Tusk

Refined Evernote desktop app

^{Sponsored by:}

^{Spot, Resolve, and Prevent Downtime.}

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
• 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 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.

View all the available local keyboard shortcuts.

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.

View all the available global keyboard shortcuts.

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

• 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