meerato

What makes meerato different

Most to-do apps give you one big list and a pile of deadlines. meerato is built around how life is actually organized.

Tasks grouped into separate Work, Private and Sports club buckets

Buckets for every part of your life

Group tasks into the topics that belong together: Work, Private, your sports club, that other club, the kids' school. Each bucket keeps its world separate, so nothing bleeds together.

A task scheduled to move from Backlog to Now on a set date

Statuses, not deadlines

A task isn't "due." It has a status that tells you when to act. Instead of a deadline, you set when the status should change, and the task lands on your daily to-do list right when it should.

Backlog Now Blocked Done

A task shared by link and with watchers added by email

Built for collaboration

Share a link to any task so people are always up to date, or add their email and they'll be kept in the loop automatically as things change. No accounts to chase, no status meetings.

Built by nerds, for everyone

Power-user features under the hood, none of the complexity getting in your way.

Regex search

Search is a real regular-expression engine. Match by prefix, alternation or whole words (^Buy, invoice|receipt, \bbug\b) and combine it with status and bucket filters.

Simple, well-documented API

Create a task from anywhere with a single POST to your personal endpoint. Wire it into scripts, cron, shortcuts or your shell in seconds. Every parameter is documented right in the app.

Fully open source

The whole thing is open source as the meerkat project. Read the code, self-host it, or send a pull request. No lock-in, no black boxes.

Give it a try

Create a task from anywhere (a script, a shortcut, cron) by POSTing to your personal endpoint. The token below identifies your account, so keep it secret; anyone with it can add tasks for you.

Endpoint (token included)

Regenerating immediately stops the old token from working.

Bucket

Status

Copy and run this. Change the title (and text) to whatever you like.

`title`	Required. The task title.
`text`	Optional. Description (markdown).
`bucket_id`	Optional. Defaults to your first bucket.
`status`	Optional. `open`, `on_list`, `blocked` or `done`.

`#Bucket`	File it under an existing bucket by name, e.g. `#Work` or `#Side project`.
`@who@example.com`	Add a watcher by email (they get an invite). Add several by repeating it.
`!status`	Set the status: `!now`, `!backlog`, `!blocked` or `!done`.
a date at the end	Start the task in Backlog and automatically move it to Now on that day.

`tomorrow`	The next day.
`in 3 days` · `in 2 weeks` · `in 1 month`	Relative to today.
`next week`	The coming Monday (weeks start on Monday).
`next month` · `next year`	The 1st of next month · January 1st.
`monday` … `sunday`	The next time that weekday comes around (also `next friday`).
`on 2026-07-15`	A specific date (YYYY-MM-DD).

`report`	contains "report" anywhere
`^Buy`	title/notes starting with "Buy"
`invoice\|receipt`	matches "invoice" or "receipt"
`\bbug\b`	the whole word "bug"

`status:<value>`	Filter by status. Values: `backlog` (or `open`), `on_list` (or `todo`), `blocked`, `done`. Repeat to match any of several, e.g. `status:blocked status:done`.
`bucket:<name>`	Filter by bucket name (partial match), e.g. `bucket:work`. Use quotes for names with spaces: `bucket:"side project"`.

Automation

Add recurring task

Automated tasks

API

Your endpoint

Defaults for created tasks

Example: create a task

Parameters

Account

Timezone

New tasks

Sidebar order

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A to-do list modeled on your life.