Introducing Jot

- Joydev Team

Jot is a personal task manager for the command line. It is designed for fast capture - when you think of something, jot it down and keep working.

How it works

Jot stores tasks as plain text in a Git-native format. No accounts, no syncing, no overhead. Just your tasks, versioned with Git.

jot add "Review pull request"
jot add "Update dependencies" --priority high
jot ls
jot done 1

That is the core loop: add tasks, list them, mark them done.

Relationship to Joy

Jot shares its foundation with Joy through the joy-core library. You can use Jot standalone for personal task management, or alongside Joy in a team project. They complement each other - Joy for structured project management, Jot for quick personal todos.

What is coming

We are working on recurring tasks, CalDAV sync for calendar integration, and due date support. The goal is to keep Jot fast and minimal while adding the features that matter for daily use.

Try it out

Jot is in beta and MIT-licensed. Check out the documentation to get started, or visit the GitHub repository for the source code.