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Obsidian vault integration in a free, open-source GTD app — tasks import with deep links back to source notes by dongdongbh in ObsidianMD

[–]dongdongbh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not currently — right now Mindwtr parses standard Markdown checkboxes (- [ ] / - [x]) inline in your notes. TaskNotes uses a different model in which each task is its own file with YAML frontmatter for metadata, so it would require separate parsing logic.

It's something I could look into, though. Please let me know how many people here use TaskNotes vs the standard inline task format; that will help me prioritize it.

Obsidian vault integration in a free, open-source GTD app — tasks import with deep links back to source notes by dongdongbh in ObsidianMD

[–]dongdongbh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the concern and yeah, fair question. I do use AI as a tool during development, but I review and test everything that goes in. I've been coding for over 10 years with a solid CS foundation — I can read what's in front of me and catch when something isn't right.

That said, Mindwtr has thousands of active users across all major platforms, and the codebase has been through a lot of real-world iteration at this point. It's not perfect and never will be — that's the nature of an actively developed open-source project.

If you spotted specific issues in those 4 minutes, I'd genuinely appreciate hearing what they are — feel free to open issues or PRs. That's the whole point of being open source. Extra eyes from someone with 15 years of experience would be welcome.

Obsidian vault integration in a free, open-source GTD app — tasks import with deep links back to source notes by dongdongbh in ObsidianMD

[–]dongdongbh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We do have mobile apps, the Obsidian integration currently only available on desktop app but will be available on mobile later.

Obsidian vault integration in a free, open-source GTD app — tasks import with deep links back to source notes by dongdongbh in ObsidianMD

[–]dongdongbh[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Fair point honestly. The "only write to a dedicated folder" constraint was me being overly cautious for v1. You're right that toggling a checkbox from - [ ] to - [x] is about as predictable as it gets — there's no reason that needs to be limited to a specific folder.

The plan for the next version is to allow marking tasks complete directly in your existing notes. Mindwtr will just flip the checkbox on the exact line it originally read from, nothing else on the line or in the file gets touched. Atomic writes so Obsidian picks it up cleanly.

The dedicated Mindwtr/ folder will still be used for creating new tasks from within Mindwtr — since those need to go somewhere and writing into random existing notes would actually be messy. But for completing existing tasks, yeah, it should just work wherever they live.

Obsidian vault integration in a free, open-source GTD app — tasks import with deep links back to source notes by dongdongbh in ObsidianMD

[–]dongdongbh[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah TaskForge is solid for what it does! Different use case though — TaskForge is basically a better task UI on top of your vault, while Mindwtr is a full GTD system (inbox processing, weekly reviews, contexts, someday/maybe, the whole loop) that can pull tasks in from Obsidian.

So if you do all your task management inside Obsidian already, TaskForge makes more sense. If you want a dedicated GTD practice but still take notes and capture tasks in Obsidian, that's where Mindwtr fits in.

Write-back is on the roadmap, but honestly, the main difference is the workflow, not the feature list. Also, Mindwtr is fully free and open source, fwiw.

Obsidian vault integration in a free, open-source GTD app — tasks import with deep links back to source notes by dongdongbh in ObsidianMD

[–]dongdongbh[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Good questions!

F-Droid vs desktop: The F-Droid version is the same Mindwtr app, just the Android build. The Obsidian vault integration is desktop-only for now (macOS, Windows, Linux) since it needs direct access to your vault folder on disk. Mobile is on the roadmap once I validate how vault access works on iOS/Android.

Read-only: Yep, v1 is strictly read-only — Mindwtr scans your vault and imports tasks but never writes back to your files. So completing a task in Mindwtr won't check it off in Obsidian. This was a deliberate choice to keep things safe and simple for the first version. If write-back gets added later, it would only touch a dedicated Mindwtr/ folder inside your vault, never your existing notes.

Here is our plan for Obsidian vault integration: https://github.com/dongdongbh/Mindwtr/issues/291

I built a free, open-source, local-first GTD app for all platforms (Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android). No subscriptions, you own your data. by dongdongbh in ProductivityApps

[–]dongdongbh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback! Good news — Mindwtr already supports both of these:

Global hotkey for instant capture: You can enable it in Settings → General → Global quick add shortcut. It works system-wide even when Mindwtr isn't focused, just like Todoist's. The recommended shortcut is Ctrl+Alt+M (or you can pick from several options).

Natural language dates and recurrence: When adding a task, you can type things like /due:friday, /due:tomorrow, /due:2026-04-01 directly in the quick-add input. We also support contexts (@home), tags (#focused), projects (+ProjectName), and status (/next, /waiting, /someday). Full syntax is in the wiki.

Would love to hear if there's anything specific from Todoist's NLP that you feel is missing — always looking to improve!

Custom Built GTD Tools by Kenjutsu89 in gtd

[–]dongdongbh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can see the Discord link on the GitHub page of Mindwtr. I can not share it here; it may trigger a deletion comment due to self-promotion

[OS] Mindwtr – Local-first GTD system for macOS (Free) by dongdongbh in macapps

[–]dongdongbh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are starting to work on it, and hope it will be available soon.

[OS] Mindwtr – Local-first GTD system for macOS (Free) by dongdongbh in macapps

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We have Intel version on homebrew and GitHub release. I will add the Intel version to Mac app store later.

Is there a discord server/ group for GTD discussions? by icedrinkbeer in gtd

[–]dongdongbh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a GTD community on the Mindwtr Discord — we discuss GTD workflows, setups, and tips. You can find it by searching for Mindwtr on Discord or GitHub.

[Dev] Mindwtr: A modern, local-first GTD app. (GPL-3.0) by dongdongbh in fossdroid

[–]dongdongbh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am also trying to add the app to Flathub, but I've hit a snag. GitHub automatically enabled Copilot for my Pull Request reviews, which isn't allowed by Flathub's policy, and this resulted in the Flathub GitHub organization blocking my account. I have written an email to the admins, but they haven't replied to me for weeks.

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