Todoist - Desktop
I couldn't find a good Todoist desktop app, to use on my Pixelbook, so I made one. It will work on Mac, Linux, and Windows.
This desktop app is built on top of Electron's BrowserView, rather than Chromium's webview.
Build Instructions
- Install Electron and project dependencies:
$ npm install -g electron
$ yarn
- Run the app:
$ yarn start
The app will only run if you have shut down any other instances. If you use npm start while another instance is running, it will simply display the window of that old instance, instead of starting the app.
Packaging Information
To package the apps for each platform:
$ yarn
$ yarn run build-mac
$ yarn run build-linux
$ yarn run build-windows
Notes on Building for Mac
With MacOS Catalina (10.14.5), Apple requires DMG files to be notarized by the distributer. The files that I distribute are all signed and notarized by me.
If you are looking to develop the app yourself, you can debug and run the app through yarn start without issue. However, if you want to make a signed executable (yarn build-mac), you will need to set up your Apple ID and password for the notarization process.
To do this, you will first need a valid Apple developer account. You can sign up at https://developer.apple.com. You will need to use Xcode to export your new developer signing information and add it to your keychain.
You will then need to generate an app-specific password for that Apple ID. This is not the same as the password that you use to sign in to your developer account. You can create this app-specific password, here: https://appleid.apple.com
After completing those two steps, create a .env file in the root of this project. It should look something like:
APPLEID=test@someemail.com
APPLEIDPASS=xxxx-tttt-vvvv-aaaa
License
Copyright 2018 Luke Klinker
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.