DoIt

A fast, minimalist CLI todo and task management application written in Rust.

Features

• Todo Management: Create, search, complete, and delete todos with priorities
• Lessons/Quotes: Store and search memorable quotes and lessons learned
• Archive: Keep track of cold storage data
• Interactive Mode: Prompts for missing information when not provided via CLI
• Non-Interactive Mode: Full control via command-line arguments
• Priority System: Organize todos by priority levels
• Local Storage: All data stored locally in ~/.do-it/data/

Installation

From Release (Recommended)

Download the latest binary for your platform from the Releases page:

• Linux (x86_64): DoIt-linux-x86_64
• macOS (Intel): DoIt-macos-x86_64
• macOS (Apple Silicon): DoIt-macos-aarch64
• Windows (x86_64): DoIt-windows-x86_64.exe

Make the binary executable (Linux/macOS):

chmod +x DoIt-*
sudo mv DoIt-* /usr/local/bin/doit

From Source

Requires Rust 1.70 or later:

git clone git@github.com:AshishAntil07/do-it.git
cd do-it
cargo build --release
sudo cp target/release/DoIt /usr/local/bin/doit

Usage

Todos

Add a Todo

Interactive mode (prompts for missing fields):

doit add

Non-interactive mode (all arguments provided):

doit add my-task-id -t "Implement login feature" -d "Add OAuth2 authentication" -p 4

Aliases: new, todo

Search Todos

Basic search:

doit search "login"

Filter by ID:

doit search -i my-task-id

Filter by status and priority:

doit search -c -p 4                 # Completed high-priority todos
doit search -b                      # Incomplete todos only
doit search -d                      # Todos with descriptions

Alias: find

Complete a Todo

doit check task-1,task-2,task-3

Aliases: complete, done

Delete a Todo

doit delete task-1,task-2

Alias: remove

Lessons/Quotes

Add a Lesson

Interactive:

doit lessons add

Non-interactive:

doit quotes add lesson-1 -l "Always write tests first"

Aliases: quotes, lessons

Search Lessons

doit lessons search "tests"
doit quotes find -i lesson-1

Delete Lessons

doit lessons delete lesson-1,lesson-2

Alias: remove

Archive

Add to Archive

Interactive:

doit archive add

Non-interactive:

doit archive add archive-1 -d "Old project notes"

Search Archive

doit archive search "project"
doit archive find -i archive-1

Delete from Archive

doit archive delete archive-1,archive-2

Global Options

doit --debug [command]    # Enable debug mode
doit --version            # Show version
doit --help               # Show help

Data Storage

All data is stored locally in:

~/.do-it/data/
├── todo/           # Todo items
├── lessons/        # Lessons and quotes
├── archive/        # Archived data
└── config.json     # Application configuration

Development

Project Structure

This is a Rust workspace with 5 crates:

• cli - Command-line interface and argument parsing
• domain - Business logic for todos, lessons, and archive
• data - Data persistence layer (file I/O)
• ui - Interactive prompts and user input
• shared - Common types and constants

Building

cargo build              # Debug build
cargo build --release    # Optimized build

Running

cargo run -- add         # Run with arguments
cargo run -- --help      # Show help

Linting & Formatting

cargo clippy             # Run linter
cargo fmt                # Format code (2-space indentation)
cargo fmt -- --check     # Check formatting without applying

License

MIT

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.