A plain checklist that opens fast and remembers
This is a checklist and nothing more. You add tasks, tick them off, drag them into order, and it quietly saves them on your machine for next time. No account, no setup, no wait. This guide covers adding and editing items, the reorder and delete controls, saving a copy, what it leaves out on purpose, and where a fuller app would serve you better.
Who it is for
Some days you just need a list. A run of errands, a packing list, the three things you must finish before lunch. Opening a heavy planner for that is more effort than the tasks themselves.
This page is open and ready before an app would have cleared its start-up screen. That speed is the whole idea. You catch a thought, type it, and get back to what you were doing.
It suits anyone who wants a list without signing up for anything: a quick to-do while on a call, a shopping list on the way out, or a short handover for whoever covers your desk.
It fits the small, everyday lists that never justify a proper app but still deserve a home. Bookmark the page, or pin the tab, and it becomes the place your loose tasks land all day.
Adding tasks
At the top is a single box that asks What needs doing. Type a task and press Enter, or click the Add button beside it. The task drops into the list below.
After each add, the box stays active with your cursor in it. That lets you empty your head in one burst, typing task after task without reaching for the mouse between them. Add ten things in ten seconds and sort them out after.
There is no wrong way to word a task. Short and plain works best, but the box takes whatever you type, so a rough note now is better than a tidy one you never write down.
The line that keeps score
Above the list sits a short status line that changes as you work. With an empty list it tells you nothing is on there yet.
Once you have tasks, it counts the ones still open against the total, so you see at a glance how much is left. Tick the last one and it swaps to a small note that everything is done. It is a tiny thing, but that little tally is oddly motivating.
Because ticked tasks stay on the list until you clear them, the total counts everything you have done as well as everything left. That gives you a sense of progress across the day, not just a shrinking pile of what remains.
Working with a single item
Each task is a row, and the row carries everything you can do to it.
- The checkbox on the left marks a task done. Ticked items do not vanish; they stay on the list, shown as finished, until you choose to clear them.
- Double-click the words of a task to edit them. A small prompt opens with the current text, so you can fix a typo or reword it without deleting and starting over.
- The up and down arrows move a task one place at a time. Push the next thing you will do to the top so it is always in view.
- The cross on the right deletes a task outright. That one is instant and final, so it is for removing a task, not for marking it done.
Clearing what is finished
When at least one task is ticked, a Clear finished button appears at the top. Press it and every done task drops off the list in one go, leaving only the work that remains.
This is the button that keeps a list feeling light. Ticking things is satisfying, but a list cluttered with old, done items soon feels heavy, so a regular clear-out keeps it honest and short.
Saving a copy
The Download list button writes your list to a plain text file. The name carries the date, so a file saved today reads as todo and today's date.
Inside, each task sits on its own line with a small box in front of it, ticked or empty to show whether it is done. It is easy to read, easy to print, and easy to email to someone who needs to pick up where you left off.
Since the file is plain text, it opens anywhere and needs no special app. You can drop it into a document, paste it into a message, or keep a folder of daily lists as a simple record of what got done.
A worked example
Open the page and type Renew the parking permit, then Enter. The cursor stays put, so you carry straight on with Reply to Meera and then Pick up the dry cleaning. The status line now reads three of three still to do.
You decide the permit is most urgent, so you tap its up arrow until it sits at the top. You spot a typo in the second task, double-click it, and fix Meera's name in the little prompt.
You send the reply and tick that task. It stays visible but shows as done, and the count drops to two of three. Press Clear finished and the ticked task goes, leaving two. Finally, press Download list and you get a dated file holding the two tasks still open, ready to carry with you.
It remembers, on this device
You do not have to save on purpose to keep your list. Every change is written to this browser's own storage the moment you make it, and the list is waiting when you come back.
That storage lives on this one computer, in this one browser. The list does not follow you to your phone or to another machine. Clearing your browsing data will wipe it, which is why the Download button exists as your way to keep a lasting copy.
What it leaves out on purpose
There are no projects, tags, colours, priorities, due dates or reminders here. That is a choice, not a gap. Each of those features asks you to manage the tool as well as the work.
Due dates and reminders are left out for an honest reason too. A browser tab cannot reliably tap you on the shoulder at the right moment, and a reminder that only half works is worse than none. For a hard deadline, put the item in a calendar, which is built for exactly that.
A second use: handing work over
The Download button turns this from a personal scratchpad into a simple handover tool. Say you are off tomorrow and someone else is covering.
Build the list of what needs doing while it is fresh in your mind. Tick off anything you finish before you leave, so the ticked and open boxes show exactly where things stand.
Then download the file and send it on. The person taking over gets a clear, dated snapshot: what is done, what is not, and in the order you meant it to happen. No app, no invite, no account for either of you.
Habits that make a list work
Write the next real action, not the whole project. A task like Book the venue moves; a task like Sort out the party sits untouched for a week. If an item keeps getting skipped, it is usually too big, so break it down.
Keep today's list short enough to actually finish. A list of thirty things is a list you start to ignore. Three or four that you can clear feels good and keeps you coming back.
Clear the finished items often. A short, current list is the one you trust, and a trusted list is the one you actually use.
Put the very next thing at the top with the arrows. When your list always opens with the task to do right now, you spend your energy doing it rather than deciding what it is.
When to reach for something else
If you need dates, alerts, or the same list on every device, this is not the tool, and it does not pretend to be. A calendar handles deadlines, and a full task app handles sync and sharing.
There is no live sharing here either, because there is no server to share through. The way to hand a list over is to download it and send the file, which is also exactly why nothing you jot down is visible to anyone else.
Nothing you write leaves your machine
The whole tool runs in the page in front of you. Tasks are never sent to us and never stored anywhere but your own browser, so a private or work list stays yours alone.
Because there is no account and no upload, there is nothing to sign into and nothing to leak. The trade is simple and clear: total privacy in exchange for keeping your own backup with the Download button.
It also means the list works with the internet off. Once the page has loaded, you can add, tick and reorder tasks on a plane or in a dead spot, and every change is still saved to this browser as you go.