[Feature Request] Local To-Do / Tasklist

[SplinterHead]

Description

I really like Homepage and how useful it is to have a glanceable look at my services when I open a new browser tab. However, one thing I really enjoy about some other "homepage" windows is a simple To-Do list so I can keep track of the things while I browse the internet

I've had a tinker previously with implementing a local only, YAML backed tasklist that displays in Homepage. It was basic - allowed adding and ticking off of tasks.

I'm just wondering if there's any need / calling for that to continue being implemented

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[Xaositek]

I would like to vote my +1 to this idea. I migrated to homepage from Heimdall and loved the flexibility of the solution. This is now my default page for all browsers and having a quick todo would be a nice thing. Not looking to replace something like Todoist, but something oriented to my servers would be fantastic!

[Byrnesdigital]

I came here searching for this. Whether it's something simple and built in or connected to another service would be great.

[BruceyB1986]

Also just came here looking for something like this or a widget / intergration what does this.

[mda4mda]

Integration with Todoist via their API would be amazing.

[Reiss-Cashmore]

FYI I was able to get Todoist linked and running using the iframe widget (which is not yet released, but most likely will be soon)

[ithinkmax]

can i ask u what services have u used for doing that?

[shamoon]

As a note to anyone following or considering implementing this: the only viable solution to this at the moment would be something that integrates with an external service. Homepage does not (and probably wont, certainly not any time soon) have any kind of persistent storage and we're not open to writing to the yaml files, so theres really no good mechanism to do this at the moment.

Unfortunately, of course, there are a majillion todo apps out there, but I think that would be the only real tenable approach for now.

Open to discussion about it, of course.

[shamoon]

Just another note here: this should be a self-hosted service. There are too many out there to use a commercial one.

[devraza]

Maybe something that integrates with a service like vikunja then?

Honestly speaking, I don't think todo integration is needed if you've already got a dedicated service running - said service's actual interface would surely be much better too...

[shamoon]

Im a big fan of https://planka.app too, though vikunja looks to be much more active (lately)

Probably would be fine to more than one of them

[mysticfalconvt]

I would love something that integrates this with Vikunja so that I could just see the todo list at a glance, and bonus points for at least being able to check items off.
Maybe I should look into the code for the first time.

[eugen257]

Is it possible to organize something like this? For example, it would be easier for me to use the notes on Synology. I can change them from my phone without any problems, mark them and delete them. Is it possible to somehow connect and output a specific note from Synology? one line is one task for example

[Kvrnn]

I am a bit interested in integrating Todoist API as a widget. Iframes are fine but having a list view would fit nicely under Homepage. I might give this a shot!
Although this would be my first time contributing to a project, I feel comfortable handling the API, but any pointers or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[SplinterHead]

It seems like there's plenty of want for a todo list
Following @shamoon 's suggestion of Self-hosted, I will start looking at making a Vikunja Service Widget

As long as it's up to scratch, would a read-only Service Widget contribution be accepted @shamoon?

[shamoon]

Yea that sounds great

[vhsdream]

It seems like there's plenty of want for a todo list Following @shamoon 's suggestion of Self-hosted, I will start looking at making a Vikunja Service Widget

As long as it's up to scratch, would a read-only Service Widget contribution be accepted @shamoon?

Hey, not sure where you are with this, but I made a Vikunja widget. You can check it out here in my fork.

Right now it only lists the number of active projects the user has access to, and the number of tasks that are due in the next 7 days. But I imagine that someone with more savvy (I don't know javascript at all) could come up with more and better fields.

Also in my searches to see if there is any interest I saw #2193 and was really impressed with what can be done with the Custom API widget already.

[vhsdream]

I've updated the Vikunja widget with two more optional fields, 'overdue' and 'in-progress'. Please take a look.

I have a feeling this won't pass to get included due to how I'm using the Vikunja API's filter parameter; the way I'm doing it, I believe there is a separate API call for each task field. I suppose there is a way to just do the one call, and then parse the response either in the component file or the widget file, I'll just need to learn how to do that.

In my test config, using the column layout and omitting the logo and description, I've combined it with the Custom API to have a list of some tasks that are approaching the due date:

Probably getting a bit ahead of myself but I would like to find a way to add the ability to have both block and list in the widget config, like the Jellyfin/Emby widget, instead of using the Custom API.

[mda4mda]

That's awesome. I use Vikunja.

[eugen257]

Maybe for starters, something simple, where you don’t need to sign up or register. I made a couple of clicks on my phone, marked or created a task and it is immediately displayed

[eugen257]

The simplest thing for me is Synology Notepad or Apple Notepad.

[vorwd]

Just started out using planka and came here looking for a widget. For me, having a overview for a particular project>board (e.g. how many tasks are due this week, how many this month and how many past due). Interested in seeing the Vikunja widget, as I've only just heard of Vikunja, now that I've deployed planka -- go figure :-p

[arminus]

I tried integrating ToDost via n8n (which would open up the CustomAPI to all kinds of other APIs without having to write and deploy middleware code):

The problem though seems to be that Homepage doesn't support displaying lists from a JSON array as retrieved by the Custom API (see here), so the result is kind of not so nice right now:

[collinlucke]

If there are no objections, I'm going to work on building a Planka service widget.

[vorwd]

If there are no objections, I'm going to work on building a Planka service widget.

None from me -- I am thankful for your contribution!

[devraza]

Same here. Thanks!

[vhsdream]

I've now managed to cut the number of API calls in half for the Vikunja widget - it now does one for Projects and one for Tasks. And to be honest maybe there is no point in having a Projects field, but the more options the better?

Even though Vikunja implements filters in it's API, to reduce calls I instead opted to filter the arrays it returns via the map function, in widget.js. However I'm not too sure if I'm doing the date comparisons correctly, although they seem to return the correct numbers in my limited testing. Looking for tips to do the filtering better, I'll take all criticism!

Regarding additional fields, what else would people want besides Projects, Tasks (due in 7d), Overdue Tasks and In Progress Tasks? I'm open to suggestions.

[vorwd]

I've now managed to cut the number of API calls in half for the Vikunja widget - it now does one for Projects and one for Tasks. And to be honest maybe there is no point in having a Projects field, but the more options the better?

Even though Vikunja implements filters in it's API, to reduce calls I instead opted to filter the arrays it returns via the map function, in widget.js. However I'm not too sure if I'm doing the date comparisons correctly, although they seem to return the correct numbers in my limited testing. Looking for tips to do the filtering better, I'll take all criticism!

Regarding additional fields, what else would people want besides Projects, Tasks (due in 7d), Overdue Tasks and In Progress Tasks? I'm open to suggestions.

Well done, mate -- I use planka at the moment but was considering a switch -- this might be the push. Good work!

[vhsdream]

Submitted a PR #4118 - currently getting some help cleaning up and optimizing code 🤞

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