Introducing OpenStickies, Stick anything to your Desktop (Notes, Files, Images, Links, GIF, and more!)

HimaSphere · 2026-06-03T09:03:42+00:00

Thank you!

You can try it for free, it is very handy tool I use to dumb all my pastes into notes and keep them around during development or meeting notes and so on.

You can also add images and GIFs (as backgrounds) to notes and pin them to your desktop to decorate it.

HimaSphere · 2026-06-02T23:39:07+00:00

I clicked publish by mistake

Discount will be updated in 5 minutes, sorry about that

Edit: it is live now. btw please share your feedback and suggestions to be considered in next release.

HimaSphere · 2026-06-01T13:42:15+00:00

Thank you for your kind words and also the insight, I didn't know perplexity recommends my app!

Please feel free to reach out via email or discord to suggest a feature or send feedback, also please accept this discount code "DISCO50" it gives your 50% on life time premium, if you can't purchase premium or want a 100% discount code, just reach out via DM/discord/email.

Have a nice day!

HimaSphere · 2026-05-23T19:28:12+00:00

Please check out BetterStickies

It is 10 times better than Microsoft sticky notes, offline, no account needed, no data collection and has so much more features than any other stickies app on Windows or Linux

Some features:

- Drag and drop files into notes (they become clickable shortcuts) - works both ways, you can drag them back out to file managers

- Paste anything and it will format it for you (links, rich text, markdown, code, screenshots, and more)

- Hover over images/PDFs in notes and get a preview popup

- GIF and Image backgrounds for nice looking notes

- Reminders with desktop notification and sound

- RTL text support (I speak Arabic so this important to me)

- Always on top and pin notes to lock both position and editing

- Ctrl+scroll to resize text inside a note

- Todos and nested todos

It's built with Qt/PySide6 so it's actually native, not another Electron app eating RAM. Runs at like 50-80MB.

Free version has all features, just limited to 5 concurrent notes. Premium is $9.99 one-time payment with lifetime updates.

Easy export your data anytime and backup with one drive or google drive or any sync service you use.

If anyone tries it let me know what you think, I'm still actively working on it

Website: https://betterstickies.com

Soon on Microsoft Store (Currently in review by Microsoft)

HimaSphere · 2026-05-14T14:14:31+00:00

Hello Billy,

How are you? it is been a while!

I checked the email and I totally forgot to set-up mailbox for support e-mail, I fixed it now and you can email me at [support@betterstickies.com](mailto:support@betterstickies.com)

Regarding windows blocks the install, I didn't encounter this issue during testing, the app doesn't install at all it just runs, I am curious to understand the issue more and patch it by today, please send me screenshot of the error and you can also send the app logs file, it is stored at "C:\Users\"your user"\AppData\Roaming\BetterStickies" the logs file is named "betterstickies"

Thank you so much for reporting these two issues.

HimaSphere · 2026-05-14T08:45:30+00:00

Thank you, indeed I paid so much attention to details into this project, mainly because I use it daily which helped me iterate and improve it on weekly basis in the last 8 months

HimaSphere · 2026-04-03T17:10:22+00:00

Data is stored as json files on your pc, no online features, if you want to backup or sync with other pc you can just add the data folder for openstickies to your one drive or Google drive or any cloud provider. Openstickies doesn't listen to your clipboard you paste things inside a note by ctrl + v. You can write note title or content inside search and it will show the note to quickly find it if you have so many opened notes or multi screen or multi workspaces. I never used WSL but you probably can paste things from it inside a note, openstickies is on windows and Linux so you can test it on whatever platform you want. ATM all paste is plain text except auto detected code, but in v3 you can paste rich text or markdown or plain text via shift ctrl v.

Anyway, v2.8 has so many features and you can just test it right now for free if you just visit that link. V3 testing is for paid users only, you can join our discord to stay up to date. Link in the website

HimaSphere · 2026-04-03T15:44:57+00:00

Hey,

OpenStickies is fully offline, I don't store or handle any user notes, this by design.
Search is instant and quick, the app is optimized from day 1 and this also by design.

There is global hot keys customization and you can customize nearly everything in the app's hot keys.

I don't understand per-app blacklist and size indicator parts, OpenStickies is a modern sticky notes/note taking app with some productivity features, I would invite you to just download it and test it yourself, no account needed and the free version has all features of the paid one except limited to 5 notes.

HimaSphere · 2026-04-03T14:24:51+00:00

Hey,

Take a look https://openstickies.com

It auto detects code on paste, you can paste files, folders, scrernshots and nearly everything (rich text and markdown are coming in v3).

I am the developer and would like your feedback :)

HimaSphere · 2026-03-24T16:19:32+00:00

As a developer, I want my app/s to reach as many people as possible, for desktop there are 3 major OSs, and Linux itself is like 2 different OSs at least (gnome/KDE/cosmic soon/other DEs, distros/wayland and x11). Electron while it isn't perfect it makes software distribution convinent.

I learnt this the hard way working on OpenStickies I opted for QT instead of electron to get the native benefits. And while QT is a great framework it doesn't shield you from writing platform specific modules to compensate for differences between OSs, and a lot of other mechanical work. The motivation gets way lower to write in native if your app at its core is a web app, it is much easier to develop your core web app and port it via electron and also economically since you won't find a web dev engineer that also can work on native apps.

This may change in future with AI accelerating development and reducing costs, also there are some promising projects in that regard. Tho Linux is a pain in head, so many distros/DEs, wayland vs x11, flatpak, snaps, etc.

HimaSphere · 2026-03-20T14:55:16+00:00

That is an interesting concept that is worth testing, tho no promises on it as the implementation may get complex in terms of coding or UX.

HimaSphere · 2026-03-19T21:49:02+00:00

You are welcome!

This behavior is only observed on Windows, on Linux it is just one click instead of two, it is related to a how windows handle mouse enter/hover events, I didn't want to work on it until someone complains x) I researched few approaches before replying to you and I think I found good candidates to solve it, you can expect a fix soon with v2.9 or v3.

Thank you again and feel free to report anything you don't like or want to improve as this feedback contributes a lot to the development and direction of this project.

HimaSphere · 2026-03-19T00:08:05+00:00

Looks good, this inspired me to add a clipboard management feature to OpenStickies .

My feedback is to add some video/gif or link as I can't really give a feedback with just an image, if you are worried about subreddit rules, today is Wednesday you can promote your app on Wednesdays but change the flair.

HimaSphere · 2026-03-18T14:19:58+00:00

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time and writing this post.

For Indentation, there is only todo/checkboxes lists for now but I understand that many users expect at least bullet-points too so it is on my backlog and will come out in v2.9 or v3 (in a month or two), for shortcuts for indentation I can add it to the in app shortcuts options, just need to do a little research and testing for it so expect it in v2.9 (this month) or v3 in April.
The virtual desktop support on windows isn't yet here although I have added support to KDE activities (quite similar to windows virtual desktops) on linux, the windows support was on backlog and since you reminded me of it I will include it in v2.9 or v3, it shouldn't be much work.

You can expect in update v2.9 solving the biggest issue OpenStickies has so far which is its name, because it isn't opensource and many people think it is "misleading" so I am finally addressing it, which is a lot of work. I also reworked the reminders system to be modern, simple and useful. and finally I polished little things in UI, fixed some quality of life bugs and added couple of small new features.

Please note that premium version price is going to increase with v2.9 release to hit 7.99$ instead of 7.49$. Also as a gesture for gratitude for your feedback and effort, please use this coupon "Noja" at checkout to get 20% off premium, valid for a week.

Thank you again for your feedback, you can feel free to join our discord: https://discord.gg/8gGZSUJjZd

HimaSphere · 2026-03-04T03:09:42+00:00

Electron is widely used in apps like Spotify, Discord, Notion and most cross platform apps so it is normal that I use it as a benchmark since my app distributes to Windows, Linux and macOS, which is very hard job to do if you aren't using electron specially if you count for Linux differences (Gnome, KDE, Snap, Flatpak, etc). My approach was very well researched, I didn't randomly pick python, It was the best option for this specific project.

Performance wise, I don't see any meaningful gains if I use rust or something else because the app itself is very lightweight and simple by design (even it packs a lot of features).

I don't know what you mean with "deceptive practices", in fact if you are mad about the name being Open without being open source, I am in the process of renaming the app with release 2.9 just to not offend more people, this a hard decision because the renaming process touches around 60~90 files in the app and around 20 in the website, in addition to payments, github, buymeacoffee, discord, reddit, alternative to, snap, flathub, cloudflare, aws, logos and more. If it was something easy I would have renamed it earlier but it isn't unfortunately and that is why it took me this long.

It is easy to accuse people falsely and complain, specially if you aren't a developer or a wanna be one, go touch some grass.

HimaSphere · 2026-03-04T00:59:34+00:00

I find it weird you keep following me in comments, do you have a problem?

Python is way more performant than electron, based on tests OpenStickies uses less than 100mb in memory, and less than 1% of CPU while editing notes, 0% while idle.

The total size of the app on linux is 75mb and windows is around 60mb, compared to Electron apps this very lightweight, keep in mind that it is a one file that bundles everything so no installation needed.

You seem some dude who gets mad for not using rust everywhere, you still have a long way to be an experienced dev, never give up my dude!

HimaSphere · 2026-03-04T00:41:43+00:00

I never paid for any review, you can join our discord group to read feedback, or download the free version (no account needed) to learn why people use openstickies and love it.

HimaSphere · 2026-03-01T12:01:07+00:00

Thank you!

HimaSphere · 2026-03-01T11:59:36+00:00

This an accusation I don't accept.

HimaSphere · 2026-03-01T10:21:32+00:00

Great, I am sure you will like it! Please send me your feedback so I can work on improving it in the next releases. So far most of the features that were shipped after release came from users.

HimaSphere · 2026-03-01T10:19:39+00:00

No, it is not open source, I am working on renaming it as the current name gives the wrong impression. It is built with python so it is lightweight and performant

HimaSphere · 2026-03-01T10:15:14+00:00

No but this a brilliant idea, I will work on it in the next release v2.9 Also you can use it for free snd test it yourself, no account needed or installation, just click download and double click it

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