a self-hosted version of postbaby.org

This was created out of necessity for a sticky-note solution with rapid arrangement, editing, and color-coding capability, thanks to its intuitive key-bindings.

🖼️ Supported on both, landscape & portrait-oriented monitors, as well as mobile devices.

💻 This app's data lives solely on your browser's localstorage - While this makes data retrieval very fast, please be aware of this, if you decide to clear your browser's cache.

❓ This distribution (v1.35) has everything the postbaby.org (v1.52) has, except the multiple tabs , grids, and default color option features.

⚡Install

• Clone the repository, and simply open index.html in a browser. No web-server required.

🖥️ Desktop Usage Instructions

• Right-click on blank canvas or press n to create a new item.
• Right-click on an existing item (or tab) to delete it, or drag item to toilet roll to delete.
• Left-click on an existing item (or tab) to cycle through its colors.
• Double-click on an existing item (or tab) to edit its text.
• Press c to clear all items in current tab.
• Press CTRL + c to clear all tabs.
• Press the ESC or the TAB key to stop editing an item.
• Press CTRL + ALT + H to re-enable first-time-run flag, and re-populate welcome items.
• Press keys 1-9 to jump to corresponding tab.
• Press the tab key to cycle between tabs. Press tab + Shift key to cycle in reverse.

📱 Mobile Usage Instructions

• Long-press to create new item.
• Long-press an existing item (or tab) to delete it.
• Double tap to edit an existing item (or tab) text.
• Single tap an existing item (or tab) to change its color.
• All desktop keyboard shortcuts should work on a mobile device, if connected to a physical keyboard.

🐛 Known Issues

• In mobile view, dragging a note to the trash element does not invoke deletion (11/16/2024)
• On the live version, browsers on iOS devices are currently not supported, and I am working hard to formulate a fix (11/19/2024)

✅ Supported Devices on Live Version

Browser	Platform	Supported
Chrome	Windows	✅
Firefox	Windows	✅
Brave	Windows	✅
Edge	Windows	✅
Chrome	Android	✅
Firefox	Android	✅
Brave	Android	✅
Edge	Android	✅
Safari	MacOS	✅
All	iOS	❌

📜 License

Please see the accompanying LICENSE document contained within this repository.

🔮 Future Plans

• Multiple Selection
• OAuth

🧑🏻 Social & Donate

• Official forum: https://www.reddit.com/r/postbaby/
• ❤️ it? Buy me a ☕