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backlog.fyi

A privacy-respecting, fully open-source personal task manager with a weekly planning session so tasks don't get forgotten. Tasks can be added easily by forwarding an email or sending a Telegram message. Free of ads, trackers, and subscriptions, and self-hostable for those who want to run it themselves.

Last shared For A person managing their own day-to-day personal tasks; the author uses it for their own daily planning.
01 / The problem

What it addresses

Simple task tools like Microsoft To Do, Google Tasks, text files, and Post-it notes were too basic and easy to forget about, while sophisticated task managers were overkill, asked for too many permissions, and turned notifications into noise.

02 / Source history

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  1. backlog.fyi

    A privacy-respecting, fully open-source personal task manager with a weekly planning session so tasks don't get forgotten. Tasks can be added easily by forwarding an email or sending a Telegram message. Free of ads, trackers, and subscriptions, and self-hostable for those who want to run it themselves.

    Problem: Simple task tools like Microsoft To Do, Google Tasks, text files, and Post-it notes were too basic and easy to forget about, while sophisticated task managers were overkill, asked for too many permissions, and turned notifications into noise.

    Audience: A person managing their own day-to-day personal tasks; the author uses it for their own daily planning.

    Posted by @kind_of_serious · Original comment ↗

    “Been working on https://backlog.fyi, a personal task manager, for the last few months.”