To-do managers regulate appointments and tasks
Conclusions
The to-do managers discussed in this article cover a wide range of tasks (see Table 1 for an overview). If you need a plain old task manager without an automatic reminder function, BasKet, RedNotebook, or GTG. The first two stand out because they can also handle unstructured data.
Table 1
Overview of To-Do Managers
|
| BasKet | GTG | Makagiga | RedNotebook | Task Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-platform |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Calendar |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Subtasks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Memory function |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Tagging |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Automatic backup |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Data import |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Data export |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backup |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Links |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Attachments |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Templates |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Task Coach, on the other hand, focuses on professional time management and offers a reminder function and warnings to a large number of employees in the case of overlapping appointments. Makagiga serves users who need a complete virtual desktop for highly complex tasks and want to use different third-party sources.
Infos
- BasKet: https://github.com/kelvie/basket
- GTG: https://github.com/getting-things-gnome
- Makagiga: http://makagiga.sourceforge.net
- RedNotebook: http://rednotebook.sourceforge.net
- Task Coach: http://taskcoach.org
- Tasque: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Tasque
- Tracks: http://www.getontracks.org
- ThinkingRock: https://www.trgtd.com.au
- iKog: http://www.henspace.co.uk/ikog/
- Tomboy: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Tomboy
- KNotes: https://www.kde.org/applications/utilities/knotes/
- TuxCards: http://www.tuxcards.de
- Sticky Notes: https://store.kde.org/p/1127372
- Gnote: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gnote
- OpenStreetMap: https://www.openstreetmap.org
- Makagiga plugins:http://makagiga.sf.net/plugins.php
- iCalendar: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar
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