Simpletask is based on the brilliant todo.txt by Gina Trapani. The goal of the application is to provide a tool to 'Getting Things Done' (GTD) without providing an overwhelming amount of options. Even though Simpletask can be customised by a fairly large amount of settings, the defaults should be sane and require no change.
Simpletask can be used as a very simple todo list manager or as a more complex action manager for GTD or Manage Your Now.
Simpletask supports the following todo.txt extensions:
- Due date as
due:YYYY-MM-DD - Start/threshold date as
t:YYYY-MM-DD - Recurrence with
rec:\+?[0-9]+[dwmyb]as described here but with a twist.- By default Simpletask will use the date of completion for recurring as described in the link. However if the rec includes a plus (e.g.
rec:+2w), the date is determined from the original due or threshold date.. rec:1bwill recur after 1 weekday (mnemonic business-day).- The format is described by a regular expression, so in words the syntax is
rec:followed by an optional+then 1 or more numbers and then followed by one ofday,week,month oryear. For examplerec:12dsets up a 12 day recurring task.
- By default Simpletask will use the date of completion for recurring as described in the link. However if the rec includes a plus (e.g.
- Hidden tasks with the specified tag
h:1, this allows dummy tasks with predefined lists and tags so that lists and tags will be available even if the last task with the tag/list is removed fromtodo.txt. These tasks will not be shown by default. You can temporarily display them from the Settings.
Simpletask is translated using weblate. Follow the link to contribute.
If you want to log an issue or feature request for Simpletask you can go to the tracker. If you find Simpletask useful, you can buy the donate app (see Settings) or donate via Paypal me some beers.
Join the chat on IRC at #simpletask on Libera Chat, or Matrix at #simpletask:matrix.org.
Check the menu for more help sections or click below.
- User Interface Help on the user interface.
- Changelog
- Lists and Tags Why does Simpletask use lists and Tags instead of the Contexts and Projects from todo.txt?
- Defined intents Intents that can be used for automating Simpletask
- Using Simpletask for 'The One Minute To-Do List' or 'Master Your Now' 1MTD/MYN
- Using Lua