Memo Tori

Version: 0.1.4 "Beaufix" | Released: December 29, 2025

Memo Tori is a tiny desktop app to capture a single idea and store it locally as plain text.

Available in English and French | Universal keyboard shortcuts | Cross-platform

📥 Download

Latest Release: v0.1.4 "Beaufix" (December 29, 2025)

• memo-tori_0.1.4_amd64.deb - Debian/Ubuntu package (3.1 MB)
• Arch Linux (PKGBUILD) - build with bash scripts/build-arch.sh, then install with sudo pacman -U dist/arch/memo-tori-<version>-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
• Release Notes - What's new in v0.1.4
• Quick Start Guide - Get started in 2 minutes

System Requirements:

• Debian 11+, Ubuntu 20.04+, or compatible Linux distribution
• Python 3.10+, GTK3, WebKit2

🚀 Quick Start

1. Install:

sudo dpkg -i memo-tori_0.1.4_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

2. Set up keyboard shortcut (optional):

bash scripts/setup-keyboard-shortcut.sh

3. Launch: Press Super+M or search for "Memo Tori" in your app launcher!

Complete guide: QUICKSTART.md | Full documentation | Installation Guide

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🌟 Highlights

• 🌍 Bilingual - Full English and French support with automatic detection
• ⌨️ Quick Launch - Press Super+M from anywhere (auto-configurable)
• 🚀 Simple - One text field, save, view list, delete
• 🔒 Private - Everything stored locally as plain text
• 🖥️ Cross-Platform - Linux (7+ DEs) and Windows support

What it does

• One text field (up to 5000 characters)
• Save the idea to a local file
• View the full list of ideas (newest first)
• Delete ideas with a confirmation
• Available in English and French
• Window title displays current version
• Keyboard shortcut (Super+M) for instant access

No editing, no search, no metadata, no sync.

Tech

• Python + pywebview (GTK on Linux)
• Embedded HTML/CSS/JS (no frontend framework)
• Storage: UTF-8 plain text with --- separators

Requirements (MX Linux 23 / Debian 12)

System packages:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y python3-venv python3-pip python3-gi gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-webkit2-4.0

Linux compatibility

Memo Tori targets Linux distributions that provide GTK3 + WebKit2 + Python 3.

Known compatible families:

• Debian 11/12 and derivatives (MX Linux 23, Ubuntu 20.04+, Linux Mint)
• Fedora 36+
• Arch / Manjaro

Package hints:

Debian / Ubuntu / Mint / MX:

sudo apt install -y python3-venv python3-pip python3-gi gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-webkit2-4.0

Note: on Debian/MX, use the system Python 3.11 for the venv if your default python3 points to a newer version:

/usr/bin/python3.11 -m venv --system-site-packages .venv

Fedora:

sudo dnf install -y python3 python3-pip python3-gobject gtk3 webkit2gtk4.0

Arch / Manjaro:

sudo pacman -S python python-pip python-gobject gtk3 webkit2gtk

Windows (installer)

Prerequisites on Windows:

• Python 3.10+ installed and on PATH
• WebView2 Runtime installed (usually preinstalled on Windows 11)
• Inno Setup installed (so iscc.exe is on PATH)

Build the installer from PowerShell:

cd C:\path\to\memo-tori
.\scripts\build-windows-installer.ps1

Output:

dist\memo-tori-0.1.0-setup.exe

macOS (.app)

Prerequisites on macOS:

• Python 3.10+ installed (python3)
• Xcode Command Line Tools (for iconutil and sips)

Build the .app from Terminal:

cd /path/to/memo-tori
bash scripts/build-macos-app.sh

Output:

dist/Memo Tori.app

Versioning

The version is stored in the VERSION file at the project root. Set the VERSION environment variable to override it for a single build.

Install

cd /path/to/memo-tori
python3 -m venv --system-site-packages .venv
. .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

If your system python3 is not Debian's 3.11, use it explicitly:

/usr/bin/python3.11 -m venv --system-site-packages .venv

Run

cd /path/to/memo-tori
. .venv/bin/activate
python3 memo-tori.py

Language options:

• Auto-detect from system: python3 memo-tori.py (default)
• Force English: MEMO_TORI_LANG=en python3 memo-tori.py
• Force French: MEMO_TORI_LANG=fr python3 memo-tori.py

See Localization Guide for more details.

Desktop integration

To add Memo Tori to your app launcher:

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications
cp memo-tori.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/

Keyboard shortcut (Linux)

Quick setup (30 seconds):

Run the setup script to automatically configure Super+M as the keyboard shortcut:

cd /path/to/memo-tori
bash scripts/setup-keyboard-shortcut.sh

The script auto-detects your desktop environment and configures the shortcut automatically.

Supported desktop environments:

• XFCE
• GNOME / Unity / Budgie
• Cinnamon
• MATE
• KDE Plasma
• i3 / Sway
• LXDE / LXQt (Openbox-based)

📚 Documentation:

• Keyboard Shortcuts Guide - Complete guide with troubleshooting and manual setup instructions
• Quick Reference - One-page cheat sheet

Manual setup:

If the automatic setup doesn't work, see the manual configuration section in the guide.

Data format

Ideas are stored in:

• Linux: ~/.local/share/memo-tori/ideas.txt (or $XDG_DATA_HOME/memo-tori/ideas.txt)
• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/memo-tori/ideas.txt
• Windows: %APPDATA%\\memo-tori\\ideas.txt

using plain text blocks separated by a line containing:

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Example:

First idea text
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Second idea text

The 300-character preview is only visual. The full text is stored.

To override the storage location, set MEMO_TORI_DATA_DIR before launch.

Project structure

• memo-tori.py - Python entrypoint and storage logic
• web/index.html - UI markup
• web/style.css - UI styles
• web/app.js - UI logic
• data/ideas.txt - local data file

License

MIT