GTD Tasks

An Obsidian plugin that organizes your markdown tasks using the Getting Things Done methodology. Tasks are grouped into time-horizon buckets (Today, This Week, Someday…) in a sidebar panel, with one-click moves between buckets.

Features

• GTD time-horizon buckets — Today ⚡, This Week 📌, Next Week 🔭, This Month 📅, Someday / Maybe 💭
• To Review inbox 📥 — catches all unassigned tasks so nothing slips through
• One-click quick-move buttons on every task row
• Drag-and-drop reordering and cross-bucket moves
• Context menu (right-click) for moving tasks
• Checkbox completion with optional celebration animations (confetti, pixel creature, both, or off)
• Tasks plugin integration — reads 📅 due dates and auto-assigns tasks to the matching bucket
• Two storage modes — inline tag (#gtd/today) or inline field ([gtd:: today])
• Scope filtering — scan the entire vault, specific folders, or specific files
• Stale indicator (!) on tasks that have passed their scheduled window
• Status bar task count
• Compact view option
• Fully customizable buckets — name, emoji, date range rule, quick-move targets

Default Buckets

Installation

Community Plugins (once listed)

1. Open Obsidian → Settings → Community plugins → Browse
2. Search for GTD Tasks
3. Click Install, then Enable

BRAT (beta / pre-release)

1. Install the BRAT community plugin
2. In BRAT settings, click Add Beta Plugin and enter:

   Unpreditable/GettingThingsDone
   

3. Enable GTD Tasks in Community plugins

Usage

Open the panel

Click the checklist icon in the left ribbon, or run Open GTD Panel from the Command Palette (Ctrl/Cmd + P).

Complete a task

Click the checkbox on any task row. A celebration animation plays (if enabled), and the task fades out.

Move a task

Three ways to move a task to a different bucket:

The plugin writes the assignment back to the source markdown file immediately.

Configuration

Open Settings → GTD Tasks to configure the plugin.

Storage mode

Controls how bucket assignments are stored on the task line:

You can migrate all existing assignments between modes from the settings tab.

Tag prefix

The prefix used in both storage modes. Default: gtd. Changing this also changes the tag/field name written to your files.

Task scope

Limit which files are indexed:

• Entire vault — all *.md files
• Specific folders — enter one or more folder paths
• Specific files — enter one or more file paths

Tasks plugin integration

When enabled, the plugin reads 📅 YYYY-MM-DD due dates written by the Tasks community plugin and automatically assigns tasks to the matching time-horizon bucket. Manual assignments (tag/field) always take priority over date-based ones.

Celebration animations

Choose what plays when you check off a task:

Stale indicator

When enabled, a ! badge appears on tasks whose due date has passed the end of their assigned bucket's scheduled window — a reminder to reschedule or complete them.

Status bar

Each bucket can optionally show its task count in Obsidian's status bar. Toggle per bucket in the bucket list at the bottom of settings.

Compact view

Reduces padding on bucket headers and task rows for a denser layout.

Bucket Date Rules

Each bucket can have an optional date range rule that auto-assigns tasks based on their 📅 due date:

Tasks with no due date and no manual assignment land in To Review.

To Review Bucket

The To Review bucket is a permanent system bucket that always appears first in the panel. It collects every task that has no manual assignment and no matching due date rule. Use it as a GTD-style inbox: process tasks from here by moving them into the appropriate time-horizon bucket.

License

GPL-3.0 © 2026 Vitaly Ditman