How to install (links)

Android • Linux • Windows • iOS • macOS

Changelog

• Allow exporting to PDF
• Add a setting to disable automatically checking for updates

Full Changelog: https://github.com/adil192/saber/compare/v0.3.2...v0.3.3

Snapshot of Discussion https://github.com/adil192/saber/discussions/1

This discussion post will track implemented features.

Short-term:

• General UI
• Material You dynamic theming; dark mode
• Basic writing on canvas
• (Rudimentary) undo/redo
• Zooming
• Erasing writing on canvas
• Changing writing colour
• Saving on local storage
• Renaming notes
• Populate home screen with real data
• Populate navbar file tree with real data
• Show canvas previews on homepage
• Allow notes to have multiple pages
• Distinguish finger and stylus when scrolling/panning through notes
• Tool switching system
• Add keyboard shortcuts in editor (e.g. to toggle finger drawing)

Long-term:

• Darken notes visually when in dark mode
• Highlighter
• Select/move tool
• Shape tool
• Canvas backgrounds
• Add images to canvas
• Log in to Nextcloud
• Cloud sync notes
• Undo/redo that includes erases, not just strokes
• Enable using different passwords for Nextcloud and note encryption
• Export to PDF

How to install (links)

Android • Linux • Windows • iOS • macOS

Changelog

• Fix crash in the editor for new users

Full Changelog: https://github.com/adil192/saber/compare/v0.3.1...v0.3.2

Snapshot of Discussion https://github.com/adil192/saber/discussions/1

This discussion post will track implemented features.

Short-term:

• General UI
• Material You dynamic theming; dark mode
• Basic writing on canvas
• (Rudimentary) undo/redo
• Zooming
• Erasing writing on canvas
• Changing writing colour
• Saving on local storage
• Renaming notes
• Populate home screen with real data
• Populate navbar file tree with real data
• Show canvas previews on homepage
• Allow notes to have multiple pages
• Distinguish finger and stylus when scrolling/panning through notes
• Tool switching system
• Add keyboard shortcuts in editor (e.g. to toggle finger drawing)

Long-term:

• Darken notes visually when in dark mode
• Highlighter
• Select/move tool
• Shape tool
• Canvas backgrounds
• Add images to canvas
• Log in to Nextcloud
• Cloud sync notes
• Undo/redo that includes erases, not just strokes
• Enable using different passwords for Nextcloud and note encryption

How to install (links)

Android • Linux • Windows • iOS • macOS

Changelog

• Initial support for macOS
• Pen color doesn't reset to black every time, but remembers your last used color
• Fixed how recently accessed files are recorded

Full Changelog: https://github.com/adil192/saber/compare/v0.3.0...v0.3.1

Snapshot of Discussion https://github.com/adil192/saber/discussions/1

This discussion post will track implemented features.

Short-term:

• General UI
• Material You dynamic theming; dark mode
• Basic writing on canvas
• (Rudimentary) undo/redo
• Zooming
• Erasing writing on canvas
• Changing writing colour
• Saving on local storage
• Renaming notes
• Populate home screen with real data
• Populate navbar file tree with real data
• Show canvas previews on homepage
• Allow notes to have multiple pages
• Distinguish finger and stylus when scrolling/panning through notes
• Tool switching system
• Add keyboard shortcuts in editor (e.g. to toggle finger drawing)

Long-term:

• Darken notes visually when in dark mode
• Highlighter
• Select/move tool
• Shape tool
• Canvas backgrounds
• Add images to canvas
• Log in to Nextcloud
• Cloud sync notes
• Undo/redo that includes erases, not just strokes
• Enable using different passwords for Nextcloud and note encryption

Installation

https://github.com/adil192/saber#install

Changelog

• Use separate passwords for Nextcloud and encryption. This prevents your Nextcloud provider knowing your encryption key.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/adil192/saber/compare/v0.2.3...v0.3.0

Snapshot of Discussion https://github.com/adil192/saber/discussions/1

This discussion post will track implemented features.

Short-term:

• General UI
• Material You dynamic theming; dark mode
• Basic writing on canvas
• (Rudimentary) undo/redo
• Zooming
• Erasing writing on canvas
• Changing writing colour
• Saving on local storage
• Renaming notes
• Populate home screen with real data
• Populate navbar file tree with real data
• Show canvas previews on homepage
• Allow notes to have multiple pages
• Distinguish finger and stylus when scrolling/panning through notes
• Tool switching system
• Add keyboard shortcuts in editor (e.g. to toggle finger drawing)

Long-term:

• Darken notes visually when in dark mode
• Highlighter
• Select/move tool
• Shape tool
• Canvas backgrounds
• Add images to canvas
• Log in to Nextcloud
• Cloud sync notes
• Undo/redo that includes erases, not just strokes
• Enable using different passwords for Nextcloud and note encryption

Notice

Due to a mistake in the encryption process, please refrain from logging in until the next release.

Installation

https://github.com/adil192/saber#install

Changelog

• Stop the syncing indicator infinitely looping if logged out
• Support Ctrl-Z and Ctrl-Y keyboard shortcuts
• Various flatpak tweaks

Full Changelog: https://github.com/adil192/saber/compare/v0.2.2...v0.2.3

Snapshot of Discussion https://github.com/adil192/saber/discussions/1

This discussion post will track implemented features.

Short-term:

• General UI
• Material You dynamic theming; dark mode
• Basic writing on canvas
• (Rudimentary) undo/redo
• Zooming
• Erasing writing on canvas
• Changing writing colour
• Saving on local storage
• Renaming notes
• Populate home screen with real data
• Populate navbar file tree with real data
• Show canvas previews on homepage
• Allow notes to have multiple pages
• Distinguish finger and stylus when scrolling/panning through notes
• Tool switching system
• Add keyboard shortcuts in editor (e.g. to toggle finger drawing)

Long-term:

• Darken notes visually when in dark mode
• Highlighter
• Select/move tool
• Shape tool
• Canvas backgrounds
• Add images to canvas
• Log in to Nextcloud
• Cloud sync notes
• Undo/redo that includes erases, not just strokes
• Enable using different passwords for Nextcloud and note encryption

Installation

https://github.com/adil192/saber#install

Changelog

• Linux theming now works properly
• Home screen shows syncing progress, and a resync can be manually triggered by pressing the sync button in the corner.
• Syncing is improved under the hood: the latest version of a note is prioritized rather than accidentally overwriting it if you make changes on two devices.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/adil192/saber/compare/v0.2.1...v0.2.2

Snapshot of Discussion https://github.com/adil192/saber/discussions/1

This discussion post will track implemented features.

Short-term:

• General UI
• Material You dynamic theming; dark mode
• Basic writing on canvas
• (Rudimentary) undo/redo
• Zooming
• Erasing writing on canvas
• Changing writing colour
• Saving on local storage
• Renaming notes
• Populate home screen with real data
• Populate navbar file tree with real data
• Show canvas previews on homepage
• Allow notes to have multiple pages
• Distinguish finger and stylus when scrolling/panning through notes
• Tool switching system
• Add keyboard shortcuts in editor (e.g. to toggle finger drawing)

Long-term:

• Darken notes visually when in dark mode
• Highlighter
• Select/move tool
• Shape tool
• Canvas backgrounds
• Add images to canvas
• Log in to Nextcloud
• Cloud sync notes
• Undo/redo that includes erases, not just strokes
• Enable using different passwords for Nextcloud and note encryption

Installation

https://github.com/adil192/saber#install

Changelog

• Home screen now stays up to date when you alter a note

Full Changelog: https://github.com/adil192/saber/compare/v0.2.0...v0.2.1

Snapshot of Discussion https://github.com/adil192/saber/discussions/1

This discussion post will track implemented features.

Short-term:

• General UI
• Material You dynamic theming; dark mode
• Basic writing on canvas
• (Rudimentary) undo/redo
• Zooming
• Erasing writing on canvas
• Changing writing colour
• Saving on local storage
• Renaming notes
• Populate home screen with real data
• Populate navbar file tree with real data
• Show canvas previews on homepage
• Allow notes to have multiple pages
• Distinguish finger and stylus when scrolling/panning through notes
• Tool switching system
• Add keyboard shortcuts in editor (e.g. to toggle finger drawing)

Long-term:

• Darken notes visually when in dark mode
• Highlighter
• Select/move tool
• Shape tool
• Canvas backgrounds
• Add images to canvas
• Log in to Nextcloud
• Cloud sync notes
• Undo/redo that includes erases, not just strokes
• Enable using different passwords for Nextcloud and note encryption

Installation

https://github.com/adil192/saber#install

Changelog

• Cloud syncing is finally here! (It doesn't work on the web yet)
• The toolbar can now be used via keyboard shortcuts, namely:
  • F for toggling finger drawing
  • E for toggling the eraser
  • C for toggling the color bar

Full Changelog: https://github.com/adil192/saber/compare/v0.1.8...v0.2.0

Snapshot of Discussion https://github.com/adil192/saber/discussions/1

This discussion post will track implemented features.

Short-term:

• General UI
• Material You dynamic theming; dark mode
• Basic writing on canvas
• (Rudimentary) undo/redo
• Zooming
• Erasing writing on canvas
• Changing writing colour
• Saving on local storage
• Renaming notes
• Populate home screen with real data
• Populate navbar file tree with real data
• Show canvas previews on homepage
• Allow notes to have multiple pages
• Distinguish finger and stylus when scrolling/panning through notes
• Tool switching system
• Add keyboard shortcuts in editor (e.g. to toggle finger drawing)

Long-term:

• Darken notes visually when in dark mode
• Highlighter
• Select/move tool
• Shape tool
• Canvas backgrounds
• Add images to canvas
• Log in to Nextcloud
• Cloud sync notes
• Undo/redo that includes erases, not just strokes
• Enable using different passwords for Nextcloud and note encryption

Installation

https://github.com/adil192/saber#install

Changelog

• The color bar in the editor has several improvements
  • It is inverted if the canvas is inverted, as you'd expect
  • It now correctly shows which color is selected when the color is both in the regular colors and recent colors
  • The recent colors in the color bar don't jump around anymore, but are assigned a position in the color bar
  • E-reader users can enable greyscale mode in settings to replace the regular color selection with a greyscale color selection
• Linux users with invalid theme data now use the default yellow color scheme rather than Flutter's default grey/blue color scheme

Full Changelog: https://github.com/adil192/saber/compare/v0.1.7...v0.1.8

Snapshot of Discussion https://github.com/adil192/saber/discussions/1

This discussion post will track implemented features.

Short-term:

• General UI
• Material You dynamic theming; dark mode
• Basic writing on canvas
• (Rudimentary) undo/redo
• Zooming
• Erasing writing on canvas
• Changing writing colour
• Saving on local storage
• Renaming notes
• Populate home screen with real data
• Populate navbar file tree with real data
• Show canvas previews on homepage
• Allow notes to have multiple pages
• Distinguish finger and stylus when scrolling/panning through notes
• Tool switching system
• Add keyboard shortcuts in editor (e.g. to toggle finger drawing)

Long-term:

• Darken notes visually when in dark mode
• Highlighter
• Select/move tool
• Shape tool
• Canvas backgrounds
• Add images to canvas
• Log in to Nextcloud
• Cloud sync notes
• Undo/redo that includes erases, not just strokes
• Enable using different passwords for Nextcloud and note encryption

Installation

https://github.com/adil192/saber#install

Changelog

• You can now toggle the eraser on and off by tapping it
• Disabled scrollwheel zooming on desktops on the home screen (it was interfering with scrolling)
• Toggling finger-drawing in the editor is now saved across all notes
• Notes are now inverted in dark mode (configurable in settings)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/adil192/saber/compare/v0.1.6...v0.1.7

Snapshot of Discussion https://github.com/adil192/saber/discussions/1

This discussion post will track implemented features.

Short-term:

• General UI
• Material You dynamic theming; dark mode
• Basic writing on canvas
• (Rudimentary) undo/redo
• Zooming
• Erasing writing on canvas
• Changing writing colour
• Saving on local storage
• Renaming notes
• Populate home screen with real data
• Populate navbar file tree with real data
• Show canvas previews on homepage
• Allow notes to have multiple pages
• Distinguish finger and stylus when scrolling/panning through notes
• Tool switching system

Long-term:

• Darken notes visually when in dark mode
• Highlighter
• Select/move tool
• Shape tool
• Canvas backgrounds
• Add images to canvas
• Log in to Nextcloud
• Cloud sync notes
• Undo/redo that includes erases, not just strokes
• Enable using different passwords for Nextcloud and note encryption

Installation

https://github.com/adil192/saber#install

Changelog

• Smoother animation when opening/closing color bar in editor
• Color bar now shows recently used colors
• Bug fix: Trying to save non-String settings no longer crashes

Full Changelog: https://github.com/adil192/saber/compare/v0.1.5...v0.1.6

Snapshot of Discussion https://github.com/adil192/saber/discussions/1

This discussion post will track implemented features.

Short-term:

• General UI
• Material You dynamic theming; dark mode
• Basic writing on canvas
• (Rudimentary) undo/redo
• Zooming
• Erasing writing on canvas
• Changing writing colour
• Saving on local storage
• Renaming notes
• Populate home screen with real data
• Populate navbar file tree with real data
• Show canvas previews on homepage
• Allow notes to have multiple pages
• Distinguish finger and stylus when scrolling/panning through notes
• Tool switching system

Long-term:

• Highlighter
• Select/move tool
• Shape tool
• Canvas backgrounds
• Add images to canvas
• Log in to Nextcloud
• Cloud sync notes
• Undo/redo that includes erases, not just strokes

Installation

https://github.com/adil192/saber#install

Changelog

• You can now write in 8 different colors (arbitrary color picking is in the works)
• Small performance improvements when accessing SharedPreferences

Full Changelog: https://github.com/adil192/saber/compare/v0.1.4...v0.1.5

Snapshot of Discussion https://github.com/adil192/saber/discussions/1

This discussion post will track implemented features.

Short-term:

• General UI
• Material You dynamic theming; dark mode
• Basic writing on canvas
• (Rudimentary) undo/redo
• Zooming
• Erasing writing on canvas
• Changing writing colour
• Saving on local storage
• Renaming notes
• Populate home screen with real data
• Populate navbar file tree with real data
• Show canvas previews on homepage
• Allow notes to have multiple pages
• Distinguish finger and stylus when scrolling/panning through notes
• Tool switching system

Long-term:

• Highlighter
• Select/move tool
• Shape tool
• Canvas backgrounds
• Add images to canvas
• Log in to Nextcloud
• Cloud sync notes
• Undo/redo that includes erases, not just strokes

Installation

https://github.com/adil192/saber#install

Changelog

• Login autofill support for Android
• Prevent toolbar from overlapping with the iOS navigation bar (#7)
• Automatically check if the app needs updating
• Windows can now show the build number on the Settings page

Full Changelog: https://github.com/adil192/saber/compare/v0.1.3...v0.1.4

Snapshot of Discussion https://github.com/adil192/saber/discussions/1

This discussion post will track implemented features.

Short-term:

• General UI
• Material You dynamic theming; dark mode
• Basic writing on canvas
• Undo/redo
• Zooming
• Erasing writing on canvas
• Changing writing colour
• Saving on local storage
• Renaming notes
• Populate home screen with real data
• Populate navbar file tree with real data
• Show canvas previews on homepage
• Allow notes to have multiple pages
• Distinguish finger and stylus when scrolling/panning through notes
• Tool switching system

Long-term:

• Highlighter
• Select/move tool
• Shape tool
• Canvas backgrounds
• Add images to canvas
• Log in to Nextcloud
• Cloud sync notes

Installation

https://github.com/adil192/saber#install

Changelog

• Various visual changes to the editor's toolbar including
  • Icons now have tooltip labels
  • Toolbar is now on the bottom of the screen (you can change this in the settings)
• Bug fix: toggling finger drawing in the editor no longer sometimes deletes the last stroke
• When creating a new note, it will have a nicer shorter filename (#6)
• Behind the scenes progress towards cloud sync

Full Changelog: https://github.com/adil192/saber/compare/v0.1.2...v0.1.3

Snapshot of Discussion https://github.com/adil192/saber/discussions/1

This discussion post will track implemented features.

Short-term:

• General UI
• Material You dynamic theming; dark mode
• Basic writing on canvas
• Undo/redo
• Zooming
• Erasing writing on canvas
• Changing writing colour
• Saving on local storage
• Renaming notes
• Populate home screen with real data
• Populate navbar file tree with real data
• Show canvas previews on homepage
• Allow notes to have multiple pages
• Distinguish finger and stylus when scrolling/panning through notes
• Tool switching system

Long-term:

• Highlighter
• Select/move tool
• Shape tool
• Canvas backgrounds
• Add images to canvas
• Log in to Nextcloud
• Cloud sync notes

Installation

https://github.com/adil192/saber#install

Changelog

• Linux users have the app themed with the main gtk colour
• The editor toolbar scrolls if it's too long
• You can now switch between the pen and eraser properly
• Canvas previews are now cached for homepage performance
• Canvas now scrolls and writes as you'd expect
  • With finger drawing off, you can draw with your stylus and pan/zoom with your fingers
• The editor keeps one empty page at the end so you can quickly move to the next page of whatever you're writing

Full Changelog: https://github.com/adil192/saber/compare/v0.1.1...v0.1.2

Snapshot of Discussion https://github.com/adil192/saber/discussions/1

This discussion post will track implemented features.

Short-term:

• General UI
• Material You dynamic theming; dark mode
• Basic writing on canvas
• Undo/redo
• Zooming
• Erasing writing on canvas
• Changing writing colour
• Saving on local storage
• Renaming notes
• Populate home screen with real data
• Populate navbar file tree with real data
• Show canvas previews on homepage
• Allow notes to have multiple pages
• Distinguish finger and stylus when scrolling/panning through notes
• Tool switching system

Long-term:

• Highlighter
• Select/move tool
• Shape tool
• Canvas backgrounds
• Add images to canvas
• Log in to Nextcloud
• Cloud sync notes

Installation

https://github.com/adil192/saber#install

Changelog

• Added a hero transition between the home page and notes editor
• Remove the gap where folders would be displayed if there's no folders
• Package for Windows and iOS (#4 How to install Saber on iOS)
• Notes now support multiple pages (currently it's not very user friendly)
• Fix the file tree (on desktop/tablet) not showing sometimes
• In the file tree, directories are now displayed above files (rather than just in alphabetical order)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/adil192/saber/compare/v0.1.0...v0.1.1

Snapshot of Discussion https://github.com/adil192/saber/discussions/1

This discussion post will track implemented features.

Short-term:

• General UI
• Material You dynamic theming; dark mode
• Basic writing on canvas
• Undo/redo
• Zooming
• Erasing writing on canvas
• Changing writing colour
• Saving on local storage
• Renaming notes
• Populate home screen with real data
• Populate navbar file tree with real data
• Show canvas previews on homepage
• Allow notes to have multiple pages
• Distinguish finger and stylus when scrolling/panning through notes
• Tool switching system

Long-term:

• Highlighter
• Select/move tool
• Shape tool
• Canvas backgrounds
• Add images to canvas
• Log in to Nextcloud
• Cloud sync notes

Installation

https://github.com/adil192/saber#install

Changelog

• The Settings page now shows the app version and license information
• The Settings page has a (working) section to log in to Nextcloud
• UI is yellow by default to match the icon (does not affect Android devices with Monet custom colors)
• Updated privacy policy

Full Changelog: https://github.com/adil192/saber/compare/v0.0.10...v0.1.0

Snapshot of Discussion https://github.com/adil192/saber/discussions/1

This discussion post will track implemented features.

Short-term:

• General UI
• Material You dynamic theming; dark mode
• Basic writing on canvas
• Undo/redo
• Zooming
• Erasing writing on canvas
• Changing writing colour
• Saving on local storage
• Renaming notes
• Populate home screen with real data
• Populate navbar file tree with real data
• Show canvas previews on homepage
• Allow notes to have multiple pages
• Tool switching system

Long-term:

• Highlighter
• Select/move tool
• Shape tool
• Canvas backgrounds
• Add images to canvas
• Log in to Nextcloud
• Cloud sync notes

Changelog

• Fixed stylus detection from v0.0.9
• Automatically uses real pressure sensitivity with a stylus and simulated pressure sensitivity when using a finger.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/adil192/saber/compare/v0.0.9...v0.0.10

Snapshot of Discussion https://github.com/adil192/saber/discussions/1

This discussion post will track implemented features.

Short-term:

• General UI
• Material You dynamic theming; dark mode
• Basic writing on canvas
• Undo/redo
• Zooming
• Erasing writing on canvas
• Changing writing colour
• Saving on local storage
• Renaming notes
• Populate home screen with real data
• Populate navbar file tree with real data
• Show canvas previews on homepage
• Allow notes to have multiple pages
• Tool switching system

Long-term:

• Highlighter
• Select/move tool
• Shape tool
• Canvas backgrounds
• Add images to canvas
• Cloud sync
• Self-hosted cloud sync

Changelog

• Add finger drawing toggle (when off, only stylus inputs are accepted)
• Fix a bug when erasing multiple strokes in the same frame

Full Changelog: https://github.com/adil192/saber/compare/v0.0.8...v0.0.9

Snapshot of Discussion https://github.com/adil192/saber/discussions/1

This discussion post will track implemented features.

Short-term:

• General UI
• Material You dynamic theming; dark mode
• Basic writing on canvas
• Undo/redo
• Zooming
• Erasing writing on canvas
• Changing writing colour
• Saving on local storage
• Renaming notes
• Populate home screen with real data
• Populate navbar file tree with real data
• Show canvas previews on homepage
• Allow notes to have multiple pages
• Tool switching system

Long-term:

• Highlighter
• Select/move tool
• Shape tool
• Canvas backgrounds
• Add images to canvas
• Cloud sync
• Self-hosted cloud sync

Changelog

• Very minor updates
• Privacy policy updated and link added in Settings page

Full Changelog: https://github.com/adil192/saber/compare/v0.0.7...v0.0.8

Snapshot of Discussion https://github.com/adil192/saber/discussions/1

This discussion post will track implemented features.

Short-term:

• General UI
• Material You dynamic theming; dark mode
• Basic writing on canvas
• Undo/redo
• Zooming
• Erasing writing on canvas
• Changing writing colour
• Saving on local storage
• Renaming notes
• Populate home screen with real data
• Populate navbar file tree with real data
• Show canvas previews on homepage
• Allow notes to have multiple pages
• Tool switching system

Long-term:

• Highlighter
• Select/move tool
• Shape tool
• Canvas backgrounds
• Add images to canvas
• Cloud sync
• Self-hosted cloud sync