Ao

✔️ Elegant Microsoft To-Do desktop app

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 & Vibrant Themes
• Compact & Auto-Night Modes
• Local & Global Keyboard Shortcuts
• Customizable Keyboard Shortcuts
• List Navigation
• Scalable Interface
• Automatic Updates ✔️
• Cross Platform
• Deep OS Integration

^{✔️ Windows & Linux only atm}

Contents

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

Install

Github Releases

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

Homebrew

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

Snap

Ubuntu Linux users can directly install through Snap snap install ao

AUR

Arch Linux users can directly install through AUR yaourt ao

Note

The version available on AUR may not be the latest. If that is the case, please consider downloading directly from the Github releases page.

Features

Vibrant Themes

Press Cmd Alt U / Cmd Alt J to activate the dark or light vibrant theme respectively.

Please note that the feature is available only on Macos.

Sepia Theme

Perfect for glossy screens. Activate it by pressing Cmd/Ctrl G

Black Theme

Deep focus materialized. Boost your productivity by pressing Cmd/Ctrl W

Dark Theme

Silky & relaxing. Make it yours by pressing Cmd/Ctrl H

Compact Mode

Get more for less. Simply downsize the window to enter the mode.

List Navigation

Navigate seamlessly between your lists by pressing Cmd/Ctrl Tab / Cmd/Ctrl Shift Tab or jump directly to a specific list by using Cmd/Ctrl 1 - 9

Custom Shortcut Keys

Adjust Ao to your workflow. Navigate to ~/.ao.json or press Cmd/Ctrl . and modify any shortcut key to your own preference. To reset simply delete the ao config file from your home directory.

Scalable Interface

Adjust the zooming factor to your own preference by pressing Cmd/Ctrl Shift = or Cmd/Ctrl -

Auto Night Mode

Press Cmd/Ctrl Alt N and allow Ao to intelligently adjust to your environment.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Local Shortcut Keys

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

View all the available local keyboard shortcuts.

Description	Keys
Toggle Window Menu	Alt
Toggle Full Screen	F11
Return to Todos	Esc
New Todo	Cmd/Ctrl N
Delete Todo	Cmd/Ctrl D
Rename Todo	Cmd/Ctrl T
Search Todos	Cmd/Ctrl F
Add Todo to My Day	Cmd/Ctrl K
New List	Cmd/Ctrl L
Rename List	Cmd/Ctrl Y
Toggle Sidebar	Cmd/Ctrl O
Toggle My Day	Cmd/Ctrl M
Toggle Cortana	Cmd/Ctrl E
Toggle Dark Theme	Cmd/Ctrl H
Toggle Sepia Theme	Cmd/Ctrl G
Toggle Black Theme	Cmd/Ctrl B
Toggle Settings	Cmd/Ctrl ,
Make Text Smaller	Cmd/Ctrl -
Edit Shortcut Keys	Cmd/Ctrl .
Reset Zoom Level	Cmd/Ctrl 0
Navigate to Next List	Cmd/Ctrl Tab
Jump to List	Cmd/Ctrl 1 - 9
Sign out	Cmd/Ctrl Alt Q
Toggle Vibrant Light Theme	Cmd/Ctrl Alt U
Toggle Vibrant Dark Theme	Cmd/Ctrl Alt J
Activate Auto Night Mode	Cmd/Ctrl Alt N
Delete List	Cmd/Ctrl Shift D
Add Due Date	Cmd/Ctrl Shift T
Reload Ao	Cmd/Ctrl Shift R
Set Reminder	Cmd/Ctrl Shift E
Complete Todo	Cmd/Ctrl Shift N
Hide Completed Todos	Cmd/Ctrl Shift H
Toggle Dev Tools	Cmd/Ctrl Shift I
Set Always on Top	Cmd/Ctrl Shift P
Make Text Larger	Cmd/Ctrl Shift =

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
Toggle Ao Window	Alt Shift A
Create New Todo	Alt Shift C
Search Todos	Alt Shift F

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 dist or yarn dist

Related Apps

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

Team

Coded with ❤ by

• Klaus Sinani (@klaussinani)
• Mario Sinani (@mariocfhq)
• Thanasis Gkanos (@ThanasisGkanos)

Disclaimer

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

License

MIT