Reminduck Is an Adorable Reminder App for Linux

If you struggle to remember to do things, why not install a quack of an app to not only make sure you get things done, but also give you a nice laugh in the process.

Do you need reminders? Are you finding yourself increasingly busy and often those things you need to do slip your mind?

Yeah, me too.

For the longest time, I used various calendar apps to try and remind me of things, but I found them to be less than reliable. For instance, with Google Calendar, if I have notifications paused, I could miss a reminder. Or, if I have reminders set to send email, if I’m not checking email, I could miss the reminder.

Thankfully, I found Reminduck.

Reminduck is a cute and simple way to remind yourself of things. This little app does one thing and only one thing, and it does it very well. When a reminder comes up, you get a silly quacking sound to let you know it’s time to do whatever it is you need to do. It’s free and can be used on any Linux distribution that supports Flatpak.

Don’t bother asking about the feature list, because it pretty much consists of setting reminders. Other than that, you can set Reminduck to start at login, enable/disable the quack sound, and persistent notifications, but that’s it.

Let’s install this ducky lil’ app.

Installing Reminduck

As I mentioned, Reminduck is installed via Flatpak, which means it’s really simple to add to your desktop Linux distribution. If your distro comes with an interface for installing Flatpaks, use that. If not, all you have to do is open a terminal window and issue the command:

flatpak install reminduck

You will be given the choice to install for the system or just a user. I typically install Flatpak apps just for the user, because I’m the only person who uses my machine (so there’s no reason to install it for system-wide usage).

After the installation is completed, if you don’t find an entry for Reminduck in your desktop menu, log out and log back in, and it should appear.

You’re now ready to use Reminduck.

Quack!

Using Reminduck

To set a reminder, click New Reminder on the main window (Figure 1).

In the resulting window (Figure 2), configure your reminder by typing what you want to be reminded of, selecting a date and a time, and then clicking “Save reminder.”

After you’ve saved your reminder, it will be listed in the “View Reminders” section which can be accessed from the main window. From that page, you can edit or delete any reminders you’ve created.

Every time I hear Reminduck quack at me for a reminder, I can’t help but laugh, even if I’m pressed for time.

If you struggle to remember to do things, Reminduck is about the easiest (and goofiest) app you can use.

And that’s all there is to this adorable little Linux desktop app.

Yet again, I say, “quack!”