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Ao

Elegant Microsoft To-Do desktop app

Install / Use

/learn @klaudiosinani/Ao
About this skill

Quality Score

0/100

Supported Platforms

Universal

README

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Description

Ao is an unofficial, featureful, open source, community-driven, free Microsoft To-Do app, used by people in more than 120 countries.

Read this document in: Deutsch.

You can now support the development process through GitHub Sponsors.

Visit the contributing guidelines to learn more on how to translate this document into more languages.

You can find more apps here.

Highlights

  • Black, Dark & Sepia Themes
  • Compact & Auto-Night Modes
  • Local & Global Customizable Keyboard Shortcuts
  • List Navigation
  • Scalable Interface
  • Update Notifications
  • Cross Platform

Contents

Install

Github Releases

Head to the releases page and download the appropriate installer for your system.

Snapcraft

Ubuntu Linux users can directly install through Snapcraft snap install ao

Homebrew

Macos users can directly install through Homebrew Cask brew cask install ao

Note

The version available on Homebrew Cask may not be the latest, since unlike Snapcraft, it is not offically maintained. If that is the case, please consider downloading directly from the Github releases page.

Features

Visit the project homepage to view all features in detail.

  • Auto Night Mode - Press <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>Alt</kbd> <kbd>N</kbd> to allow Tusk to adjust to your environment.
  • Black Theme - Activate it by pressing <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>B</kbd>
  • Compact Mode - Downsize the window to enter the mode.
  • Custom Shortcut Keys - Navigate to ~/.ao.json or press <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>.</kbd> to modify any shortcut key. To reset delete ~/.ao.json & restart the app.
  • Dark Theme -Activate it by pressing <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>H</kbd>
  • Global Shortcut Keys - Enable them by using the File > Enable Global Shortcut Keys option.
  • List Navigation - Navigate your lists by pressing <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>Tab</kbd> / <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>Shift</kbd> <kbd>Tab</kbd> or jump directly to one by using <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>1</kbd> - <kbd>9</kbd>
  • Scalable Interface - Adjust the zooming factor by pressing <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>Shift</kbd> <kbd>=</kbd> or <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>-</kbd>.
  • Sepia Theme - Activate it by pressing <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>G</kbd>.
  • Update Notifications - Customize the app's update checking frequency.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Local Shortcut Keys

40+ local keyboard shortcuts. Toggle anything in a flash.

Description | Keys -------------------------- | -------------------------- Activate Auto Night Mode | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>Alt</kbd> <kbd>N</kbd> Add Due Date | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>Shift</kbd> <kbd>T</kbd> Add Todo to My Day | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>K</kbd> Complete Todo | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>Shift</kbd> <kbd>N</kbd> Delete List | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>Shift</kbd> <kbd>D</kbd> Delete Todo | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>D</kbd> Edit Shortcut Keys | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>.</kbd> Hide Completed Todos | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>Shift</kbd> <kbd>H</kbd> Jump to List | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>1</kbd> - <kbd>9</kbd> Make Text Larger | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>Shift</kbd> <kbd>=</kbd> Make Text Smaller | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>-</kbd> Navigate to Next List | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>Tab</kbd> New List | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>L</kbd> New Todo | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>N</kbd> Rename List | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>Y</kbd> Rename Todo | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>T</kbd> Reset Zoom Level | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>0</kbd> Return to Todos | <kbd>Esc</kbd> Search Todos | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>F</kbd> Set Always on Top | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>Shift</kbd> <kbd>P</kbd> Set Reminder | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>Shift</kbd> <kbd>E</kbd> Sign out | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>Alt</kbd> <kbd>Q</kbd> Toggle Black Theme | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>B</kbd> Toggle Dark Theme | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>H</kbd> Toggle Important | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>I</kbd> Toggle My Day | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>M</kbd> Toggle Planned | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>P</kbd> Toggle Sepia Theme | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>G</kbd> Toggle Settings | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>,</kbd> Toggle Sidebar | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>O</kbd> Toggle Tasks | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>J</kbd> Toggle Window Menu | <kbd>Alt</kbd>

Global Shortcut Keys

Access Ao at any moment from anywhere within your operating system. All global shortcuts can be customized to match your own preference through the configuration file ~/.ao.json.

Description | Global Shortcut -------------------------- | -------------------------- Create New Todo | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>Alt</kbd> <kbd>C</kbd> Search Todos | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>Alt</kbd> <kbd>F</kbd> Toggle Ao Window | <kbd>Cmd/Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>Alt</kbd> <kbd>A</kbd>

Development

For more info on how to contribute to the project, please read the contributing guidelines.

  • Fork the repository and clone it to your machine
  • Navigate to your local fork cd ao
  • Install the project dependencies npm install or yarn install
  • Run Ao on dev mode npm start or yarn start
  • Lint code for errors npm test or yarn test
  • Build binaries and installers npm run release or yarn release

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Team

Sponsors

A big thank you to all the people and companies supporting our Open Source work:

Disclaimer

Ao is an unofficial, open source, third-party, community-driven, free app and is not affiliated in any way with Microsoft.

License

MIT

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CategoryDevelopment
Updated22h ago
Forks209

Languages

JavaScript

Security Score

100/100

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