You can download and install Jorts from various sources:
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
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
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
Please make sure you have these dependencies first before building Jorts.
flatpak-builder
libgranite-7-dev
gtk+-4.0
libjson-glib-dev
libgee-0.8-dev
libjson-glib
meson
valac
gettextAs of the current date (16March2025), here are the package names to install:
sudo apt install libgranite-7-common libjson-glib-dev libgee-0.8-2 meson valac libvala-0.56-0 flatpak-builder gettextInstallation 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
flatpak-builder --force-clean --user --install-deps-from=appcenter --install builddir ./io.github.ellie_commons.jorts.ymlOn other systems:
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.ymlNotes are stored in ~/.var/app/io.github.ellie_commons.jorts/data
You can get it all by entering in a terminal:
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.