What is NoteDeck
NoteDeck is a desktop and mobile app for using Misskey as a deck. Timelines, notifications, search, chat and more sit side by side as vertical columns, so you can handle several accounts and servers on one screen.
Compared with the Misskey web UI you open in a browser, it differs in these ways:
- Columns can span accounts — assign a different account to each column, or gather notifications from every account into a single column
- Notes that scrolled by stay with you — notes you have seen are stored in a local database and can be found later with full-text search
- It uses your OS — global hotkeys, native notifications, the system tray, and popping content out into separate windows
The app is in Japanese for now
The app's interface is currently available in Japanese only (#135 tracks translating it). These docs give the Japanese label next to each button or menu name so you can find it on screen.
Three basic concepts
Learn these three and you can read the NoteDeck screen.
| Concept | What it is | Does it persist? |
|---|---|---|
| Column | A tall area for things that keep flowing: timelines, notifications, chat, AI and so on | Yes. It survives an app restart |
| Window | A small window opened for the moment: note details, profiles, settings, editors and so on | No. It disappears when closed |
| Profile | A saved arrangement of columns. Switch between them per purpose | Yes |
"Things that keep flowing are columns, things you only need right now are windows." For details, see Columns and windows.
Where to start
- First time → Installation → First-run setup
- Want to try without creating an account → Try without logging in
- How to lay out the screen → Columns and windows
- Want to work without a mouse → Keyboard
- Want to edit the settings files directly → Settings files
Why we call it an "IDE"
NoteDeck calls itself an Integrated Deck Environment. Just as an editor is more than a place to type text once it ships a debugger and a terminal, NoteDeck does not stop at being a tool for reading and writing Misskey.
- An inspector that shows traffic with the server as it is
- Plugins, themes and widgets installed from the store
- AiScript, which turns code you write into commands
- A way to keep AI around as a partner
You can use it as an ordinary client without any of that, but the further you go, the more it becomes your own tool.