Ao

Elegant Microsoft To-Do desktop app

^{Sponsored by:}

^{Spot, Resolve, and Prevent Downtime.}

Description

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

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Highlights

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

Contents

• Description
• Highlights
• Install
• Features
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Development
• Related Apps
• Team
• Sponsors
• Disclaimer
• License

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

Keyboard Shortcuts

Local Shortcut Keys

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

View all the available local keyboard shortcuts.

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

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.

View all the available global keyboard shortcuts.

Description	Global Shortcut
Create New Todo	Cmd/Ctrl Alt C
Search Todos	Cmd/Ctrl Alt F
Toggle Ao Window	Cmd/Ctrl Alt A

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

Related Apps

• Tusk - Refined Evernote desktop app.
• Taskbook - Tasks, boards & notes for the command-line habitat.

Team

• Klaudio Sinani (@klaudiosinani)
• Mario Sinani (@mariosinani)

Sponsors

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

• Better Stack: Spot, Resolve, and Prevent Downtime.

Disclaimer

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

License

MIT