/saber

A (work-in-progress) cross-platform libre handwritten notes app

Primary LanguageDartGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

Logo Saber

A (work-in-progress) cross-platform libre notes app. Please note that this app is still in early stages and not ready to trust with your notes yet.

Android iOS Linux macOS Windows Web
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Android and Linux are the main platforms that are being developed for, but if you encounter any bugs on other platforms, please open an issue.

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Features

Please see #1 Saber progress.

Install

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Android

Options:

  1. Download from the Play Store

  2. Download from F-Droid

    • Note that the F-Droid build is not optimised for Onyx Boox devices as this would require proprietary dependencies from Onyx.

  3. Download and install Saber_{version}.apk from the latest Release.

Linux

Option 1 (recommended): Install the flatpak from Flathub: flatpak --user install com.adilhanney.saber.

Option 2: Download Saber_{version}.flatpak from the latest Release and install with flatpak --user install Saber_*.flatpak

Option 3: Download Saber-{version}-x86_64.AppImage from the latest Release, make it executable with chmod +x Saber-*-x86_64.AppImage, then run it.

Windows

Download and install SaberInstaller_{version}.exe from the latest Release

iOS

See #4 How to install on iOS

macOS

Download Saber_{version}.app.zip from the latest Release and move the Saber app to /Applications. macOS will warn you that the app is from an unidentified developer when you first open it, so you'll need to go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy and click Open Anyway.

Build from source

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1. Install flutter

https://docs.flutter.dev/get-started/install

2. Clone this project

git clone https://github.com/adil192/saber.git

3. Get dependencies

flutter pub get

4. Build for...

Linux

sudo apt install libsecret-1-dev libjsoncpp-dev flutter build linux

This is good enough for using on your own computer, but if you want to redistribute your build, you need to use a predictable environment: fork this repo and use the GitHub Action Build for Linux instead.

Android

flutter build apk

You may need to generate a signing certificate and create the android/key.properties file. More information on https://docs.flutter.dev/deployment/android#create-an-upload-keystore

Note: F-Droid releases are built slightly differently: ./patches/remove_proprietary_dependencies.sh flutter build apk -t lib/main_fdroid.dart

Windows

flutter build windows

The Windows installer is created with Inno Setup. To create an installer of your own, run the above build command, then edit and run installers/desktop_inno_script.iss with Inno Setup Compiler.

iOS and macOS

If you have a macOS computer, you can build for iOS with flutter build ipa or build for macOS with flutter build macos.

If you don't, fork this repo and use the GitHub Action Build for macOS and iOS. Alternatively, follow this YouTube tutorial How to compile a flutter application to iPhone with no mac (free | no jailbreak) to manually build with Codemagic.

Links

Translating

All translations are crowd-sourced. Saber has so far been translated into:

Extending existing languages

Check _missing_translations.json to see if any translations are missing.

  1. Use this link to edit _missing_translations.json.
  2. Update your _missing_translations.json file with your translations, e.g. updating German (de) 
    "de": {
  "editor": {
    "newerFileFormat": {
      "title": "Diese Notiz wurde mit einer neueren Version von Saber bearbeitet",
      "subtitle": "Wenn du diese Notiz bearbeitest, können Daten verloren gehen. Möchtest du die Notiz trotzdem öffnen?",
      "openAnyway": "Trotzdem öffnen",
      "cancel": "Abbruch"
    }
  }
},
// ignore the other languages...
  3. Open a pull request! I'll do the rest

Adding a new language

  1. Look for your locale code here, e.g. hi for Hindi, fr for French, bn for Bengali, ar for Arabic, etc.
  2. Use this link to create a new file called lib/i18n/strings_XX.i18n.json where XX is your locale code.
  3. Copy the contents of an existing file like lib/i18n/strings.i18n.json and replace the translations with your own. If you don't know the translation for a string, just delete the line.
  4. Open a pull request!

Also see slang's Getting Started for more information.

Supporting Saber

If you like Saber, please consider supporting it by:

  • Spreading the word!
  • Starring the project on GitHub
  • Sponsoring me on GitHub Sponsors
  • Donating via PayPal
  • Buying more storage on the Nextcloud server: see Pricing

Development notes

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  • When updating the app version:
    • Run ./apply_version.sh <version-name> <version-code> (Run ./apply_version.sh --help for more info)
    • Update the changelogs in metadata/en-US/changelogs/ and flatpak/com.adilhanney.saber.metainfo.xml as directed by the script.
  • When updating the icons, run the following commands:
    • General: flutter pub run icons_launcher:create
    • Flatpak icons: cd assets/icon && ./resize-icon.sh
  • When updating the translations...
    • Run the following commands:
      • flutter pub run slang apply --locale=XX if you need to apply _missing_translations.json
      • flutter pub run slang
      • flutter pub run slang analyze --full
    • If you're adding a new language, update:
      • CFBundleLocalizations in ios/Runner/Info.plist
      • android/app/src/main/res/xml/locales_config.xml
      • lib/data/locales.dart
      • README.md above in the "Translating" section.