A to-do list that never asks you to sign in.
Tasks belong in one file, on your laptop. No sync, no reminders, no company owning your Monday.
Cloud to-do apps had a good run. They also introduced the pattern where a list of things you meant to do turns into a stream of push notifications from a company. An offline to-do list is a page you open — the amount of it that exists is exactly the amount of it you look at.
Just the list
The Tasks tool is a single file: title, done, notes, tags. Keyboard-first. Fast.
Or the full planner
Planner's Compass builds on the same task shape but adds time-blocks, goals, habits, and a weekly review. Same file model.
What you give up on purpose
Push notifications. Location reminders. Cross-device sync built by us. All of these can be added by putting the file in iCloud Drive or Syncthing — but they aren't the point.
What to reach for
Common questions
Cross-device sync?
Not built in. Put the file in iCloud Drive / Dropbox / Syncthing — sync becomes a file-system problem, not an app problem.
Reminders?
None. Look at the file when you want to do the thing. It turns out to be a better rhythm for most people.
Compared to Todoist?
See /vs/todoist.
Subtasks?
Yes, one level. Deeper trees start feeling like project management; use Planner's Compass for that.