Pile

Organize your piled work at one place.

Why Pile?

The way we get things done is often project-oriented. However, the files, applications, tasklists, etc. are scattered everywhere. Pile is a place for you to put them all together.

Usage

Before we get started, let me help you get it more clear how to use Pile.

Board

A board (or tab) is a place to hold all the resources of your project or workspace. You can organize your things related to the project/workspace using hubs.

Hub

A hub (or card) is an area for specific stuff. There are currently three kinds of hubs:

App/File

You can add apps or files you may use in this area so that you can quickly access them and open them.

Notes

Online resources (often appeared as links) or your thoughts can be taken down here. Markdown is supported!

Todo

A simple todolist related to the project.

Features

Drag and drop, easy and convenient.
Various application scenarios.
Endless possibilities. Developer, designer, writer…
Pin your workspace/project to your desktop.
Markdown support, emoji included.

Installation

Support Windows/Linux/macOS

Windows

Go to the release page
Download and run the setup .exe file and Pile will be insalled automatically
Or download the portable .zip file, unzip it and run Pile.exe

Linux / macOS

Go to the release page
Linux user: Download .AppImage and run it
Mac user: Download portable .zip file or .dmg installation file
You can build by yourself, see Build Steps

Technical

Stack

Electron : Framework
electron-vue : Skeleton
iView : UI toolkit

Build Setup

# install dependencies
yarn # or npm install
# serve with hot reload at localhost:9080
yarn run dev # or npm run dev
# build electron application for production
yarn run build:dir # or npm run build:dir