To-Do to Done Mover

An Obsidian plugin that quickly moves completed checkbox tasks — including their indented sub-tasks — from a to-do list into a ### Done section of the same note.

🌍 Languages: English (this page) · Deutsch The plugin interface follows Obsidian's UI language: English by default, German when Obsidian is set to German.

Demo

Features

• Right-click menu in the editor:
  • Move completed tasks to Done — moves every fully completed task.
  • Move selection to Done — moves the task blocks touched by the current text selection (only shown when text is selected).
• The same actions are available as commands (command palette, can be bound to hotkeys).
• Auto mode (optional): as soon as a task is checked, it moves to Done automatically — but only when the task and all of its sub-tasks are checked.
• Excluded folders/files (optional): auto mode stays inactive in the configured vault paths (including subfolders); manual commands still work there.
• Sub-tasks move along with their parent; indentation is preserved.
• Optionally appends a completion date ✅ YYYY-MM-DD to each moved, checked line (no duplicate dates).
• If the ### Done heading does not exist, it is created at the end of the note.

Settings

Usage

1. Open a note that contains a checkbox to-do list.
2. Right-click in the editor and choose an action, or run the matching command from the command palette.
3. Completed tasks are moved under the configured Done heading.

Disclosures

• The plugin works entirely offline and makes no network requests.
• It collects no telemetry and stores no data outside your vault.
• It only modifies the note in which a move action runs (manually or via auto mode) and never touches other files.
• Settings are stored in the plugin's data.json inside your vault's configuration folder.
• No account, payment, or external service is required.

Build from source

npm install
npm test          # unit tests (Vitest)
npm run build     # produces main.js

Install into a vault

Copy main.js and manifest.json into <Vault>/.obsidian/plugins/todo-done-mover/, then enable the plugin under Settings → Community plugins.

For development you can use the project folder directly as the plugin folder (npm run dev for a watch build).

Releases

Pushing a git tag triggers the GitHub Actions workflow in .github/workflows/release.yml, which builds the plugin and attaches main.js and manifest.json to a new GitHub release. Make sure the tag matches the version in manifest.json.

Project structure

taskParser.ts, mover.ts and exclusions.ts have no Obsidian dependencies, so they are unit-testable without a running Obsidian instance.

License

MIT