jotty·page

A simple, self-hosted app for your checklists and notes.

Tired of bloated, cloud-based to-do apps? jotty·page is a lightweight alternative for managing your personal checklists and notes. It's built with Next.js 14, is easy to deploy, and keeps all your data on your own server.

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Clean, intuitive interface for managing your checklists and tasks.

Rich text editor for notes.

Quick nav

• How to contribute
• Features
• Tech Stack
• Getting Started
  • Docker Compose (Recommended)
  • Initial Setup
  • Local Development (Without Docker)
• Data Storage
• Versioning Scheme
• Updating
  • Docker Compose
  • Manual
• API
• Shortcuts
• Single Sign-On (SSO) with OIDC
• Custom Themes and Emojis

How to contribute

Hi, it's amazing having a community willing to push new feature to the app, and I am VERY open to contributors pushing their idea, it's what makes open source amazing.

That said for the sake of sanity let's all follow the same structure:

• When creating a new branch, do off from the develop branch, this will always be ahead of main and it's what gets released
• When creating a pull request, direct it back into develop, I' ll then review it and merge it. Your code will end up in the next release that way and we all avoid conflicts!

Please bear with on reviews, it may take a bit of time for me to go through it all on top of life/work/hobbies :)

Features

• Checklists: Create task lists with drag & drop reordering, progress bars, and categories. Supports both simple checklists and advanced task projects with Kanban boards and time tracking.
• Rich Text Notes: A clean WYSIWYG editor for your notes, powered by TipTap with full Markdown support and syntax highlighting.
• Sharing: Share checklists or notes with other users on your instance, including public sharing with shareable links.
• File-Based: No database needed! Everything is stored in simple Markdown and JSON files in a single data directory.
• User Management: An admin panel to create and manage user accounts with session tracking.
• Customisable: 14 built-in themes plus custom theme support with custom emojis and icons.
• API Access: Programmatic access to your checklists and notes via REST API with authentication.

Tech Stack

• Framework: Next.js 14 (App Router)
• Language: TypeScript
• Styling: Tailwind CSS
• State: Zustand
• Editor: TipTap
• Deployment: Docker

Getting Started

The recommended way to run jotty·page is with Docker.

Docker Compose (Recommended)

1. Create a docker-compose.yml file:

   📖 For advanced settings and more information about how the docker compose file works and what these variables do, please read howto/DOCKER.md

   services:
     jotty:
       image: ghcr.io/fccview/jotty:latest
       container_name: jotty
       user: "1000:1000"
       ports:
         - "1122:3000"
       volumes:
         - ./data:/app/data:rw
         - ./config:/app/config:rw
         - ./cache:/app/.next/cache:rw
       restart: unless-stopped
       #platform: linux/arm64
       environment:
         - NODE_ENV=production
         #- HTTPS=true
         #- SERVE_PUBLIC_IMAGES=yes
         #- SERVE_PUBLIC_FILES=yes
         #- SSO_MODE=oidc
         #- OIDC_ISSUER=<YOUR_SSO_ISSUER>
         #- OIDC_CLIENT_ID=<YOUR_SSO_CLIENT_ID>
         #- APP_URL=https://your-jotty-domain.com
         #- OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret
         #- SSO_FALLBACK_LOCAL=yes
         #- OIDC_ADMIN_GROUPS=admins

2. Create the data directory and set permissions:

   mkdir -p data/users data/checklists data/notes data/sharing cache
   sudo chown -R 1000:1000 data/
   sudo chown -R 1000:1000 cache/

   Note: The cache directory is optional. If you don't want cache persistence, you can comment out the cache volume line in your docker-compose.yml.

3. Start the container:

   docker compose up -d

The application will be available at http://localhost:1122.

Initial Setup

On your first visit, you'll be redirected to /auth/setup to create your admin account if SSO is disabled, otherwise you'll be prompted to sign in via your choosen SSO provider.

Once that's done, you're ready to go! First user will be admin by default.

Local Development (Without Docker)

If you want to run the app locally for development:

1. Clone & Install:

   git clone <repository-url>
   cd checklist
   yarn install

2. Run Dev Server:

   yarn dev

   The app will be running at http://localhost:3000.

Data Storage

jotty·page uses a simple file-based storage system inside the data/ directory.

• data/checklists/: Stores all checklists as .md files.
• data/notes/: Stores all notes as .md files.
• data/users/: Contains users.json and sessions.json.
• data/sharing/: Contains shared-items.json.
• data/settings.json: App settings (name, description, custom icons).
• data/uploads/app-icons/: Custom uploaded app icons.

Make sure you back up the data directory!

Versioning Scheme

This project uses a [STABLE].[FEATURE].[FIX] versioning scheme, not strict SemVer. As a product (not a package), this format makes more sense for my specific release cycle.

My format is 1.10.1, which breaks down as:

• 1.x.x (Stable): The 1 represents the current stable generation. I will only change this (e.g., to 2.0.0) for a complete rewrite or a fundamental shift in the product or seriously breaking changes.

• x.10.x (Feature): This is the main release number. I increment this for new features, code refactors, or significant changes (e.g., 1.9.0 -> 1.10.0). This is the equivalent of a SemVer MINOR bump.

• x.x.1 (Fix): This is incremented only for hotfixes, bug-fix-only and very minor feature releases (e.g., 1.10.0 -> 1.10.1). This is the equivalent of a SemVer PATCH bump.

A Note on "Breaking" Changes

A Feature release (like 1.10.0) may include major backend or data structure changes. When this happens, I will always provide an automatic migration script that runs on first launch to update your data seamlessly.

Because the migration is automatic, I do not consider this a "breaking" change that requires a 2.0.0 version.

I will always detail these migrations in the release notes. I highly recommend you back up your data before any feature update, just in case.

Updating

Docker Compose

Pull the latest image and restart your container.

docker compose pull
docker compose up -d

Manual

If you're running from source, pull the latest changes and rebuild.

git pull
yarn install
yarn build
yarn start

SUPPORTED MARKDOWN

jotty·page supports GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) and some custom syntax for complex functionality.

📖 For the complete MARKDOWN documentation, see howto/MARKDOWN.md

API

jotty·page includes a REST API for programmatic access to your checklists and notes. This is perfect for:

• Automation: Create tasks from external systems
• Integrations: Connect with other tools and services
• Scripts: Automate repetitive tasks
• Dashboards: Build custom interfaces

📖 For the complete API documentation, see howto/API.md

SHORTCUTS

jotty·page supports a wide range of keyboard shortcuts to help you navigate and edit more efficiently without leaving the keyboard. They are divided into two main categories: global shortcuts that work anywhere in the app, and editor-specific shortcuts that work when you are writing a note.

📖 For the complete SHORTCUTS documentation, see howto/SHORTCUTS.md

Single Sign-On (SSO) with OIDC

jotty·page supports any OIDC provider (Authentik, Auth0, Keycloak, Okta, Google, EntraID, etc.)

📖 For the complete SSO documentation, see howto/SSO.md

Custom Manifest

You can completely customize your PWA by creating an override manifest file. This allows you to change the app name, description, icons, colors, and more. Custom themes and emojis can be managed through the admin UI.

📖 For the complete customisation documentation, see howto/CUSTOMISATIONS.md 📖 For better understanding on how the PWA works see howto/PWA.md

Community shouts

I would like to thank the following members for raising issues and help test/debug them!

davehope	seigel	mariushosting	Isotop7	bluegumcity
IGOLz	floqui-nl	fruiz1972	Sku1ly	ItsNoted
red-bw	kn0rr0x	mroovers	Ryderjj89	spaghetti-coder
hurleyy	schneider-de-com	zolakt	Justus0405	mgrimace
4rft5	godsking121	pbuzdygan	rcallison

License

This project is licensed under MIT License.

Support

For issues and questions, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.

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