From tomorrow, you’ll never forget to update your to-do checklist again.
I kept forgetting to open my to-do app. I'd write my tasks the night before, feel organised, and then start the next morning without looking at them. By the time I remembered, half the day was already gone. So I built a to-do app that doesn't wait for me to remember it exists. The idea Daily Start opens automatically when my day starts. I set a time for my morning checklist. When I turn on my PC…
Regularly overlooking your to-do list can hinder productivity. A developer experienced this struggle, opting to create a solution called Daily Start. This app doesn't demand your attention throughout the day, but rather, it springs to life at the start of your day. Set a specific time for your morning checklist, and when your computer wakes up around that hour, Daily Start launches with your tasks for the day.
Upon opening, you can add tasks, check them off, jot down notes for tomorrow, review past days, monitor your streaks, and view productivity analytics. Afterward, Daily Start steps back in the background. No incessant notifications or reminders like "don't forget!" will interrupt your workflow; instead, you'll receive one intentional check-in at the dawn of each day. An analogous night check-in allows you to update your completed tasks, add notes, or prepare for the next day.
The workflow is simple: Plan your day in the morning, accomplish tasks throughout the day, update your checklist at night, and restart the process the following morning. The main objective isn't to introduce another intricate productivity system, but rather to streamline a single habit. To avoid annoyance, the app dismisses the window when you close it, regardless of whether you've completed all tasks. It only needs to know that you've acknowledged today's check-in, then it remains unobtrusive.
Daily Start is designed to operate locally. Utilizing Electron, it stores data directly on your computer with no account, server, network calls, analytics tracking, or crash-reporting service necessary. Your checklist remains private to you, accessible anytime. Best of all, Daily Start is free and open source, available for Windows 10 and 11. You can try it out [here](https://daily-start-sigma.vercel.app/). If you currently use a to-do app, the developers would appreciate hearing what you'd like it to do automatically.
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