{"repo":"todotxt/todo.txt","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/todotxt/todo.txt","clone":"git clone https://github.com/todotxt/todo.txt.git","description":"‼️ A complete primer on the whys and hows of todo.txt.","language":null,"stars":3372,"topics":["todo","todotxt","todos"],"license":"GPL-3.0","category":"productivity","readme_excerpt":"todo.txt format English Korean (한국어) A complete primer on the whys and hows of todo.txt. The first and most important rule of todo.txt: A single line in your todo.txt text file represents a single task. Why plain text? Plain text is software and operating system agnostic. It's searchable, portable, lightweight, and easily manipulated. It's unstructured. It works when someone else's web server is down or your Outlook .PST file is corrupt. There's no exporting and importing, no databases or tags or flags or stars or prioritizing or insert company name here -induced rules on what you can and can't do with it. The 3 axes of an effective todo list Using special notation in todo.txt, you can create a list that's sliceable by 3 key axes. Priority Your todo list should be able to tell you what's the next most important thing for you to get done - either by project or by context or overall. You can optionally assign tasks a priority that'll bubble them up to the top of the list. Project The only way to move a big project forward is to tackle a small subtask associated with it. Your todo.txt should be able to list out all the tasks specific to a project. In order to move along a project like \"Cleaning out the garage,\" my task list should give me the next logical action to take in order to move that project along. \"Clean out the garage\" isn't a good todo item; but \"Call Goodwill to schedule pickup\" in the \"Clean out garage\" project is. Context Getting Things Done author David Allen sugg","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/todotxt","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/todotxt/todo.txt/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}