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topydo
topydo is a todo list application using the todo.txt format. It is heavily inspired by the todo.txt CLI by Gina Trapani. This tool is actually a merge between the todo.txt CLI and a number of extensions that I wrote on top of the CLI, hereafter refered to as todo.txt-tools. These extensions are:
- Set due and start dates;
- Custom sorting;
- Dealing with tags;
- Maintain dependencies between todo items;
- Allow todos to recur;
- Some conveniences when adding new items (e.g. adding creation date and use relative dates);
Consult the wiki for more information about the features and on how to use Topydo.
Motivation
I rewrote the CLI from scratch for multiple reasons.
First, in the long term I'd like to write the perfect todo client. The perfect todo client is free, open source, flexible and available wherever I am. todo.txt is the perfect format, since it's simple and plain text and not bound to a particular tool.
Second, the current (CLI) interface is handy, but has its limits when dealing with large swaths of todo items. The CLI and a GUI should complement each other.
Third, the original todo.txt CLI is a huge Bash script. In my opinion it's the wrong language to write a serious application with it. It may behave differently on other operating systems (or sometimes it's plain broken). The todo.txt-tools that extend the CLI were (quickly) written in Perl. It doesn't have a proper test suite and it sometimes doesn't play very well when a user inputs something funny.
In order to achieve the long term vision of a perfect todo list, I need a solid foundation in a solid language. Hence the rewrite in Python, sprinkeled with unit tests.