Donetick

A self-hosted app for tasks and household chores that you share with family or friends, with natural language entry, a points system and NFC triggers.

2.7k stars, 224 forks Go On GitHub since June 2024

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What is Donetick?

Donetick helps a household or small group keep track of who does what. You describe a task in plain words and it works out the schedule, assign chores within a group, and rotate them between people. A points system rewards completed tasks, and NFC tags can act as physical buttons that mark a chore as done when scanned, for example on the washing machine. It runs as a single binary or container, with builds for Linux and macOS.

Good fit if

  • You want to share recurring chores fairly among family members or roommates.
  • You like small gamification touches such as points.

Look elsewhere if

  • You manage work projects rather than chores: Vikunja or Plane.
  • You want a personal planner with areas and projects: tududi.

Before you adopt it

Donetick is AGPL-3.0 and free to self-host, with an optional hosted version for those who prefer it. Its creator writes most of the code.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 30 October 2026. Report a correction

Donetick health: is it still maintained?

75 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    136 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 1 November 2026.
    26 / 30
  • Contributors
    8 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 84% of them.
    13 / 20
  • Releases
    4 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, v0.1.85, on 30 October 2026.
    16 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 71% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 35 hours.
    15 / 20
  • Security practices
    No OpenSSF Scorecard for this repository yet, so this part gets a neutral score.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 1 November 2026. How the score works

Donetick license: is it open source?

Donetick uses AGPL-3.0, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. June 2024First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayAGPL-3.0.

How to run Donetick yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
docker-compose.yaml: 1 service
Setup effort
1 of 5, judged from the compose file
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
Builds for Linux, macOS, including ARM in GitHub releases
Interface languages
English only

Install instructions: donetick.com or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about Donetick

Is Donetick open source?

Yes. Donetick is published under AGPL-3.0, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is Donetick still maintained?

Its health score is 75 of 100 (actively developed). It had 136 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 1 November 2026, and its latest release came out on 30 October 2026.

How do I run Donetick?

You can run it with Docker, as an app for Linux, macOS, including ARM. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What are the alternatives to Donetick?

Close alternatives in the Project & task management category include Plane, Vikunja, tududi.