Tusk is an unofficial, open source, third-party, community driven, free Evernote app with a handful of useful features.
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🍎 Macos only atm
🐘 Windows only atm
Head to the releases page and download the appropriate installer for your system.
Macos users can directly install through homebrew-cask brew cask install tusk
Arch Linux users can directly install through AUR yaourt tusk
Refreshing dark and light vibrant themes. Press Cmd Alt U / Cmd Alt J to activate them respectively.
Perfect for glossy screens. Activate it by pressing Cmd/Ctrl G
Silky & relaxing. Make it yours by pressing Cmd/Ctrl D
Deep focus materialized. Boost your productivity by pressing Cmd/Ctrl Alt E
Press Cmd/Ctrl K and immerse yourself in a distraction-free note-taking mode.
Get more for less. Keep your productivity to the maximum no matter the screen size. Simply downsize the window to enter the mode.
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
Printing your notes is only a keystroke away. Press Cmd/Ctrl Alt P and transfer them from screen to paper.
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.
Adjust the zooming factor to your own preference by pressing Cmd/Ctrl Shift = or Cmd/Ctrl -
Press Cmd/Ctrl Shift E and save your notes effortlessly on your machine as pdf files.
Login with your Yinxiang account by visiting the Tusk menu on Macos or the File menu on Windows and Linux.
Press Cmd/Ctrl Alt N and allow Tusk to intelligently adjust to your environment.
60+ 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 |
| Toggle Settings | Cmd/Ctrl , |
| Make Text Smaller | Cmd/Ctrl - |
| Edit Shortcut Keys | Cmd/Ctrl . |
| Reset Zoom Level | Cmd/Ctrl 0 |
| Navigate to Next Note | Cmd/Ctrl Tab |
| Toggle Tags | Alt Shift T |
| Toggle Notebooks | Alt Shift N |
| Jump to Note | Cmd/Ctrl 1 - 9 |
| 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 C |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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.
Is a syntax option missing? Open a pull-request or issue to include it.
| 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
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Coded with ❤ by
 |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| Klaus Sinani | Mario Sinani | Thanasis Gkanos |
Tusk is an unofficial, open source, third-party, community driven, free app and is not affiliated in any way with Evernote.
FAQs
🐘Refined Evernote desktop app
The npm package tusk-app receives a total of 3 weekly downloads. As such, tusk-app popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that tusk-app demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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