Tasks is a graphical task management application designed for the COSMIC desktop.
It provides a straightforward way to create, arrange and find to-do items while following COSMIC interface conventions. The program supports reminders, search, manual ordering and list organisation, with recovery options for deleted material. It is available through Flathub and can also be built from source using Rust and libcosmic.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Create and manage task lists from a native graphical interface.
- Global search for locating tasks across lists.
- Reminder support with desktop notifications.
- Manual task sorting with drag-and-drop.
- Persistent sorting retains task ordering between sessions.
- List sorting helps keep larger collections organised.
- Favorites list provides quick access to frequently used task lists.
- Trash management for deleted tasks and lists, with restoration and undo options.
- Collapsible sections reduce visual clutter in longer lists.
- Remembers the last selected list between sessions.
- File watching detects changes to stored task data while the application is running.
- Theme detection helps the interface follow the current desktop appearance.
- Built with libcosmic, with Linux support for Wayland, accessibility integration and COSMIC settings changes.
- Uses single-instance handling so launching Tasks again can focus the existing application instance.
- Internationalisation support with community-maintained translations.
Website: github.com/cosmic-utils/tasks
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Developer: Eduardo Flores
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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