Based on the same solarised theme, modern look ,and max productivity concepts of my Codetrest — Your Ultimate Markdown-Powered Notes Hub project. Aiming to give modern software at native speed.

Not bragging but with tauri-rust power the overall app is just 10mb and the installers are just 3mb as opposed to the 150mb you would have expected for a web framework based desktop app embedding full chromium. Tauri uses native windows/os web viewer.

Litask turns Tauri into a lightweight productivity cockpit. The desktop shell wraps a React + Tailwind UI that focuses on:

• Projects overview – snapshot every initiative with health, owners, and quick stats.
• Structured task boards – Kanban-style queues with drag & drop (powered by DnD Kit) and keyboard-friendly dialogs.
• Deep focus tools – global command palette, contextual sidebars, color-coded priorities, and theme switching via Radix primitives.
• Offline-first storage – the Tauri sidecar persists your data in the Documents folder so everything stays on-device.

Built on a modern React stack (Vite, TypeScript, TanStack Query, shadcn/ui) but delivered as a native-feeling desktop app.

• Download portable or installer for the project and run from release page

1. Install Node.js for the frontend workspace.
2. Install Rust for the Tauri shell.
3. Install dependencies (root + src thanks to npm workspaces):

   npm install

npm run tauri dev  # Boots the desktop shell and proxies to the dev server

npm run tauri build # Packages the desktop app (runs npm run build first)

• Store tasks safely to documents - Stored in ~/Documents/Litask Data.json. Which is most likely backed up by onedrive aldready! So you get your content saved to cloud additionally as backup!
• Commanding navigation – Palette, sidebar filters, and keyboard shortcuts accelerate project hops.
• Flexible dialogs – Create/update tasks with validation (React Hook Form + Zod) and contextual metadata pickers.
• Visual analytics – Recharts-powered workload and progress charts plus status badges for quick scanning.
• First-class theming – Light/dark/system themes, Radix UI components, and tailwind-merge utility classes keep styling consistent.
• Desktop superpowers – File system plugin and local document storage keep work accessible even without a network.

• On desktop launches, the React context hydrates itself from the Tauri command load_litask_data, which reads Documents/Litask Data.json and converts timestamps/subtasks back into rich objects.
• Every task/project mutation triggers a debounced persistState flow that mirrors the latest state to both localStorage (for the web build) and the Documents JSON file via the save_litask_data command.
• If the JSON file is missing or empty, the app falls back to whatever is in localStorage, then rewrites the desktop file so both locations stay in sync.

• The first Tauri build compiles Rust crates and can take a few minutes.
• src-tauri/target and src/dist are ignored—run the build commands whenever you need fresh artifacts.
• User data is written to Documents/Litask Data.json; delete it if you want a clean slate.