FromScratch

A simple but smart note-taking app

FromScratch is a little app that you can use as a quick note taking or todo app.

Small and simple, the only UI is the text you type
Saves on-the-fly, no need to manually save
Automatic indenting
Note-folding
Use checkboxes to keep track of your TODO's
Powerful keyboard control
Replaces common syntax with symbols, such as arrows
Free

Shortcuts

cmd/ctrl+up - move current line up
cmd/ctrl+down - move current line down
cmd/ctrl+d - delete current line
cmd/ctrl+w/q - close application
cmd/ctrl +/= - zoom text in
cmd/ctrl - - zoom text out
cmd/ctrl+0 - reset text size
cmd/ctrl+]/[ - fold note collapsing
cmd/ctrl+f - search (you can also use regular expressions, by starting and ending with a /)
shift+cmd/ctrl+f - replace
shift+cmd/ctrl+r - replace all
cmd/ctrl+g - jump to line (you can also use : notation, or go relative lines with + and -)
cmd/ctrl+/ - Add or toggle a checkbox
f11 - Toggle fullscreen
cmd/ctrl+i - Toggle between light and dark theme
alt - show or hide menu (Windows only)
cmd/ctrl+s - ...this does nothing.

Download

Recent downloads for macOS, Windows and Linux available on https://fromscratch.rocks

For Arch users, FromScratch is available on AUR

For macOS, you can also install FromScratch via Homebrew: $ brew cask install fromscratch

Installation

# Download from git
git clone https://github.com/kilian/fromscratch.git

# Install dependencies
cd fromscratch && npm install

# build and run
npm build
electron main.js

# or run dev version
npm run dev

FAQ

Where is my data saved?

Your data is saved in a plain text file content.txt. On Mac and Linux, this file is saved in ~/.fromscratch. On Windows this file is saved in a directory called ".fromscratch" in your userprofile directory.

Credits

FromScratch is built upon these open source projects: Electron, React, Fira Code, CodeMirror and Electron-react-boilerplate.

Thanks to @bittersweet for helping me set up IPC to work around a particularly nasty bug, and @chentsulin for the electron-react-boilerplate.