✅ TODOLISTO — native Windows task manager

A fast, native Windows desktop task manager built with WinUI 3 (Windows App SDK) and C#. No Electron, no Tauri, no webview — real XAML, real native controls, local SQLite storage, and a proper installer.

• 🪟 Native WinUI 3 UI with Fluent design, Mica backdrop, rounded corners
• ⚡ Fast startup, low memory (self-contained, no web runtime)
• 💾 All data stored locally in SQLite (offline-first, private)
• 🔔 Native Windows notifications, reminders, sound, system tray & hotkey
• 🌗 Dark / light / system theme
• 🤖 Optional Gemini AI assistant

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📥 Downloads

Latest release: v1.0.0 — both files below are also attached to every release.

File	What it is	Size
Todolisto-Setup.exe	Full installer — choose where to install, Start-menu/desktop shortcuts, "Add or remove programs" entry, uninstaller, portable mode	~172 MB
Todolisto-portable.zip	Portable copy — unzip anywhere (e.g. a USB stick) and run Todolisto.exe; no shortcuts, no registry entries	~34 MB

The Setup.exe is too large for GitHub's repository storage, so it is distributed through GitHub Releases. If you cloned the source and want to produce a fresh copy locally, run build\setup\make-setup.ps1 (see Building the installer). Note the local build is unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen may ask for confirmation on first run.

To publish a new release after making changes, upload the freshly built .exe and .zip from build\ at github.com/CodingBhaiRaghav/TODOLISTO/releases/new.

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✨ Features

Task management

• Views: Inbox, My Day, Important, Planned, Completed, Productivity, plus per-project lists, labels, and custom filters
• Full task editor: title, notes, due date & time, priority, and subtasks with progress
• Drag-and-drop reordering, one-click complete, bulk actions
• Natural-language quick add — just type ship deck tomorrow 9am #launch, and TODOLISTO parses title, due date, project, and labels automatically (Ctrl+Shift+Space for quick capture)
• Command palette (Ctrl+K) to jump to any view or action
• Daily goals with a confetti celebration when you hit them

Organization

• Projects ("My Lists") with color accents
• Labels and custom filters (priority, due, project, label, text)
• Smart sections: Overdue, Today, Tomorrow, This Week, Later

AI assistant

• Optional Gemini integration (bring your own API key, set in Settings → AI)
• Chat with an assistant that understands your tasks and can create tasks for you from natural language
• "AI debrief" on the Productivity view summarizes your week

Notifications & reminders

• Native Windows toast notifications for due tasks
• In-app toast stack with undo
• Sound effects (toggleable) — chimes on completion, reminder pings
• Reminder engine that fires while the app is running

System integration

• System tray icon (show / hide / quick add / quit)
• Global hotkey support
• Start with Windows and start minimized to tray options
• Standard Windows title bar with native minimize/maximize/close buttons

UI / UX

• Fluent design with Mica backdrop, rounded corners, smooth 60 fps animations
• Dark / light / system theme, accent color picker
• Compact density mode
• Keyboard-first: full shortcut set (see below)

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🏗️ Tech stack

Layer	Technology
UI	WinUI 3 — Windows App SDK 1.7, XAML
Language	C# on .NET 8
Architecture	MVVM (bindings, commands, converters)
Storage	SQLite via Microsoft.Data.Sqlite
Notifications	Windows App SDK AppNotificationManager
Packaging	Self-contained, unpackaged (WindowsPackageType=None)
Installer	WinForms setup with embedded payload (per-user, portable mode)

🧱 Architecture

The app follows classic MVVM. Views (XAML) bind to view models; view models talk to a repository that wraps the SQLite database; cross-cutting concerns live in services.

XAML Views ──bind──▶ ViewModels ──▶ Repository ──▶ AppDatabase (SQLite)
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                        └── Services: NlParser, FilterEngine, AiService,
                                      NotificationService, ReminderService,
                                      ThemeService, SoundService, NativeHostService

• Models — domain entities (TaskItem, Project, Label, AppSettings, …)
• Data — AppDatabase (schema + migrations), Repository (typed queries), SeedData (starter tasks on first run)
• Services — pure logic, no UI: natural-language parsing, filter engine, Gemini REST client, reminder scheduling, theme management, sound, tray/hotkey
• ViewModels — MainViewModel orchestrates the app; dedicated view models for quick add, command palette, settings, and the AI assistant
• Controls — reusable overlays (QuickAddOverlay, CommandPaletteOverlay, SettingsOverlay, AiAssistantOverlay, TaskDetailPane, ToastHost)

📁 Project layout

Todolisto.sln
build.bat                 # one-command build (this machine's workaround, see below)
README.md
build/
  Todolisto-Setup.exe     # installer (generated)
  Todolisto-portable.zip  # portable copy (generated, kept in repo)
  pri/make-pri.ps1        # merges framework PRIs into Todolisto.pri
  setup/make-setup.ps1    # builds the installer + portable zip
  TasksStub/              # stub for VS packaging tasks missing on this machine
src/
  Todolisto/              # the app
    Models/ Data/ Services/ ViewModels/ Controls/ Converters/
    App.xaml(.cs)  MainWindow.xaml(.cs)  Program.cs
  Setup/                  # the setup program (WinForms)

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💿 Installing

Standard install

Double-click Todolisto-Setup.exe:

1. Choose the install folder (default: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Todolisto — no administrator rights needed)
2. Optionally tick "Create a desktop shortcut"
3. Install — Start-menu shortcut, "Add or remove programs" entry, and a working uninstaller are created automatically
4. Launch, or run from Start menu / desktop

Portable mode (USB sticks)

Tick "Portable mode" in the setup — or from the command line:

Todolisto-Setup.exe /silent /portable /dir="E:\Todolisto"

It only extracts the app (with a small PORTABLE.txt note) — no shortcuts, no registry entries. Run Todolisto.exe from that folder.

Note: even in portable mode, task data is stored per-user in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Todolisto\, so a USB copy runs on any machine but carries its own data per user. (Making portable mode store data next to the exe is a natural future enhancement.)

Silent install

Todolisto-Setup.exe /silent                                  # default location
Todolisto-Setup.exe /silent /dir="D:\Apps\Todolisto"         # custom location
Todolisto-Setup.exe /silent /portable /dir="E:\Todolisto"    # portable

Uninstall

Settings → Apps → Installed apps → TODOLISTO → Uninstall (or run Todolisto-Setup.exe /uninstall). It removes the app folder, shortcuts, and registry entry.

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⌨️ Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+K / Ctrl+F	Command palette (search & jump)
Ctrl+N	New task (quick add)
Ctrl+Shift+Space	Quick capture
Esc	Close overlay / palette
Delete (task selected)	Delete selected task
Space (task selected)	Toggle complete

💾 Data & storage

Everything lives locally — no account, no cloud:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Todolisto\
  todolisto.db          # SQLite database (tasks, projects, labels, settings)
  startup.log           # startup diagnostics

The first run seeds a few example projects and tasks so the UI is not empty. Delete the folder to reset to a clean state.

🤖 AI assistant setup

1. Get a free Gemini API key at https://aistudio.google.com/apikey
2. Open TODOLISTO → Settings → AI, paste the key
3. Open the assistant (💬 button in the toolbar) and ask things like "Add a task to review the PR by Friday"

Your key is stored in the local settings table only.

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🛠️ Troubleshooting

Problem	Fix
dotnet build fails with MSB3073 / XAML compiler exits 1	Use build.bat or Visual Studio (see Building)
App crashes at startup: Cannot locate resource … themeresources.xaml	The merged Todolisto.pri is missing/stale — re-run build.bat
Nothing shows / empty lists	Delete %LOCALAPPDATA%\Todolisto\ and relaunch (resets to seed data)
No notifications	Allow notifications when Windows first asks; notifications require the app to have run once
AI assistant not responding	Check the API key in Settings → AI; keys are validated live
Installer blocked by SmartScreen	Click "More info" → "Run anyway" (unsigned local build)

❓ FAQ

Does TODOLISTO need an internet connection? No — everything except the optional AI assistant and live language resources works fully offline.

How is this different from the original web version? The original was a React/Vite app that required a Node server to run. This is a native Windows app: one self-contained folder, no runtime prerequisites, native notifications/tray/hotkeys, SQLite storage, and a real installer.

Can I keep it portable and carry it on a USB stick? Yes — see Portable mode.

Is there a mobile version? Not yet — the app targets Windows 10/11 x64.

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📜 License

This is an independent native rebuild of the TODOLISTO concept. Provided as-is; see the repository for history.