activate them respectively.

Sepia Theme

Perfect for glossy screens. Activate it by pressing Cmd/Ctrl G

Dark Theme

Silky & relaxing. Make it yours by pressing Cmd/Ctrl D

Black Theme

Deep focus materialized. Boost your productivity by pressing Cmd/Ctrl Alt E

Focus Mode

Press Cmd/Ctrl K and immerse yourself in a distraction-free note-taking mode.

Compact Mode

Get more for less. Keep your productivity to the maximum no matter the screen size. Simply downsize the window to enter the mode.

Note Navigation

Navigate seamlessly between your notes by pressing Cmd/Ctrl Tab / Cmd/Ctrl Shift Tab or jump directly to a specific note by using Cmd/Ctrl 1 - 9

Note Printing

Printing your notes is only a keystroke away. Press Cmd/Ctrl Alt P and transfer them from screen to paper.

Custom Shortcut Keys

Adjust Tusk to your workflow. Navigate to ~/.tusk.json or press Cmd/Ctrl . and modify any shortcut key to your own preference. To reset simply delete the tusk config file from your home directory.

Scalable Interface

Adjust the zooming factor to your own preference by pressing Cmd/Ctrl Shift = or Cmd/Ctrl -

Export Notes

Press Cmd/Ctrl Shift E and save your notes effortlessly on your machine as pdf files.

Yinxiang Support

Login with your Yinxiang account by using the File > Switch to Yinxiang option.

Auto Night Mode

Press Cmd/Ctrl Alt N and allow Tusk to intelligently adjust to your environment.

Keyboard shortcuts

70+ keyboard shortcuts. Toggle anything in a flash.

Description	Keys
Toggle Window Menu	Alt
Toggle Full Screen	F11
Return to Notes	Esc
Delete Note	Delete
Toggle Dark Theme	Cmd/Ctrl D
Toggle Sepia Theme	Cmd/Ctrl G
Toggle Focus Mode	Cmd/Ctrl K
Exit Focus Mode	Cmd/Ctrl O
New Note	Cmd/Ctrl N
Save Note	Cmd/Ctrl S
Set Reminder	Cmd/Ctrl E
Search Notes	Cmd/Ctrl F
Bold Text	Cmd/Ctrl B
Italic Text	Cmd/Ctrl I
Underline Text	Cmd/Ctrl U
Strikethrough Text	Cmd/Ctrl T
Insert Date-Time Stamp	Cmd/Ctrl ;
Toggle Settings	Cmd/Ctrl ,
Make Text Smaller	Cmd/Ctrl -
Edit Shortcut Keys	Cmd/Ctrl .
Reset Zoom Level	Cmd/Ctrl 0
Toggle Sidebar	Cmd/Ctrl \
Navigate to Next Note	Cmd/Ctrl Tab
Toggle Tags	Alt Shift T
Toggle Notebooks	Alt Shift N
Jump to Note	Cmd/Ctrl 1 - 9
Change Font Size	Cmd/Ctrl Alt 1 - 6
Toggle Black Theme	Cmd/Ctrl Alt E
Toggle Vibrant Light Theme	Cmd/Ctrl Alt U
Toggle Vibrant Dark Theme	Cmd/Ctrl Alt J
Print Note	Cmd/Ctrl Alt P
Add Shortcut	Cmd/Ctrl Alt S
Align Left	Cmd/Ctrl Alt L
Align Center	Cmd/Ctrl Alt M
Align Right	Cmd/Ctrl Alt R
Increase Indentation	Cmd/Ctrl Alt K
Activate Auto Night Mode	Cmd/Ctrl Alt N
Make Text Larger	Cmd/Ctrl Shift =
Export Note as PDF	Cmd/Ctrl Shift E
New Tag	Cmd/Ctrl Shift T
New Notebook	Cmd/Ctrl Shift N
Toggle Checkbox	Cmd/Ctrl Shift B
Code Block	Cmd/Ctrl Shift L
Add Link	Cmd/Ctrl Shift K
Attach File	Cmd/Ctrl Shift F
Insert from Drive	Cmd/Ctrl Shift D
Decrease Indentation	Cmd/Ctrl Shift M
Numbered List	Cmd/Ctrl Shift O
Toggle Shortcuts	Cmd/Ctrl Shift S
Toggle Dev Tools	Cmd/Ctrl Shift I
Reload Tusk	Cmd/Ctrl Shift R
Set Always on Top	Cmd/Ctrl Shift P
Insert Date Stamp	Cmd/Ctrl Shift ;
Bulleted List	Cmd/Ctrl Shift .
Subscript Text	Cmd/Ctrl Shift ]
Superscript Text	Cmd/Ctrl Shift [
Insert Horizontal Rule	Cmd/Ctrl Shift -
Navigate to Previews Note	Cmd/Ctrl Shift Tab
Remove Formatting	Cmd/Ctrl Shift Space

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	Alt Shift A
Create New Note	Alt Shift C
Search Notes	Alt Shift F

Build-in Markdown

Tusk takes advantage of the build-in Markdown support that lives inside the Evernote web editor.

Here is cheat-sheet with all the available options.

Description	Syntax
Bold text	**Bold**
Italic text	*Italic*
Highlight text	!!Highlight!!
Strikethrough text	~~Strikethrough~~
Bulleted list	* Bulleted list
Numbered list	1. Numbered list
Toggle Checkbox	[]
Complete Checkbox	[x]
Inline code	`Inline code`
Code block	```\nCode block\n```
Horizontal rule	--- or ===

_{\n is the new line character}

Related Apps

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• Ao - ✔️ Elegant Microsoft To-Do desktop app.

Team

Coded with ❤ by

• Klaus Sinani (@klauscfhq)
• Mario Sinani (@mariocfhq)
• 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