Sketch and take handwritten notes.
GPL-3.0 License
Sketch and take handwritten notes.
Rnote is an open-source vector-based drawing app for sketching, handwritten notes and to annotate documents and pictures. It is targeted at students, teachers and those who own a drawing tablet and provides features like Pdf and picture import and export, an infinite canvas and an adaptive UI for big and small screens.
Written in Rust and GTK4.
Features
.rnote
file formatDisclaimer
The file format is still unstable. It might change and break compatibility between versions.
Rnote has a project website: rnote.flxzt.net
Download the official flatpak on Flathub here.
Thanks to @dehesselle the app is available on MacOS as an app bundle. Check out the repository, the latest release can be downloaded here.
Download the Windows installer from the latest release which can be found here.
Install using Winget:
winget install flxzt.rnote
Because the file format still is unstable, downgrading to a specific version might be necessary.
List all available past versions on flathub:
flatpak remote-info --log flathub com.github.flxzt.rnote
Pick the commit from the desired version and downgrade with:
sudo flatpak update --commit=<commit-hash> com.github.flxzt.rnote
After downgrading, the flatpak version can be pinned or unpinned with:
$ flatpak mask com.github.flxzt.rnote
$ flatpak mask --remove com.github.flxzt.rnote
To update to the latest version again, unpin and run flatpak update
.
Drag & Drop not working - Make sure Rnote has permissions to the locations you are dragging files from. Can be granted in Flatseal (a Flatpak permissions manager)
Odd location for current file -
When the directory displayed in the header title is something like /run/user/1000/../
, rnote does not have permissions to access the directory. Again, granting them in Flatseal fixes this issue.
Stylus buttons move canvas / are not functional -
Make sure that the xf86-input-wacom
, drivers on X11 and libinput
on Wayland and libwacom
are installed and loaded.
While hovering with the stylus, other input events are blocked in some regions of the screen - Supposed to be palm rejection, but might be undesirable. If there is a left- / righthanded system tablet setting, make sure it is set correctly. Rnote can't disable this unfortunately. ( discussed in issue #329 )
One of the stylus buttons shortcut mapping does not work as intended - On some devices one stylus button is mapped to a dedicated "Eraser" mode (which is the back-side on other styli). The buttons in the shortcuts settings could then be inconsistent ( the secondary / upper button is actually the primary / lower button , or reverse ). To change the tool that is mapped to this "Eraser" mode, do the following:
If you want to start contribute by translating, take a look into the translations section of the CONTRIBUTING document.
The following fonts are bundled with the application:
The .rnote
file format is a gzipped json file.
So far breaking changes in the format happened in versions:
v0.2.0
v0.3.0
v0.4.0
v0.5.0
To be able to open and export older files that are incompatible with the newest version, look under Installation /Downgrading to install older versions of Rnote.
Rnote is available under GPL-3.0-or-later. See the LICENSE file for more info.
Copyright (C) 2023 The Rnote Authors
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
sounds/Licenses.md
If you have any questions or want to start a general discussion, open a topic in the Github Discussions section.
There are also two Matrix chat rooms:
If you have drawn something cool in Rnote and want to share it, submit a PR to add it here. :)
Build instructions for Linux are documented in BUILDING.md and for other platforms here