EisenApp

A task management application based on the Eisenhower Matrix, built with Tauri (Rust backend + web frontend).

Features

• 4-quadrant matrix: Urgent & Important, Important & Not urgent, Urgent & Not important, Not urgent & Not important
• Drag & drop: move tasks from the list to any quadrant
• Priority list: consolidated view of tasks by priority (right sidebar)
• Completion: check/uncheck tasks (strikethrough + reduced opacity)
• Deletion: individual or bulk (with confirmation), with 10-second undo
• Light/dark theme: toggle with persistence (localStorage)
• Keyboard shortcut: Cmd/Ctrl+N to focus the input
• Persistence: JSON saved to disk (app data dir)
• Auto-updates: checked at startup + banner in the title bar
• Inline editing: double-click a task to edit its text (Enter to confirm, Escape to cancel)
• Task import: import a list from a .txt/.md file (button, drag & drop onto the window, or paste a multi-line list). Supports markdown format (- [ ], - [x], -)
• Markdown export: export the priority list as .md (clipboard copy or save with native file dialog), respects the active filter
• Custom flags: tag tasks with configurable flags (Pro/Personal by default) — click the badge to choose from a dropdown, filter by flag in the title bar, export respects the active filter
  • Add and remove flags from settings (General tab), each with a custom color chosen from a palette
  • Removing a flag clears it from all affected tasks
• Task ordering: reorder non-completed tasks within each quadrant using ↑ ↓ buttons (visible on hover), order preserved in the priority list and export
• Display density: Normal or Compact mode, configurable in settings
• Customizable settings: tabbed panel (General / Quadrants)
  • General: language, flag toggle, density mode
  • Quadrants: custom names and colors per quadrant, individual reset
• Multilingual: French, English, Spanish, German — auto-detected from system language, persisted across sessions
• Scrollable quadrants: each quadrant scrolls independently, all four share equal height

Architecture

eisenhower-tasks-rust/
├── src-tauri/
│   ├── Cargo.toml           # Rust dependencies (tauri, serde, serde_json)
│   ├── tauri.conf.json      # Tauri config (window, bundle, identifier)
│   ├── build.rs             # Tauri build script
│   └── src/
│       ├── main.rs          # Entry point
│       └── lib.rs           # Tauri commands: load_tasks, save_tasks, check_for_updates, install_update, save_markdown
├── src/                     # Frontend
│   ├── index.html           # UI (matrix + sidebars)
│   ├── styles.css           # Styles (light/dark theme, animations)
│   ├── i18n.js              # Translations (FR, EN, ES, DE)
│   └── renderer.js          # App logic (drag & drop, rendering, API)
└── package.json             # npm + Tauri CLI

Requirements

• Rust (stable)
• Node.js (v18+)

Installation

cd eisenhower-tasks-rust
npm install

Development

npm run tauri:dev

Build

npm run tauri:build

Bundles are generated in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/:

• macOS: .app + .dmg
• Windows: NSIS installer
• Linux: AppImage + .deb

Download

Releases are available on the GitHub Releases page. The app updates automatically when a new version is published.

macOS — first launch

The app is not notarized by Apple, so Gatekeeper blocks it on first launch. Two options:

Option 1 — right-click

Right-click the app → Open → Open Anyway. macOS remembers the choice and won't ask again.

Option 2 — Terminal

xattr -cr "/Applications/Eisenhower Tasks.app"

Publishing a new release

1. Update the version in src-tauri/tauri.conf.json:

   "version": "1.x.0",

2. Commit, tag and push:

   git add src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
   git commit -m "chore: bump version to 1.x.0"
   git tag v1.x.0
   git push origin main && git push origin v1.x.0

The GitHub Actions workflow automatically builds for macOS (arm64 + x64), Windows and Linux, then publishes the release.