dotl — Do This Later

A fast and simple CLI todo tracker written in Rust.

Features

• Add tasks quickly from the terminal
  • Mark as urgent
  • Add a due date
• View your current list of tasks
• Remove tasks by their number
• Backup & Restore your tasks
• Export your tasks (CSV)
• Universal storage of tasks across directories
• Colored terminal outputs

Installation

Install the crate

cargo install dotl

Usage

# Add new tasks
dotl add "Drink water"
dotl add "Watch Rust tutorial"

# Mark task as urgent
dotl add "Finish report" -u
dotl add "Respond to email" --urgent

# Add a due date
dotl add "Submit assignment" -d "2025-5-18 15:30"
dotl add "Clean up room" --due "2025-5-25 13:45"

# List all tasks
dotl list

# Remove a task by its number
dotl remove 1

# Export your tasks
dotl export mytasks.csv

# Backup your tasks
dotl backup

# Restore your tasks
dotl restore ~/.config/dotl/backups/dotl_tasks_backup20250523220755.json

# Clear all of your tasks
dotl clear

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to open issues for bugs or feature requests, or submit pull requests to improve the project.