Ask Slashdot: Best To-Do/Task List Software?

Albanach writes: Despite searching, I have not identified a good solution for managing to-do lists, a problem that can't be unique or unusual. For a variety of reasons, I need something I host myself, which allows me to organize tasks, give them due dates and/or priorities and to easily reorganize. I'd prefer a web interface so that I can access my list from home/work/mobile. My searches generally turned up hosted solutions that don't work for privacy reasons, or very old software that has shown no sign of updates in years. What are other Slashdotters using to manage their real-world task list?

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Relevant requirements

[El Cubano]

... or very old software that has shown no sign of updates in years.

How is that relevant? I understand if the software has outstanding major bugs or is not feature complete. However, as you point out, the todo list is basically a universal problem that has been around since the beginning of time. So what if some application was last updated 10 years ago if it does the job and is essentially bug free?

I also get it if you really want a nice responsive mobile experience and the only tool you find was "completed" before responsive design was a thing. But, the point still stands: a lack of recent releases does not automatically make a piece of software unsuitable or undesirable. Lack of responsive design would be an example of a missing feature, as opposed to an outright bug.

I would be interested to see what came in your search that you deemed "too old". Assuming that age is the only problem you found with them, I suspect that one or more are actually still quite useful.

Self-hosting

[93 Escort Wagon]

Right there you’ve eliminated 95% of the applicable software.

Do you actually need to self-host, or is it just necessary due to your own philosophical predilections?

Re:Self-hosting

[humankind]

Self-hosting is making more and more sense nowadays in the marketplace where cloud based apps offer "free" services at first and then squeeze their customers to death later.

Re: Self-hosting

[Type44Q]

You're right in spite of yourself: by far the best tool for this job is indeed the one you write yourself... with a pencil (it's a to-do list, for fuck's sake).

Trello

[tearmeapart]

Does not fulfill all of your requirements, but it is simple, and has web and mobile apps:
https://trello.com/

Made by https://www.joelonsoftware.com... , who has a style that most, but not all, developers like.

My phone. Iphone 5S for the curious.

[TigerPlish]

Seriously, my phone. It goes where I go, and if I keep the list in apple notes, then it's cloudified and i can hit it from my PC or ipad or from any browser, really.

Alternatively, a... a.. *GASP* I can't say it in this day and age!

A... s small spiral-bound notebook, be it hinged at top or at the side, and a trusty old Pentel .5mm pencil. Like a really, really old one like the P225. I have at least half a dozen. Yeah. One of them dates to 1978 or so. That one has a place of honor on my piano, it's from 4th grade.

Hey, you asked. Sometimes the oldest of tools are still the best...

Truth be told, I prefer paper and pencil..

Nothing beats...

[EzInKy]

...pencil and paper. They take effort to use and it takes effort to stick to a plan.