Donetick
Task and chore management tool for personal and family use, with advanced scheduling, flexible assignment, and group sharing capabilities, detailed history, automation via API, simple and modern design.
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Still maintained? Yes: 129 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.1.85 (Oct 2026).
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At a glance
Donetick quick facts
- Health score
- 94/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 2,692
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.1.85, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Donetick is an open-source, user-friendly app designed to help you organize tasks and chores effectively. featuring customizable options to help you and others stay organized."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Donetick scores 94/100, #5 of 26 in Task Management & To-do Lists: 129 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.1.85, today) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,692 stars add 13.7 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 6.3 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
129 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.1.85 released today
- Stars biggest shortfall 13.7 / 20
2.7k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 129
- Last 90 days
- 309
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #5 of 26 tools in Task Management & To-do Lists by health , between Kan (#4) and tududi (#6) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Latest release | v0.1.85 · today |
| Stars | 2,692 |
| Open issues | 166 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | donetick/donetick ↗ |
Donetick vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Donetick (Task Management & To-do Lists), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super Productivity | 97 | 23k | MIT | today |
| Donetick (this tool) | 94 | 2.7k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| tududi | 94 | 3.5k | MIT | yesterday |
| 4ga Boards | 91 | 732 | MIT | yesterday |
| Will Be Done | 89 | 161 | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Kanboard | 86 | 9.9k | MIT | today |
Donetick: common questions
Is Donetick still maintained?
Donetick had 129 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v0.1.85, is from today. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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