Help
What do you want to do?
Pick your situation, then the task. Each line leads to a short how-to or to the docs page that answers it. The docs also have a search box, and every guide is inside the app under Help in the sidebar.
I use the app
You have an account on a server, or you are about to. These are the things people ask first.
- get started in five minutes
- install it on my phone or computer
- get reminders on my phone when the app is closed
- add a task with a date, a project and a label in one line
- try quick add and filters in my browser first
- make a task repeat
- set a reminder
- plan my day with Today and the calendar
- save a filter as a view in the sidebar
- turn a project into a board
- share a list with my partner or my team
- invite someone who has no account yet
- bring my tasks over from Todoist, Things, TickTick or Linear
- save a web page as a task from my phone or browser
- download everything I have
- restore something I deleted
- secure my account with a passkey or two-factor
- use an AI assistant with my tasks
- learn the keyboard shortcuts
I run the server
One container, one folder of data. For the person who installs it and keeps it running.
- understand what running a server involves, never having done it
- get a checklist and a compose file for my setup
- install it with Docker
- install it on Coolify with automatic HTTPS
- run it on a Raspberry Pi
- invite people to my server
- turn on scheduled backups
- update to a new release
- restore a backup
- recover the owner password
- keep the server healthy month after month
- set it up for my household
- set it up for a small team
- connect single sign-on
- turn on email to task
- run a public demo instance
I build on it
Scripts, assistants and other tools write to the same place the app does.
Something is wrong
The problems people actually hit, each with the things to check in order. If none of these fits, the person who runs your server can look at its logs, or you can open an issue.
Your to-do list, on your own server.
Try the demo in your browser. When you like it, install OpenTodo on your server and import your tasks.