belki

A calm Todoist-like task manager for Obsidian.
Tasks stay inside your vault as local Markdown files.

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belki is a Todoist-inspired task manager that lives inside your Obsidian vault. Your tasks are stored as plain Markdown files you own. Optional read-only calendar subscriptions never turn events into belki tasks or write event data into task Markdown files.

belki aims to sit between lightweight checkbox-based task plugins and heavier task-note systems: structured enough to work as a real task manager, but small enough to stay calm and easy to use.

belki is not a Todoist integration. It does not connect to Todoist.

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Features

Views

• Inbox — tasks without a project.
• Today — today's tasks, overdue tasks, and optional read-only calendar events.
• Upcoming — future tasks grouped by date, plus optional calendar-only dates.
• Projects — all projects or one focused project.
• Filters & Labels — browse by priority, date, label, or saved smart filters.
• Activity — completed-task stats and a 26-week activity heatmap.
• Completed — completed tasks grouped by completion date.
• Search — quick overlay search across task title, description, project, and labels.
• Daily Notes — show completed tasks for a daily note in a belki panel or belki-completed code block, with optional auto-insert.

Task Management

• Add tasks from the board, the desktop floating composer, the mobile full-screen composer, or the command palette with belki: Quick Add Task.
• Use the default Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + A shortcut for Quick Add. In an active desktop belki view it opens the contextual composer; outside belki and on mobile it opens the global Quick Add modal.
• The desktop sidebar Add Task button shows the current Obsidian shortcut assignment when one exists.
• Edit title, description, project, priority, due date, deadline, labels, repeat rule, and attachments.
• Complete, uncomplete, reschedule, move, duplicate, and delete tasks.
• Reschedule visible overdue tasks in bulk from the Overdue section.
• Deletion asks for confirmation, including a parent-task warning when direct sub-tasks are involved.
• Use #label and //project in the title field while adding a task.
• Use wikilinks such as [[Project brief]] in task titles and descriptions.
• Sort by Smart, Due date, Priority, Deadline, Created date, Project, or Alphabetical.

Sub-tasks

• Add sub-tasks from the parent task detail view.
• Parent task rows show a sub-task completion counter.
• Click the counter to expand an inline sub-task preview in the main task list.
• Complete sub-tasks directly from the preview.
• Reorder sub-tasks in the task detail view on desktop.
• Sub-tasks stay hidden from top-level views to avoid duplication.

Recurring Tasks

• Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and custom repeat rules.
• Calendar-based or completion-based repeats.
• Weekly repeats can target multiple weekdays.
• Recurring tasks advance to the next occurrence when completed.
• Use Complete permanently to finish a recurring task.

Projects, Labels, and Priority

• Create, rename, archive, delete, and color projects.
• Choose a project color while creating a project, or use Auto.
• Rename or delete labels without deleting tasks.
• Customize project and label colors in settings.
• Priority levels use a Todoist-like model: Priority 1, Priority 2, Priority 3, and default Priority 4.
• Priority is shown subtly on the completion circle.

Attachments

• Attach files to tasks.
• Image attachments show inline previews and a lightbox.
• Other files show as compact file rows.
• Attachments are stored inside your vault.
• Duplicating a task copies attachments into the duplicate task's own attachment folder instead of sharing the original files.

Mobile

• Responsive single-column mobile layout.
• Full-screen mobile task composer.
• Mobile task detail screen with back navigation.
• Mobile-friendly date picker and repeat controls.
• Task action menu includes Move to Today, Move to Tomorrow, Pick date, Clear date, Duplicate task, and Delete task.
• Mobile keeps the global Quick Add flow rather than using the desktop floating composer.

Optional Integrations

• Multiple iCal calendar subscription events can appear read-only inline inside Today and Upcoming.
• Google Calendar, Apple/iCloud Calendar, and other HTTPS or webcal:// iCal feeds are supported when they expose a valid iCal feed URL.
• No Calendar page or sidebar item is added.
• Calendar events are not stored as belki tasks and are not written to task Markdown files.
• Calendar subscriptions are read-only. belki does not create, edit, delete, import, export, or two-way sync calendar events.
• See Calendar Subscriptions for setup and security details.

How It Stores Tasks

belki creates a data folder in your vault. The default location is:

_belki_files/
├─ Data/
│  └─ YYYY-MM.md
└─ Attachments/
   └─ <task-id>/

Each task is a Markdown list item with metadata:

- [ ] Write portfolio case study draft
  id:: task-example
  created:: 2026-07-05
  due:: 2026-07-08
  deadline:: 2026-07-10
  project:: Client Work
  priority:: P2
  description:: Keep it short and visual.
  labels:: writing, portfolio

Tasks without a real project simply omit project:: and appear in Inbox. Completed tasks use [x] and include a completed:: date. The data folder path is configurable in settings.

See Markdown storage for full details.

Obsidian Search and Excluded Files

belki stores task data as local Markdown files in the configurable data folder, _belki_files/ by default. Since these are real vault files, users who do not want belki task data to appear in Obsidian search, graph, or unlinked mentions should add _belki_files/ to:

Obsidian Settings → Files and links → Excluded files

belki itself only reads its configured data folder and does not scan the whole vault. Future vault-wide checklist import should respect Obsidian excluded folders.

Installation

Community Plugins

1. Open Obsidian Settings → Community plugins.
2. Click Browse and search for belki.
3. Install and enable the plugin.
4. Run the command belki: Open.

Community listing: community.obsidian.md/plugins/belki

Manual Installation

1. Download manifest.json, main.js, and styles.css from a GitHub release.
2. Create this folder inside your vault:

   .obsidian/plugins/belki/
   

3. Copy the three files into that folder.
4. Reload Obsidian.
5. Enable belki in Settings → Community plugins.
6. Run the command belki: Open.

Quick Start

1. Install and enable belki.
2. Run belki: Open from the command palette.
3. Click + Add task or run belki: Quick Add Task.
4. Add a title, date, project, label, priority, or repeat rule.
5. Tasks with no project land in Inbox.

See Getting started for a walkthrough.

Documentation

Development

pnpm install
pnpm run build

During development:

pnpm run dev

Build output is written to:

• main.js
• styles.css
• manifest.json

Release Checklist

• Update manifest.json, package.json, and versions.json.
• Run pnpm install --frozen-lockfile.
• Run pnpm run typecheck, pnpm test, and pnpm run build.
• Confirm manifest.json, main.js, and styles.css are present.
• Create a GitHub release whose tag exactly matches the manifest version.
• Upload manifest.json, main.js, and styles.css as release assets.

See RELEASE.md for the full process.

Privacy and Network Usage

belki does not add telemetry and does not require an account. It reads and writes task data only inside its configured vault data folder.

If you enable optional calendar subscriptions, belki fetches only the iCal feed URLs you configure. Those feed URLs are stored locally in plugin settings, masked in the settings UI, and should be treated as private secrets when they contain calendar access tokens.

Planned Improvements

These are directions being explored, not commitments:

• Natural language date parsing (tomorrow, next Friday, in 3 days).
• Standalone recurring task refinements.
• Vault-wide checklist import that respects Obsidian excluded files and folders.
• Better lightweight GTD-style workflows such as Inbox, Next Actions, Waiting, Someday/Maybe, and Projects.
• Minimal, understandable settings with clear defaults and optional advanced workflows.

Contributing and Feedback

Bug reports and feature requests are welcome at github.com/aribuga/obsidian-belki-tasks/issues.

Author

Created by Yasin Aribuga.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.