Nominous

A minimalist app for counting down to the goals and events that matter. Runs as a native desktop app (Tauri 2 + Svelte 5) or as a web app via Docker.

Features

• Countdown timers — live days/hours/minutes/seconds view for each event
• Timeline view — visual progress bar from event creation to target date with stage and comment markers
• Stages — add milestones to any event and mark them complete
• Activity log — searchable, filterable history of all comments and stage updates across every event
• Quick comments — log a note against any event in one keystroke
• Notifications — configurable OS notifications (7d / 3d / 1d / 12h / 1h before, and on stage completion)
• Categories & Priorities — fully configurable, each with a custom colour
• Dark / Light mode — toggle in the sidebar header, persisted across sessions
• Collapsible sidebar — collapse the event list to keep just the countdown on screen
• Data stored locally — events saved as Markdown files with YAML front-matter; nothing leaves your machine

Docker (web mode)

No Rust or system dependencies required — just Docker.

# Clone and start
git clone https://github.com/fortsol-sys/nominous.git
cd nominous
docker compose up --build
# → http://localhost:3005

In web mode the app stores events and settings in browser localStorage instead of the filesystem. Export and backup actions trigger a browser download. All other features work identically to the desktop build.

To add sibling services (API, database, etc.) edit docker-compose.yml — the commented stubs at the bottom are a starting point.

Prerequisites (desktop)

Linux (Debian / Ubuntu)

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y \
  libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev \
  build-essential \
  curl \
  wget \
  file \
  libxdo-dev \
  libssl-dev \
  libayatana-appindicator3-dev \
  librsvg2-dev

For other distros, consult the Tauri prerequisites page.

macOS

Install Xcode Command Line Tools:

xcode-select --install

Windows

Install the Microsoft C++ Build Tools (select the "Desktop development with C++" workload), then install WebView2 if it isn't already present (it ships with Windows 11 by default).

Install & Run (desktop)

# 1. Clone
git clone https://github.com/fortsol-sys/nominous.git
cd nominous

# 2. Install JS dependencies
npm install

# 3. Development (hot-reload)
npm run tauri dev

# 4. Production build
npm run tauri build

The production binary and installer are placed in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/.

Project Structure

nominous/
├── src/                        # Svelte frontend
│   ├── App.svelte              # Root layout, theme, modals
│   ├── app.css                 # Global CSS variables (dark + light themes)
│   └── lib/
│       ├── components/
│       │   ├── EventList.svelte        # Collapsible sidebar
│       │   ├── EventCard.svelte        # Sidebar event row
│       │   ├── RightPanel.svelte       # Main area (countdown / timeline)
│       │   ├── CountdownView.svelte    # Live ticking countdown
│       │   ├── TimelineView.svelte     # Visual timeline with stages
│       │   ├── AddEventModal.svelte    # Create / edit event
│       │   ├── LogCommentModal.svelte  # Quick comment entry
│       │   ├── SettingsPanel.svelte    # Categories, priorities, activity log link
│       │   └── LogsPanel.svelte        # Aggregated activity log
│       ├── stores/
│       │   └── app.ts          # Svelte writable store — global app state
│       ├── storage.ts          # Storage abstraction (Tauri invoke ↔ localStorage)
│       └── types.ts            # Shared TypeScript types
├── src-tauri/                  # Rust / Tauri backend
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── lib.rs              # Plugin registration, command handler list
│   │   ├── commands.rs         # IPC commands (CRUD events, settings, notifications)
│   │   └── models.rs           # Serde structs (Event, Stage, LogEntry, Settings…)
│   ├── capabilities/
│   │   └── default.json        # Tauri 2 capability grants
│   └── tauri.conf.json         # App metadata, window config, CSP
├── Meta/
│   └── Spec.md                 # Original product specification
├── Dockerfile
├── docker-compose.yml
├── nginx.conf
├── .dockerignore
├── package.json
└── vite.config.ts

Data Storage

Events are stored as individual Markdown files under the platform app-data directory:

Each file uses YAML front-matter:

---
id: "uuid-v4"
name: "Launch v1.0"
target_date: "2025-12-31T09:00:00"
category: "Work"
priority: "High"
stages:
  - id: "..."
    title: "Write tests"
    completed: false
log:
  - timestamp: "2025-06-01T10:30:00Z"
    kind: "comment"
    content: "Kicked off the sprint."
---

Optional freeform notes go here.

Settings (categories, priorities, notification defaults) are stored in settings.json in the same app-data directory.

Tech Stack

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. Please open an issue first for anything beyond a small bug fix.

License

MIT