https://github.com/ellie-commons/jorts
Neither jeans nor shorts, just like jorts. A sticky notes app for elementary OS
https://github.com/ellie-commons/jorts
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Neither jeans nor shorts, just like jorts. A sticky notes app for elementary OS
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/ellie-commons/jorts
- Owner: ellie-commons
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2024-12-08T14:47:47.000Z (10 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-06-23T12:25:10.000Z (4 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-06-23T13:29:16.412Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: elementary-apps, elementary-os, elementaryos, granite, gtk4, pantheon, sticky-notes, vala
- Language: Vala
- Homepage:
- Size: 9.45 MB
- Stars: 18
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 3
- Open Issues: 12
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
- Authors: AUTHORS
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## Installation
You can download and install Jorts from various sources:
[](https://appcenter.elementary.io/io.github.ellie_commons.jorts)
[
](https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.ellie_commons.jorts)
## 🛣️ Roadmap
Jorts is a cute simple little notes app, and i wanna keep it this way
right now im working on:
- Maybe an option to show window title buttons, because now this is on flathub i may get flak from users about the lack of it
- Probably some cleaner code if i come around to it
- Maybe a toggle lists if i find how to do it without more UI noise
Feel free to check [the project board](https://github.com/orgs/ellie-commons/projects/4)
## 💝 Donations
Some of the code (and the aesthetic) was from original work by Lainsce because this is a fork of an older version of Notejot from a time before new additions broke NoteJot for elementary OS 8.
Currently the real, official NoteJot is something different, more fully-featured and no longer focused on elementary OS.
Some people liked the simplicity of the old version, and thus we created this fork of it.
If you want to thank the original creator:
[Be a backer on Lainsce on Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/lainsce)
Currently actively trying to revive this project is me - Stella
Support is always welcome and shows us that people want this work to continue.
Stella, current main dev:
The icon is done by wpkelso! An otter with a turtleneck
https://github.com/sponsors/wpkelso
## 🏗️ Building
Please make sure you have these dependencies first before building Jorts.
```bash
flatpak-builder
libgranite-7-dev
gtk+-4.0
libjson-glib-dev
libgee-0.8-dev
libjson-glib
meson
valac
gettext
```
As of the current date (16March2025), here are the package names to install:
```bash
sudo apt install libgranite-7-common libjson-glib-dev libgee-0.8-2 meson valac libvala-0.56-0 flatpak-builder gettext
```
Installation is as simple as installing the above, downloading and extracting the zip archive, changing to the new repo's directory,
and run the following command:
On elementary OS or with its appcenter remote installed
```bash
flatpak-builder --force-clean --user --install-deps-from=appcenter --install builddir ./io.github.ellie_commons.jorts.yml
```
On other systems:
```bash
flatpak run org.flatpak.Builder --force-clean --sandbox --user --install --install-deps-from=flathub --ccache --mirror-screenshots-url=https://dl.flathub.org/media/ --repo=repo builddir io.github.ellie_commons.jorts-flathub.yml
```
## 💾 Notes Storage
Notes are stored in `~/.var/app/io.github.ellie_commons.jorts/data`
You can get it all by entering in a terminal:
```bash
cp ~/.var/app/io.github.ellie_commons.jorts/data ~/
```
"saved_state.json" contains all notes in JSON format. "backup_state.json" is a monthly backup of it.