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Ask HN: Task list/to-do tools like Trello, but with checkboxes?

15 pointsby jamiewebover 6 years ago
I&#x27;ve been trying to find a webapp task list&#x2F;to-do list that is basically the same as Trello, but with checkboxes on the cards so that I can tick them off once complete.<p>In Trello I like the columns feature where each list is a column on my screen (one for each project), but once a card is completed there is no feature to tick it off. At the moment I&#x27;m just setting a green label which kind of solves it, but isn&#x27;t the intended usage of the labels feature.<p>I&#x27;ve tried some of the Trello power-ups but can&#x27;t find anything that does what I want.<p>What other web apps exist that can do this?

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martin-adamsover 6 years ago
I know Trello has checklists but they are hidden away in the cards. We&#x27;re working on something in this area for our startup <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;zaro.io" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;zaro.io</a>. Here&#x27;s a wireframe of how we plan to approach subtasks (so it feels like checklists). <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;NdmL3Z1" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;NdmL3Z1</a><p>Each subtask is a full task so can be assigned, have deadlines if necessary, or just keep it simple.<p>Is that the type of approach you&#x27;re looking for? Sorry I can&#x27;t recommend something you can use today.
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PeOeover 6 years ago
I would recommend Zenkit (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;zenkit.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;zenkit.com</a>). The press expresses Zenkit as a &quot;Trello-Killer&quot;. You have the Trello-like Kanban board but also a list view, calendar, mind map and table view.<p>If you have set up your board you can activate the checkboxes in the settings of this collection.
equaluniqueover 6 years ago
You could also try labeling your Trello cards with &quot;Complete&quot;, &quot;In Progress&quot; etc.<p>I believe the Trello philosophy is to instead use a &quot;Completed&quot; column on your board. You move the <i>completed</i> card over into the &quot;Completed&quot; column.
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joeld42over 6 years ago
Trello can have checkboxes on the cards (like for subtasks), but in the overview it summarizes them like &quot;2&#x2F;5 checked&quot;. It would be nice if it listed the whole checklist at least for short lists.
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jameslkover 6 years ago
If you just want to check all the boxes when a card is completed, you could use something like Butler to automate it (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;butlerfortrello.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;butlerfortrello.com</a>). It won&#x27;t help with showing the checkboxes on the cards though.<p>For example, I use this to ensure checkboxes are checked before a card can be moved into another column. Or to mark the due date as complete when all checkboxes are checked.
jorgeavaldezover 6 years ago
I would definitely recommend setting something up with <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.notion.so&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.notion.so&#x2F;</a>
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mickduprezover 6 years ago
why don&#x27;t you create a &#x27;&lt;Project-Name&gt; Done&#x27; list and move the card&#x2F;s to there? Once the project is finished you can archive the list.
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cimmanomover 6 years ago
Asana?
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hiciuover 6 years ago
Maybe ora.pm? <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ora.pm&#x2F;project&#x2F;442&#x2F;list&#x2F;953" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ora.pm&#x2F;project&#x2F;442&#x2F;list&#x2F;953</a> (once you are logged in there are also other options).
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ksecover 6 years ago
Try <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.notion.so&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.notion.so&#x2F;</a><p>Don&#x27;t know about others, but out of a few dozens of tools I had looked into Notion was the only one that &quot;clicked&quot;.
alan_wadeover 6 years ago
I recommend checking out <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dynalist.io" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dynalist.io</a> or <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nulis.io" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nulis.io</a>
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chilly_pillowover 6 years ago
Wunderlist (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wunderlist.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wunderlist.com&#x2F;</a>) sounds like something you are talking about.
kingkongjaffaover 6 years ago
Cards describe the work to be done, not the status of the work
debian3over 6 years ago
I use freedcamp
julienreszkaover 6 years ago
Just use markdown <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.github.com&#x2F;2014-04-28-task-lists-in-all-markdown-documents&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.github.com&#x2F;2014-04-28-task-lists-in-all-markdow...</a><p>Why complicate with more software
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