RonDO is a modern terminal productivity app that combines task management with a daily journal.
This is free and open source software
Key Features
- Task Management:
- Full CRUD with validated forms.
- Subtasks with completion tracking and progress bar.
- Status workflow — Pending, In Progress, Done.
- Priority levels — Low, Medium, High, Urgent (color-coded).
- Due dates with sort support.
- Tags — comma-separated, filterable with tag bar (F4).
- Recurring tasks — daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly recurrence.
- Task dependencies — mark tasks as blocked by others.
- Time logging — log time spent on tasks from the detail panel.
- Sorting by creation date, due date, or priority (F1/F2/F3).
- Fuzzy search — filter tasks with /.
- Productivity Tools:
- Focus timer — 25-minute Pomodoro sessions with live countdown (p).
- Statistics overlay — task counts, priority breakdown, tag cloud, focus sessions, journal streak (G).
- Export — Markdown or JSON, with optional journal inclusion (X).
- Undo — revert the last destructive action (Ctrl+Z).
- Daily Journal:
- One note per day — auto-created on first entry.
- Timestamped entries — each entry records the time.
- Edit & delete entries — cursor-based selection.
- Hide/restore notes — archive without deleting.
- Smart date labels — “Today”, “Yesterday”, weekday names.
- Interface:
- Two-panel layout — list + detail with 1/2 focus switching.
- Resizable panels — adjust split ratio with </>.
- Four tabs — All, Active, Done, Journal (live counts).
- Vim-style navigation — j/k everywhere.
- Context-sensitive status bar — keybinding hints update per panel.
- Modal forms — Huh-powered with Dracula theme.
- Confirmation dialogs for all destructive actions.
- Help overlay — ? for full keybinding reference.
- Config file — persistent settings at ~/.todo-app/config.json.
- Auto backups — daily SQLite backups at ~/.todo-app/backups/.
Website: github.com/roniel-rhack/rondo
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Developer: Roniel Lopez
License: MIT License
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