🐊 Croc Notes Desktop

A powerful, offline-first modular journaling app for Windows desktop and Android with rich text editing, timers, and system tray integration. Organize your thoughts like never before!

✨ Features

📝 Rich Text Editing

• Full-featured rich text editor with toolbar (bold, italic, underline, colors, fonts)
• Image insertion
• HTML-style formatting with real-time preview
• Copy-paste images directly from clipboard

📊 Modular Journal System

• Categories & Tabs: Organize notes with customizable colored categories and tabs
• Three-Grid Layout:
  • Left: Checklist with checkbox states (✓, ✗, ⬜)
  • Right: Rich text notepad
  • Bottom: Rich text notepad with image support
• Pinned Tabs: Pin important tabs to the top for quick access

⏰ Timer System

• Create timer items with custom names
• Set durations (hours, minutes, seconds)
• Choose custom alarm sounds or use default alarm.mp3
• Timer states: Running ▶️, Paused ⏸️, Completed ✅
• Visual countdown display
• System tray integration - app pops up when timer completes
• Loop alarms until dismissed

🎨 Customization

• Color picker with hex input for categories and tabs
• Drag-and-drop category reordering
• Search categories and tabs with fuzzy matching
• Collapsible toolbars in notepads

🖥️ Desktop Features

• System Tray Integration: Minimize to tray, continue running in background
• Custom Window Controls: Minimize, maximize/restore, and exit with options
• Acrylic Effect: Modern Windows 11 blur effect
• Multi-monitor Support: Remembers position and state

🔄 Data Management

• Offline First: SQLite database with file-based image storage
• Auto-save: All changes saved instantly
• Backup & Restore: Export/import your entire journal as ZIP
• Portable: Data stored next to executable for easy backup

🔍 Search & Organization

• Live fuzzy search across categories and tabs
• Filter by pinned tabs only
• Collapsible category tree view

📸 Screenshots

Main Interface

Three-grid layout with categories sidebar

Timer System

Timer items with countdown and alarm setup

Settings

Automatic Windows Startup and Import/Export database

🚀 Installation

Windows (Portable ZIP)

1. Download the latest CrocNotes.zip from Releases
2. Extract to any folder
3. Run croc_notes.exe

🎮 How to Use

Getting Started Create your first category using the ➕ button

Add tabs to your category

Start writing in the notepads

Create checklist items or timers

⌨️Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+V	Paste text or images
Ctrl+B	Bold text
Ctrl+I	Italic text
Ctrl+U	Underline text
Ctrl+Z	Undo
Ctrl+Y	Redo

⏰Timer Controls

Click checkbox to start timer

Click again (X) to pause

Click again (⬜) to reset

Long-press timer to edit properties

🛠️ Built With

Flutter - UI framework

SQLite - Local database

flutter_quill - Rich text editor

window_manager - Desktop window management

tray_manager - System tray integration

audioplayers - Alarm sounds

super_clipboard - Clipboard image paste

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

Icons from FontAwesome and Material Icons

Inspired by AHOY note-taking software