tilde
Press ~ to capture tasks without breaking focus
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tilde is a lightweight, open-source todo app for Windows that helps you capture tasks before they slip away. Press ~ to open a centered quick-entry box without leaving your current app, or hold Alt to dictate. Unfinished tasks roll over to today, show how long they've been overdue, and turn red after 3 days. Also includes recurring tasks, progress tracking, pinned priorities, and history search and export by date or keyword.
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PH · launched Oct 22, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 22%)
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Productivity
- Task Management
- Open Source
- GitHub
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Yes A lightweight Windows todo app with a global hotkey, quick-entry popup, rollover logic, and optional dictation is a small desktop project that AI-assisted coding handles well.
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Attention rank: #8 of 96 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 254 days after the earliest competitor.
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