Nah, I'm not paying to give away my data. But I do really want a good tasks app that is self hostable, end to end encrypted, with great client side apps. Maybe I'll reverse engineer things 3 and make an Android version.

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dmayle 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I agree with wanting to own your own data. That's why export was one of the first things I built (JSON and plain text), and why I built rules around user data (no access at all unless a user explicitly grants, and then only temporarily, and only for solving their problem), and tools that respect those rules.

In order to have a system doing the weighing, and the choices, there needs to be something that looks at the list, however, and end-to-end encryption would stop that cold. That's why it had to be on terms that meant no training off of your tasks, and no sales of your data, period. (It's in the terms) . There is audio, but that's so much of a privacy issue that we don't ship it to the servers, ever. It's stored locally on your device, so you can export it, or play it back if it's useful.

There is no self-hosted version of this that I could build and maintain. Other than the trust issue, what changes would a self-hosted version bring for you? Local models only?

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rane 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

https://aventasks.dev/ may tick some of your boxes. Glad to hear which ones it doesn't

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karldt3 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Used to love that app, dont get why there was never Things 4

	▲	F7F7F7 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The gap between 2/2.5 to 3 was a lot longer than any gap between 3 and a theoretical 4.

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petesergeant 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I just vibe coded my own and it ended being perfect for me. It has a lot of features, but those features are all things I wanted and evolved with use. I guess what I’m trying to say is that you can spend time learning someone else’s system, but in the year of 2026, you can probably but together something you already know how to use just as quickly.

	▲	dgently7 16 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		i have a theory that not only is it great that its possible to create your own tool, but its actually the best possible way. there is no one right system that works for everyone. or as op pointed out even one system that works for a single person as their needs change over time. the thing that everyone should do is create their own system that works just for them. unfortunately its still a tradeoff even if llm does all the building, upfront effort and ongoing effort to establish the system and maintain/iterate. the analogy that comes to mind is tailored clothes. most of the asanas etc. of the world are built to fit a broad number of people pretty well, but its people fitting into the clothes. diy is like a tailor cutting the clothes to fit you exactly. and just like tailored clothes vs off the rack, if you change shape the tailored ones are going to be easier to adjust.
	▲	teepo 20 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I did the same thing. For years I've managed tasks, deadlines, and habits in orgmode. It works well, but I can't always live inside Emacs. So I vibed a desktop and mobile app that checked all my boxes. It'll only work for me and my weird and ancient org-agenda file locations, but has become a game changer for me. No more fighting with systems I don't understand or unneeded features.
	▲	dmayle an hour ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		If it works for you, then that's great. I'd rather you be a happy customer of your own work, than an unhappy customer of mine. I built this for myself, first, and as I was using it, I had to tune it as new things came up (weekends, vacations, deadlines, etc.) just like you did. I'd question your "spending time to learn someone else's system", here, though. The UI flows are built around using the app as little as possible. For me, I use voice input with a gesture, so bring out my phone, double-tap, say something, then put it away. I read the email once a day, and tap done 1-3 times a day (either from the email, or directly from the app). That's about all I have to do with it most days.
	▲	smeej 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It's one of my favorite "teach someone AI development" tasks. Almost everyone has some feature they wish existed in a task management app that doesn't line up with any current project, and building your own is so helpful!