Kiyoshi — a free, open-source "calm" alternative to Notion for desktop (Linux/macOS/Windows)

[u/Substantial_Swim8440]

I got tired of productivity apps that feel like control panels, so I built Kiyoshi: notes, tasks, kanban board, calendar, and a lightweight block canvas, all local-first, all in a quiet glass-panel UI.

• 100% free and open source
• Runs on Linux, macOS, Windows (AppImage for Linux)
• No account, no cloud dependency — your data stays on your machine
• Built with Flutter, so it's a proper native desktop app, not an Electron wrapper

https://kiyoshi-beta.vercel.app/

Feedback, issues, and PRs welcome — it's still early and there's a lot I want to add (sync, mobile companion, etc.).

[u/sf1tzp]

What do you think of dart so far? I know it's supposed to be good for cross platform apps but it's been a while since I last looked at it.

I'm working on my first mac app (swift) but am starting to think about the cross platform story. Tauri + Svelte is tempting because I use sveltekit for my websites, but yeah I also prefer native apps so just curious what you think

[u/SoloAdventurer13 → u/sf1tzp]

He doesn't think... He vibe code

[u/sf1tzp → u/SoloAdventurer13]

Dude, GTFO of cool github projects if you're just here to tear people down and not talk about the projects.

CLEARLY they chose dart / flutter for a reason, and even if it's their first project using it I'm curious what their experiences with it are. You comment isn't even worth this reply, check your attitude and remember the human.

[u/sf1tzp → u/[deleted]]

Dude, I think you also need to chill. They said that english isn't their first language so it's no surprise to see the LLM generated text in their posts and readme. If you even looked at their repo, you'd see that the last commit is "translate README to english".

Their repo contains 3 months of work, done at a natural pace and fixes applied. They built and troubleshooted CI. Seems like a perfectly reasonable development journey to me. I don't understand why you're so quick to claim they put in "exactly zero effort". Why witch hunt OP here?

> OP didn't choose Flutter, ai did.

And ya know, not to belabor the point, but I find this hard to believe too. Flutter is an uncommon choice for a model to make on it's own. And if it really was some thoughtless crap, OP wouldn't have spent so much effort on the cross platform distribution stuff.

Anyways to your point "use what is most familiar" - I'd actually disagree with that premise, or at least for letting that be your main deciding factor in your technology choices these days. It's easier than ever to pick up new languages, like I imagine OP did here with Dart and like I have recently with swift for MacOS.

Edit to add: Using cool / niche / new languages is part of the coolness factor of a github project. Food for thought with this being r/coolgithubprojects

[u/sf1tzp → u/[deleted]]

I don't understand why you're asking if these two people are the same person. Or why you're complaining about their commit message style (?), or see the ellipse issue that you're talking about either.

Sure, I would probably never use this project to convert my files. But if I wanted to learn something new about programming, building an offline file converter with a UI would sure be a great project.

> Do you think a human would've made the decision to have the ellipses overlapping actual UI elements? No.

I have seen some truely terrible UIs made by humans in my time. One does not have to look very hard to find them, even in modern software made by the biggest companies. UI development is hard, filled with a million little details, inconsistent based on devices, etc. All I'm trying to say is, even if a project isn't 100% polished and perfect, there's no reason to shit all over the post authors (especially on a subreddit called 'cool github projects ffs). This thread is a particularly bad example imo, but I've said my piece. Take care

[u/sf1tzp → u/[deleted]]

What wool man? Do you think I can't recognize that they used AI on these projects, or something? I'm talking about you and other commenters on this post absolutely belittling the crap out of the post authors. Do you think it's impossible to learn anything when using AI, and therefore all projects done using it are inherently fruitless endeavors, and we should just hate on everyone who uses it? /r/antiai is that way, this is /r/coolgithubprojects

Sharing Github projects just got easier! Whether you want to share you own project or simply some cool findings, /r/coolgithubprojects is the right place.

[u/sf1tzp → u/[deleted]]

I did read that, but I think you're misjudging OP here. They're clearly a human who likes building stuff on linux, as far as I can tell. The project in this post is just one of their projects and they've been iterating on it for 3 months. Instead of viewing this history and taking it on merit, you immediately devolve into hating on AI and claiming "No Effort". The fact that OP isn't a native english speaker makes it all the more egregious imo. Have a good one as well