Like a Book

— Run your life and work the way you write a book —

To-do lists vanish the moment you check them off. A book keeps every page.
Completed tasks are never deleted here — they stay on the page as the marks of your effort, and the trace of your growth.

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Like a Book hero illustration: a book being written
EVERY COMPLETED TASK · A PAGE YOU HAVE WRITTEN

WHY A BOOK?

PHILOSOPHY · Rethinking the to-do list

The Old To-Do List Logic

  • The metaphor: a list waiting to be crossed off
  • Finish a task and it disappears — your effort evaporates with it
  • Clearing the list is a brief dopamine hit, then blankness
  • Look back three months later: nothing is left
  • You only ever see "what's still undone"

The Like a Book Logic

  • The metaphor: a book being written, one page at a time
  • Every area of life is a chapter; every task, an entry
  • Completed tasks stay on the page — your marks remain
  • Open the Book of Done anytime and see how far you've come
  • You see what to write next — and how much you've already written

It doesn't just push tasks forward — it records your growth. Close one page, open the next.

FEATURES

Every design choice follows the book metaphor

WRITE & ORGANIZE

Text coloring, chapter colors and numbering styles

Make It Yours · Colors & Numbering

Select any phrase, right-click, ink it in color — and give each chapter its own tint. Four numbering styles, from 1. / 1.1. to a Chinese table of contents, with Ctrl+Z undo always at hand.

Outline editing with keyboard shortcuts

Outliner-First · Keyboard as Your Pen

Enter to write, Tab to indent, Ctrl+Enter to complete — on a paper-textured table of contents.

Chapter filter and pagination

Chapters & Pagination

Read by chapter or as a whole book; numbering stays book-wide and continuous, like a real table of contents.

Color bookmarks on the book spine

Color Bookmarks · Instant Jump

Star tasks in five colors; ribbons appear on the spine, click one to jump straight to its page.

DO & CELEBRATE

Satisfying check-off feedback with a warm glow and gold sparks

Satisfying Check-Offs

Each ✓ lands with a bounce, a warm glow, and a little gold confetti — closing a page feels earned.

Focus board with sticky notes and rope connections

Focus Board · Its Own Window

A cork board apart: pin tasks as sticky notes, link them with colorable rope lines, and tidy them up in one click — synced with the book in real time.

The Book of Done overlay

The Book of Done · Your Growth Archive

The signature: completed tasks stay — collected in a read-only book, grouped by chapter. Pick a date to revisit that day, and export the book (or just that day) as a beautifully typeset PDF.

Wish bottle collecting stars for every task created

Wish Bottle · Every Step Counts

Every task you create lights a star — a record of your thinking. Delete the task, and the star stays: it is the trace of your attempt, and every step is worth keeping.

Badge collection with hidden achievements

Badges · Hidden Achievements

Fifteen badges mark your milestones — six hidden, waiting to be discovered. A gold card announces each unlock.

OWN YOUR DATA

Export and import your data

JSON, TXT & Markdown

Import or export in all three formats — JSON for a faithful backup, TXT for a clean outline, and Markdown for portable notes. Export everything or completed items only.

Book of Done exported as a paper-colored PDF

Book of Done · PDF Export

Turn your full completion archive—or one selected day—into a beautifully typeset, paper-colored PDF with a cover, chapters, completion dates and automatic pagination.

Local-first storage

No Accounts · Local-First

No sign-up, no backend, no tracking — everything stays in your browser.

TRY IT NOW

LIVE DEMO · The full app, embedded and running

Everything you write is auto-saved in your browser's local storage — refresh and it's still there. Try it: write a few lines with Enter, indent with Tab, check something off, then open the 📖 Book of Done and see the pages you've left.

🪟 The desktop app is Windows-only for now — sorry, Mac friends! If many people love it, macOS and more platforms are on the way 💛

100% free for personal use · v1.15.0.0 · ~1.2 MB installer · by downloading you agree to the EULA, Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
If Windows shows a blue "protected your PC" notice (the installer is not code-signed yet), click More info → Run anyway — the app is fully offline and collects nothing.