J-Pilot

J-Pilot is an open-source GTK+-based desktop organizer for Unix-like systems written by Judd Montgomery, designed to work with Palm OS-based handheld PDAs.^[2] It uses the pilot-link libraries to communicate with Palm devices. It is released under the GNU GPL, version 2.^[3]

J-Pilot
Developer(s)	Judd Montgomery
Initial release	0.90a / June 23, 1999[1]
Stable release	2.0.1 / April 2, 2021 (2021-04-02)
Repository	github.com/juddmon/jpilot
Written in	GTK+
Operating system	Unix-like, Linux
Platform	Palm OS
License	GPL-2.0 license
Website	http://www.jpilot.org/

Linux support

Palm does not provide a version of the software for Linux operating system, nor do they officially support the ones developed by third parties such as J-Pilot or Gnome-Pilot.^[4]

Features

• Third-party Application Support^[5]
• Plugin Support
• Import and Export Features
• Supports Palm Application Features
• Supports Datebook, Address, To Do List, and Memo Pad
• Supports the newer Contacts and Memos (Calendar and Tasks not yet)

Installation instructions

Installation instructions are available in the README.md file, in the J-Pilot source code repository.^[6]

See also

• KPilot
• Palm Desktop
• Gnome-Pilot
• ColdSync
• PilotManager