Open source · MIT · Free, with no plan above it

The most productive thing is often the most simple.

Three lists, and a real Markdown page with Git history behind every task. Nothing to optimise, nothing keeping score.

Start with one task Read the source

Studio, light · Geist · IBM Plex Mono

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Refresh my portfolioPersonal2 subtasks

Send the project outlineWorkDue Fri 3 Oct

Book a bike tune-up

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Overview

A lighter, quieter portfolio. Fewer projects, better writing, and a page that loads fast on a phone.

Projects to feature

Field notes appLibrary redesign for the city archiveTwo typography experiments, not nineWeather station write-up, with photos

Draft the about page in plain sentences

Export images at 1600px

Now, Later, Unclassified. Switch lists from the rail. Tick a task’s box to finish it; it goes to the archive with its page.

The model

Three lists. That’s all of it.

Tasks move only when you move them. Finishing one archives it with its page and history intact.

Now: What you have decided to do. Nothing lands here on its own.
Later: Real, just not today. It waits without an overdue badge.
Unclassified: Somewhere for a thought to sit until you know what it is.

Deeper when you need it. Out of sight when you don’t.

01
A page, not a notes field
Headings, checklists and tables in plain Markdown. Every save is a Git commit you can compare and restore.
02
Labels, if you want them
A word and a colour for a slice of your list. Accounts without labels never see the feature.
03
Time that stays calm
Optional deadlines, a calendar, quiet hours and snooze. A date never moves a task for you.
04
A vault with its own key
Sensitive notes and keys sit behind a separate passphrase that signing in does not unlock.
05
Handoffs that expire
Share a read-only snapshot of a page with a link that expires, a password, or explicit public publication.
06
Yours to run
MIT licensed. The self-hosting template boots on local SQLite with no third-party accounts.

Appearance

Six ways for it to feel like yours.

Each style changes type, spacing and shape, not just colour, and comes in light and dark. Pick one; this page follows.

The vault

One secret, without opening the app.

The desktop app puts Symplist in the menu bar. Click it, enter the vault passphrase — which is not your sign-in — and the panel lists what is in there. It locks again when the panel closes.

Vaultmaya@example.com

Your vault is locked

Enter your vault passphrase. It is separate from signing in.

Locks when this panel closes

A demonstration — type anything. There is no vault behind this page and nothing is sent anywhere.

Assistants

Bring your own. We don’t run one.

Symplist publishes 20 scoped tools over MCP. Claude Desktop, Claude Code or any MCP client can read and edit your tasks next to your real shell and repository. Your model key stays with your client.

Ask ChatGPT Ask Claude Ask Gemini Ask Perplexity Ask Grok Ask Copilot

Each link asks that assistant to read our llms.txt and explain Symplist to you. Nothing is sent to us.

1
Add Symplist to your clientRegister it as an MCP server in Claude Desktop, Claude Code or any client that speaks MCP.
2
Approve what it can seeA consent screen shows the tools requested. Scope the grant to specific tasks if you like.
3
Revoke wheneverEvery grant is listed in Settings, and removing one takes effect immediately.

In plain words

What we store, and what we don’t claim.

Encrypted at rest: Task titles, pages, labels and vault entries are encrypted before they are stored. Your email is not; it is how you sign in.
Not end-to-end: The service holds the keys so it can search and render your content. We would rather say so than imply otherwise.
Analytics off by default: No session recording, no ad trackers, and never any task or page text. Declining is as easy as accepting.
Free, with nothing above it: No billing, no quotas, no held-back features. If that ever changes, it changes in the open.

Start with one task.

Open Symplist

The most productive thing is often the most simple.

Three lists, and a real Markdown page with Git history behind every task. Nothing to optimise, nothing keeping score.

Studio, light · Geist · IBM Plex Mono

Deeper when you need it. Out of sight when you don’t.

A page, not a notes field

Headings, checklists and tables in plain Markdown. Every save is a Git commit you can compare and restore.

Labels, if you want them

A word and a colour for a slice of your list. Accounts without labels never see the feature.

Time that stays calm

Optional deadlines, a calendar, quiet hours and snooze. A date never moves a task for you.

A vault with its own key

Sensitive notes and keys sit behind a separate passphrase that signing in does not unlock.

Handoffs that expire

Share a read-only snapshot of a page with a link that expires, a password, or explicit public publication.

Yours to run

MIT licensed. The self-hosting template boots on local SQLite with no third-party accounts.

Bring your own. We don’t run one.

Symplist publishes 20 scoped tools over MCP. Claude Desktop, Claude Code or any MCP client can read and edit your tasks next to your real shell and repository. Your model key stays with your client.

Each link asks that assistant to read our llms.txt and explain Symplist to you. Nothing is sent to us.

The most productive thing is often the most simple.

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