/NoteBot

A ripoff of Microsoft Sticky Notes

Primary LanguageJava

NoteBot

NoteBot is a clone of Microsoft Sticky Notes, without useless functionalities.

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Installer for Windows

Deb Package for Ubuntu, Debian, ...

Binaries for other platforms (Requires Java)

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NoteBot

Features

  • Stick notes on your desktop
  • Can move, resize and zoom
  • Custom colors
  • Auto startup
  • Support for high DPI screens and touch devices

Lack of features

Sticky Notes became trash with the August 2016 update of Windows 10, which turned it into a "modern" app, and added useless and suspicious features like synchronization and telemetry. Therefore...

  • Not a "modern" app: you can obliterate all Metro apps from your PC
  • No taskbar icon: notes actually stick to the desktop
  • No synchronization
  • No telemetry
  • Not even an auto updater
  • No botnet: it's open source, you can trust this application
  • And most importantly: no ugly Segoe Script font

Compatibility

  • Windows XP or newer
  • Any platform supported by Java SE 7 or newer

Usage

Import the projects into Netbeans.

_SETUP contains all the files used to build the Windows installer and the .deb package. To build the Windows installer, you'll need Inno Setup and launch4j.

Screenshots

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License

Copyright (C) 2016-2019 Federico Dossena

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.