Donetick — Self-Hosted, Open-Source

Task and chore management tool for personal and family use, with advanced scheduling, flexible assignment, and group sharing capabilities, detailed history, automation via API, simple and modern design.

License: AGPL-3.0. Built with: Go, Shell, Dockerfile. Website: https://donetick.com. Source: https://github.com/donetick/donetick.

Features

Supports flexible scheduling: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, specific months, specific days of the week, or even adaptive scheduling — where Donetick learns from historical completions to suggest due dates automatically.
Due Date vs Completion Date Based Recurrence: Choose whether recurring tasks should be scheduled from the previous due date (ideal for a consistent cadence) or from the actual completion date (useful when tasks are often delayed).
Assignee Rotation: Automatically rotate task assignments based on who has completed the fewest tasks, randomly, or in turns(round-robin) order.
Time Tracking & Session Insights: Track how much time you spend on a task whether in a single session or across multiple.

Installation

2. **Run the container:** Replace `/path/to/host/data` and `/path/to/host/config`: ```bash docker run \ -v /path/to/host/data:/donetick-data \ -v /path/to/host/config:/config \ -p 2021:2021 \ -e DT_ENV=selfhosted \ -e DT_SQLITE_PATH=/donetick-data/donetick.db \ -e TZ=Etc/UTC \ --health-cmd "wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:2021/api/v1/health || exit 1" \ --health-start-period 1m \ --health-timeout 5s \ --health-interval 1m \ --health-retries 3 \ donetick/donetick ``` ### Using Docker Compose Use this template to set up Donetick with Docker Compose: ```yaml services: donetick: image: donetick/donetick container_name: donetick restart: unless-stopped ports: - 2021:2021 volumes: - ./data:/donetick-data - ./config:/config environment: - DT_ENV=selfhosted - DT_SQLITE_PATH=/donetick-data/donetick.db - TZ=Etc/UTC healthcheck: test: wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:2021/api/v1/health || exit 1 start_period: 1m timeout: 5s interval: 1m retries: 3

Why self-host Donetick

Self-hosting gives you three things SaaS can’t: data ownership (the files live on disks you control), cost predictability (a one-time setup vs. recurring per-seat fees that grow with your household or team), and longevity (open-source means the app keeps working even if the maintainers move on, since you can pin a working version). The trade-off is that you take on the operational work of running a server, applying updates, and handling backups.

What hardware do you need

Most self-hosted apps run comfortably on modest hardware — a Raspberry Pi 4, a mini PC, a NAS with Docker support, or a small VPS is usually enough for personal or family use. CPU and RAM requirements scale with how many simultaneous users or how much data you push through Donetick. Storage requirements depend on the kind of data you keep; check the README for guidance on data retention.

Where to go from here

Last verified: 2026-04-22