tasks.txt keeps every task in plain text and Markdown — readable anywhere, owned by you, synced end-to-end across your laptop, phone, and terminal. No lock-in, no database, no nonsense.
Apps come and go. Your tasks shouldn't. tasks.txt is built on a file you can open in any editor, grep from the command line, and read in fifty years.
Full todo.txt syntax — priorities, projects, contexts, due dates. Or write loose Markdown. It's your file; we never wrap it in a proprietary blob.
End-to-end encrypted sync keeps the same file on your Mac, iPhone, and any machine with the CLI. Conflict-free merges, full version history.
Add, complete, filter, and reschedule without touching the mouse. A command palette that's faster than thinking about it.
This is everything tasks.txt stores. Copy it, version it, email it to yourself. It just works.
# todo.txt x (A) 2026-05-20 ship the weekly review +work (A) reply to the design thread +work due:today (B) draft the trip itinerary +travel x water the plants +home read two chapters +reading due:fri