DayKountdown

A date countdown app written in QML/Kirigami and C++, for use with KDE Plasma on Linux.

The app counts the days towards a date of your choice.

It allows you to pick a date, provide a name, and a short description for your countdowns.

There is also an additional Plasma desktop widget available for use with DayKountdown.

Features

• Adding and removing countdowns
• Compatibility with both desktop and mobile form factors
• Import and export countdowns from .JSON files
• Sorting by date, name, and creation time
• Sync with your KDE Plasma calendars and easily add events from there into your countdowns

Prerequisites

• A Linux install
• Qt5 packages from your distribution's repositories
• KDE packages (including Kirigami)
• CMake
• Ninja

Compiling

First, clone this repository through the terminal by running:

git clone https://github.com/elChupaCambra/DayKountdown.git

Then enter the cloned repo directory and create a new folder called build.

Then, enter this folder:

mkdir build && cd build

Once that's done just run cmake, pointing it at the root repository directory:

cmake ..

Finally, all we need to do is run make:

make

Our binary will be located in build/src/daykountdown. Alternatively, we can install daykountdown by running:

make install

DayKountdown should now appear in your application menu!