Todoist
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5recommend
3warn against
Dec 30, 2025first mention
Oct 19, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“use todoist if you want to USE it”
“I used todoist to store the articles because I was already using it for task management and have a simple rest api”
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“put it in todoist”
“electing to choose Todoist instead of org-mode for my todo list”
switched from org-modeon “The Emacsification of Software”
Caveats and dissent
“Used to be todoist loyalist but it sucks for habits.”
“Next up I'm moving my TODOs off Todoist to something local-first”
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“I've used todoist, I've used asana”
“use todoist if you want to USE it”
“I used todoist to store the articles because I was already using it for task management and have a simple rest api”
“put it in todoist”
“Ideas get routed to Things or todoist.”
“I've tried task warrior, and todoist, and in the end I just keep going back to a straight text file I edit.”
“my own interpretation of Todoist and Things 3”
“pushes the work items into Todoist so commitments don't get lost”
“electing to choose Todoist instead of org-mode for my todo list”
“building an AI-native CLI for Todoist”
“https://www.todoist.com/”
“In case anyone wants Todoist + Gcal events on the kindle”
“Todoist tickles my brain just right for that.”
I've been a developer for 6 years. I can architect APIs that scale and debug nasty race conditions. But I couldn't make myself go to the gym consistently. The Graveyard of Failed Systems I've tried Todoist, Notion, Pomodoro, habit trackers, morning routines, "don't break the chain," Beeminder, public Twitter commitments. All abandoned within weeks. I read Atomic Habits. Understood the cue-routine-reward loop. Knew ab
“Used to be todoist loyalist but it sucks for habits.”
“Clone of Todoist with the features that I actually use/want”
“My personal takeaway from it was to try Todoist, which has been a complete game changer in my life.”
“various apps like todoist, etc.”
“As a Todoist heavy user”
“Next up I'm moving my TODOs off Todoist to something local-first”