Scratch Board is a lightweight desktop productivity app that combines note-taking, sticky notes, a MAC vendor lookup, and MUCH more. Designed for capturing quick notes and playful exploration, it keeps your ideas organized while adding a touch of fun.
- Sticky Notes: Create colorful, draggable, and resizable sticky notes that auto-save.
- Custom Links: Add and delete quick links to helpful online resources/knowledge domain articles.
- Modem Log Parser: Parse DOCSIS modem logs to troubleshoot connection issues.
- Execute Batch Files: Quickly select and execute a windows batch file.
- Notepad: Fully integrated Notepad program similar to the Windows Notepad program. Allows saving, editing, and opening of plain-text files.
- Mac Vendor Lookup: Query a MAC address to find the company and country of origin from the IEEE oui database.
- Password Generator: Generate a helpful password with entropy.
- Charts: Informational charts on DOCSIS signals, fiber signals, bandwidth requirements, and much more.
- Dashboard: Modern dashboard that includes statistics, graphs, and helpful widgets.
- Sidebar Navigation: Quickly switch between different views of the app.
- Contacts Rolodex: Add, edit, and delete contacts with names, emails, phone numbers, and websites.
- Note Categories: Includes categories such as Internet, Email, Phone, Video, Streaming, Notes, and Ideas.
- Scratch Board uses a lightweight local SQLite database to securely store user-generated information such as scratch notes, contacts, categorized notes, and more.
- Database files are created automatically and can be exported or imported.
- The database file 'notes.db' is stored in the 'sb_data' folder within a program directory created on startup if it does not yet exist. It is suggested to keep this folder next to 'ScratchBoard.exe' on your desktop.
- Exported database files are automatically converted into a human-readable '.json' file, which allows for portability and use outside the program.
- Search Suggestion Autocompletion: Super fast search suggestions utilizing a Trie data structure with DFS and indexer -> O(n).
- Rich Text Formatting: All notes can be formatted using rich-text features via toolbar buttons.
- Image Embedding: All notes can store images using the button in the note editing toolbar.
- Keyboard Shortcuts: All views and tools have keyboard shortcuts for quick, easy navigation.
- Easter-Egg: Press 'Ctrl+Shift+A' to play a game if there is down-time.
For detailed instructions and a comprehensive guide to using Scratch Board, please refer to the User Manual.
- Go to
- Under assets download the latest 'ScratchBoard.exe' file
- Drag it from your 'downloads' folder to your desktop
- First run might prompt Windows nag screen therefore click more info -> run anyway
- Enjoy!
Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/Quantum-Yeti/ScratchBoard.gitNavigate to the project folder:
cd ScratchBoardCreate a Python virtual environment:
python -m venv venvActivate the Python virtual environment for your platform:
# On Linux / Mac
source venv/bin/activate# On Windows (PowerShell)
venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1# On Windows (Command Prompt)
venv\Scripts\activate.batInstall all required dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txtRun the Python program:
python main.py- This software is provided free to use for coworkers, personal viewing and evaluation only.
- Forking, redistribution, modification, and commercial use are strictly prohibited unless approved by the author.
See the LICENSE file for full terms.
This project uses the following third-party resources:
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Google Material Icons
- Provided by Google under the Apache License 2.0
- Website: https://fonts.google.com/icons
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PySide6 (Qt for Python)
- Provides the application's GUI framework
- Licensed under the LGPL v3.
- License information: https://doc.qt.io/qtforpython-6/licenses.html