NoteTask 1.1.2 – Free cross-platform task & notes in plain-text on your disk!

[astverskoy]

Hi everyone,

I’ve written a small application called Notetask for managing task lists or notes in plain text files.
It’s useful for quickly organizing many ongoing tasks.

Each line in the file represents a separate task, but multiline tasks are also supported — in the file they are separated by the <br> tag.
The app also supports basic Markdown formatting, so tasks can be easily copied to Markdown files.

Notetask, a free and open-source cross-platform task manager for Windows and Linux. The core idea of Notetask is simple: it stores tasks and notes in plain text files where each line represents a separate task or note. Users can also choose to save their files in an encrypted format for personal information, while all data remains local to their device.

Thanks to its flexible interface customization, users can choose which elements and fields to display, allowing Notetask to function not only as a task manager but also as a notes organizer or a secure personal data storage. Interface settings are saved individually for each file, so every document can have its own preferred layout and visible fields.

Notetask provides a customizable interface and offers a range of features to manage tasks effectively, including automatic numbering, grouping, archiving, duration tracking, task highlighting, merging and indenting tasks, as well as copy/paste in Markdown format.

The project is open-source and written in Lazarus (Free Pascal). GitHub:
https://github.com/plaintool/notetask

Download (latest release):
https://github.com/p...task/releases/latest

Now featured on MajorGeeks — one of the oldest software directories!
https://www.majorgee...etails/notetask.html

If you try this app, please let me know if everything works well for you! Your feedback is greatly appreciated

NoteTask 1.1.2 – Free cross-platform task & notes in plain-text on your disk!NoteTask 1.1.2 – Free cross-platform task & notes in plain-text on your disk!NoteTask 1.1.2 – Free cross-platform task & notes in plain-text on your disk!NoteTask 1.1.2 – Free cross-platform task & notes in plain-text on your disk!NoteTask 1.1.2 – Free cross-platform task & notes in plain-text on your disk!NoteTask 1.1.2 – Free cross-platform task & notes in plain-text on your disk!

[astverskoy]

🚀 New Features
- Real-time task filtering for visible groups and tasks
- Highlight text fragments found by filter in the grid
- Full tag support in task file
- Tag dropdown checklist to select or remove document tags
- Grid zoom via menu, mouse wheel, hotkeys, and status bar
- Group tooltips stored in task file
- Search and highlight text matching the current cell
- Unified Inno Setup installer for all architectures
- 32-bit build
- New translations (cs, da, nl, fi, el, he, id, pl, ro, sv, tr)
- Ctrl+Click to open links from notes and grid

✨ Enhancements
- Switch groups using NUMPAD+ and NUMPAD-
- Save print settings, print tags behind task text
- Improved Markdown compatibility and link support
- Better task positioning when archive is hidden
- Update check on Linux
- Improved rendering of sorting arrow

🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed drag-and-drop text handling
- Fixed font selection color on Linux
- Fixed search (F3) and replace behavior
- Correct line height recalculation when tags change
- Fixed backup overwrite in page switching
- Improved compatibility with older Windows versions
- Fixed selection and redraw issues in grid
- Various fixes for tabs, groups, deletion, and editing behavior

[astverskoy]

🚀 New Features
- Implement dark mode support in Windows dependent on OS setting #86
- Add CI/CD pipeline (GitHub Actions + local support) #83
- Add multi-function floating button for inserting or duplicating tasks #81
- Provide a portable (ZIP) version #72

✨ Enhancements
- Apply Ctrl+Tab indentation to the entire task text, not just the first line #85
- Ctrl+Click on memo first highlights entire link, second click follows it #80
- Show Unicode strikethrough in group name when all tasks are archived #79
- Add Ctrl+Num+/Num- shortcuts for tab moving (same as Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right) #78

🐛 Fixed Bugs
- Fix filter behavior; cursor keys in filter jump to table if text is unselected #84
- Memo.SelectAll works incorrectly with Unicode; switched to manual selection #77
- When selecting and editing a row, the memo overlaps the bottom cell border dotted line #76
- Tag sorting broken in checklist; tags appear after textual tags #75
- Duplicate highlight color differs from search match highlight #74

[kunkel321]

Thanks for sharing -- It looks impressive! 

I'm a bit embarrassed, but I don't see how to run or install it.  I downloaded the full repo from Github, but there are no exe files...  Do I need to compile something? 

EDIT:  My bad...  In the GitHub repo, on the right, is a 'Releases' link.  It takes you here
https://github.com/p...ol/notetask/releases

From that location you can download installers or a compiled (.exe) portable version.