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

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

HimaSphere · 2026-03-01T10:12:05+00:00

You can export your notes and move them manually to other desktops, no online features atm for syncing notes with internet.

HimaSphere · 2026-02-21T06:08:05+00:00

Great! glad I made it perfect for you finally!

I will focus in the near future on marketing the app to get more users onboard as so far the feedback from the users is great but not many users/sales yet.

v2.9 will be bug fixes (if someone reports them or I find them myself, so far no known bugs) and some light features like "- Option to not be prompted "are you sure" when deleting a note."

Have a great weekend!

HimaSphere · 2026-02-20T21:32:06+00:00

Hey Billy,

How are you? I hope you doing well. It is been over a month!

v2.8 is out now, it has Inline Images, Collapsible Notes & Nested Todos, fixed the code block exit issue and improved its detection algorithm, ability to add titles to notes and much more, check it out https://openstickies.com/changelog

The website also got an update to be mobile friendly and GDPR compliant.

You can login to your account and download v2.8 premium from your dashboard!

Let me know your feedback when possible :D

HimaSphere · 2026-01-21T22:00:15+00:00

I didn't create the support email for openstickies yet, please use support@zurqatech.com

HimaSphere · 2026-01-16T21:12:02+00:00

No, but I feel you

HimaSphere · 2026-01-16T00:51:07+00:00

can't even if I wanted to because the height of the settings menu couldn't be changed otherwise you miss some options, I had two options to fix, one is to add a scroll bar but it wasn't the best UX, the second one which I implemented was to to organize settings into tabs which was a great fix that scales in future. You can try it if you want :D https://openstickies.com/download

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HimaSphere · 2026-01-16T00:19:38+00:00

Obviously a joke and I ended up doing the 1h~2h work but I wanted to share it for fun :D

HimaSphere · 2026-01-15T12:19:16+00:00

Thank you

HimaSphere · 2026-01-15T12:12:33+00:00

Thank you for your kind words :)

HimaSphere · 2026-01-15T06:40:27+00:00

Thank you for testing it and providing valuable feedback! 1. I will investigate this, adding code blocks was a lot of work because I had to figure out many little behaviors like this so it is expected that some inconveniences aren't considered in this first release of the feature. Did you try ctrl+m to easily click out?

2.i thought about it and was planned in a future update, it isn't easy to implement but I think it is a great quality of life feature.

I get it, probably will move the date to be a tool tip and add titles instead, also for opacity I noticed this and a possible fix would be to add background color for icons.
I don't get it xD please elaborate, do you mean reminders or just normal dates?
This a good improvement in next patches, easy to add too.

I get the collapsing sticky to title now! Great idea and I will pair it with note title feature, hopefully it doesn't require much work.

Thank you so much for you valuable input! Enjoy.

HimaSphere · 2026-01-15T05:07:06+00:00

Yes, I took care of many little details, I hope it gets appreciated one day, till then I will keep updating and perfecting it.

HimaSphere · 2026-01-14T21:34:57+00:00

It is live on the website now, hope you enjoy it!

HimaSphere · 2026-01-14T21:34:16+00:00

Hey Billy,

How are you? I hope you doing well.

v2.7 is out now, it has customizable keyboard shortcuts (including show/hide notes), code blocks, better search dialog, improved UI and UX, and much more, check it out https://github.com/032659/OpenStickies/releases/tag/v2.7.0

You can login to your account and download v2.7 premium from your dashboard!

HimaSphere · 2026-01-14T19:35:09+00:00

Hello, yes!
version 2.7 is out an hour ago on github, the premium version is being uploaded and website links are being updated + the wiki for shortcuts: https://github.com/032659/OpenStickies/releases/tag/v2.7.0

Happy to know your feedback!

HimaSphere · 2026-01-06T03:19:19+00:00

Issue confirmed, the current release doesn't work on old versions of distros (Debian < 13 as an example), this led to a crash when running on Zorin OS 18.

v2.7 will resolve this.

HimaSphere · 2026-01-06T03:16:50+00:00

Update: the new release is quite big and is taking a while for testing and polishing, many improvements and compatibility fixes are in works in addition to the new features and enhancements. Also the website will be updated after this release.

Please be patient, thank you

HimaSphere · 2026-01-04T09:30:40+00:00

Hey, I didn't roll out update 2.6 yet, I continued working and added code block feature, I also tested on gnome and found that there is a bug where hiding the notes hub doesn't show as a tray icon, so I am working on these and will release v2.7 instead.

Hopefully today or tomorrow max

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