Electron-based app that brings the Trello web application to your Linux computer’s desktop
Trello is one of the most popular and most successful productivity/collaboration/work management apps of our generation.
It’s a Kanban-style, list/task-making app that started out in life in 2011 (created by Fog Creek Software) and ended up being bought by Atlassian in January 2017.
There are numerous reasons why Trello was and still is such a big hit, but one of the reasons is its accessibility. You can work with Trello on Windows and macOS, as well as Android and iOS thanks to bespoke client apps.
Of course, the easiest way of working with Trello is via its smooth-running web app (supported by all modern and popular browsers out there).
Meet Whale – an unofficial, Electron-based Trello client
The web app is great, by all accounts. However, there’s one particular situation in which most web apps become frustrating to use – context switching, especially between large numbers of tabs.
That’s why the best solution for your productivity might involve removing the Trello web app from the browser and using it on the desktop.
This is exactly what Whale does. It’s an Electron-based wrapper that brings the full functionality of the Trello web app to your Linux desktop. It also works on macOS and Windows, but there’s hardly any incentive to use it on those platforms since the official Trello apps for those platforms are inherently better.
Verdict
Even though it’s not something to write home about in terms of innovations (it doesn’t bring any extra functionality when compared to the web app), it gets the job done.
Whale has one purpose – to bring the Trello web app to your desktop, making context switching a lot more accessible. And it does that pretty nicely, without much compromise in terms of speed, and with next to no compromise in terms of functionality.
