eTasks

A local-first productivity desktop app for focused daily planning, time tracking, and project management. Built with Tauri, Astro, and Svelte — no cloud required.

Features

Daily Planning

• Task list for today with duration estimates and progress bar
• Drag tasks into the calendar for visual timeboxing
• Auto-scheduling: fills free time slots automatically
• Board view (Kanban) as an alternative to the day view

Calendar & Time Tracking

• Day view with drag-and-drop scheduling
• Per-task timer with time entry history
• ICS import for external calendar events
• Analytics: tracked vs. planned time per week/category

Projects & Clients

• Project management with Kanban board per project
• Client management with hourly rate and billing overview
• CSV export per client for invoicing
• Project templates for recurring setups
• PDF status reports generated locally via renderreport

Focus & Planning

• Pomodoro timer bound to tasks
• Weekly objectives with task linking
• Guided morning planning and daily shutdown workflow
• Recurring tasks (daily / weekly / monthly)

Data & Privacy

• All data stored locally in IndexedDB — no account, no sync, no telemetry
• Daily JSON snapshots to iCloud (macOS)
• Full JSON export/import at any time

Tech Stack

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 22+
• Rust (stable)
• Tauri CLI: cargo install tauri-cli --version "^2"
• renderreport cloned as a sibling directory:

GitHub/
├── etasks/         ← this repo
└── renderreport/   ← required for PDF reports

Setup

# Install frontend dependencies
npm install --prefix ui

# Install root dependencies (optional — no longer needed with Tauri)
# Generate app icons (already committed, only needed after icon changes)
npm run icons

Development

cargo tauri dev

Starts the Astro dev server on port 4321 and opens the Tauri window.

Build

cargo tauri build

Produces a native macOS .app bundle in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/.

Tests

npm test
# or
npm run test --prefix ui

Project Structure

etasks/
├── src-tauri/               # Tauri Rust backend
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── commands/
│   │   │   ├── export.rs    # File export, iCloud sync, ICS file dialog
│   │   │   ├── notification.rs
│   │   │   └── report.rs    # PDF generation via renderreport
│   │   ├── lib.rs
│   │   └── main.rs
│   ├── capabilities/
│   └── tauri.conf.json
├── ui/                      # Astro + Svelte frontend
│   └── src/
│       ├── components/      # Svelte UI components
│       ├── domain/          # Pure domain logic + tests
│       ├── lib/             # Services (export, ICS, reports, storage)
│       ├── stores/          # nanostores state
│       └── styles/          # Global CSS
└── assets/
    └── icon.svg

CI / Release

CI runs on every push to main:

• Tests (vitest) + Astro build
• cargo check for the full Tauri + renderreport dependency tree

Release builds trigger automatically on version tags:

git tag v0.1.0-alpha.1
git push origin v0.1.0-alpha.1

This builds and uploads to GitHub Releases:

• eTasks_0.1.0-alpha.1_aarch64.dmg — macOS Apple Silicon
• eTasks_0.1.0-alpha.1_x64.dmg — macOS Intel
• eTasks_0.1.0-alpha.1_x64_en-US.msi — Windows installer
• eTasks_0.1.0-alpha.1_x64-setup.exe — Windows NSIS

macOS: App ohne Apple-Zertifikat öffnen

Releases are ad-hoc signed (no paid Apple Developer account). macOS will warn on first launch:

1. Right-click the app → Open → confirm
2. Or: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway
3. Or via Terminal: xattr -cr /Applications/eTasks.app

After the first launch, the app opens normally.

License

MIT