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tilde
Press ~ to capture tasks without breaking focus
tilde is a lightweight, open-source todo app for Windows that helps you capture tasks before they slip away. Press ~ to open a centered quick-entry box without leaving your current app, or hold Alt to dictate. Unfinished tasks roll over to today, show how long they've been overdue, and turn red after 3 days. Also includes recurring tasks, progress tracking, pinned priorities, and history search and export by date or keyword.
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I built tilde around a small frustration: sometimes, the hardest part of managing a task is simply getting it into your todo list.
When I'm working, I often think of something I need to do, but switching apps just to add a task interrupts my flow. And if I tell myself I'll remember it later, I often don't.
So I made tilde, a lightweight, open-source todo app for Windows.
Here's how it works:
- Press ~ to open a quick-entry box right in the middle of your screen.
- Hold Alt to dictate a task instead of typing.
- Unfinished tasks roll over to today, with overdue labels and a red reminder after 3 days.
- Track progress, pin important tasks, set daily recurring tasks, and search or export task history.
I wanted to make capturing a task feel almost effortless, while making unfinished work harder to overlook. tilde is intentionally lightweight rather than a full project management system.
It's an early project, and I'd love to hear from people who use keyboard shortcuts to stay organized.
Two questions I'm curious about:
1. Would you find a global ~ shortcut useful in your daily workflow?
2. Do automatic task rollovers help you stay on track, or would you prefer to decide when each task moves forward?
Thanks for checking it out! I'd really appreciate your honest feedback.
About tilde on Product Hunt
“Press ~ to capture tasks without breaking focus”
tilde was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #135 on the daily leaderboard. tilde is a lightweight, open-source todo app for Windows that helps you capture tasks before they slip away. Press ~ to open a centered quick-entry box without leaving your current app, or hold Alt to dictate. Unfinished tasks roll over to today, show how long they've been overdue, and turn red after 3 days. Also includes recurring tasks, progress tracking, pinned priorities, and history search and export by date or keyword.
On the analytics side, tilde competes within Productivity, Task Management, Open Source and GitHub — topics that collectively have 858.3k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how tilde performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted tilde?
tilde was hunted by 张哲. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of tilde including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
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