# To Do list project?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/to-do-list-project/60070>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 9, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/to-do-list-project/60070 "2006-05-09T23:09:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![ryana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@ryana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryana)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/to-do-list-project/60070/1 "2006-05-09T23:09:33Z")

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I’m looking for a good web-based to do list app. Essentially, I’d like  
to use Basecamp’s todo management system, but that’s not an option  
since I can’t install Basecamp on a server I own. The information  
being tracked in the list cannot be sent out of my intranet.

I would imagine that there are a couple of open source rails apps that  
would meet my needs since many of the basic Rails intros are to do  
lists. All of my searches, however, just turn up those tutorials.

Is anyone out there working on an OSS To Do app or will I have to roll  
my own? I’d like to save myself the time and help out an existing  
project, if possible.

–  
Ryan

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**Author:** ![ryana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@ryana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryana)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/to-do-list-project/60070/2 "2006-05-09T23:30:56Z")

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Hi Ryan ~

With Rails it should literally take no more than an afternoon to put  
together a to-do list. But if you want I will build it for you for  
$5000.00. Where are those tutorials?

~ Ben “drank to much coffee” Reubenstein

On 5/9/06, Ryan N. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> my own? I’d like to save myself the time and help out an existing  
> project, if possible.
> 
> –  
> Ryan
> 
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Ben R.  
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**Author:** ![ryana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@ryana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryana)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/to-do-list-project/60070/3 "2006-05-09T23:40:33Z")

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create table todo\_items (  
id int not null,  
title varchar(255) not null,  
notes text not null,  
created\_at datetime not null,  
required\_by datetime not null,  
primary key(id)  
);

ruby script/generate scaffold TodoItem

Can I have my £5000 now?

:0)

Steve

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**Author:** ![ryana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@ryana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryana)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 11:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/to-do-list-project/60070/4 "2006-05-09T23:43:41Z")

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[http://www.google.com/search?q=ruby+on+rails+to+do+list&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&r](http://www.google.com/search?q=ruby+on+rails+to+do+list&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&r)

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**Author:** ![ryana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@ryana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryana)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/to-do-list-project/60070/5 "2006-05-10T00:02:20Z")

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Yeah, yeah, I know. It does take a bit more than 30 seconds to get  
something of the quality of basecamp, however. That classic 80/20 rule  
and everything. I was hoping that there was an existing OSS  
project/time management app that I could use to get a running start.

After all, it would take no more than an afternoon to get a blog  
system running, yet Typo is still under active development.

–  
Ryan

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**Author:** ![ryana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@ryana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryana)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/to-do-list-project/60070/6 "2006-05-10T00:11:33Z")

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Task-this is a nice, simple to-do list application with the source  
available:

> **[TaskTHIS :: Home](http://taskthis.elucidata-apps.com/)**
>
> TaskTHIS is a free, opensource, todo list application.

Tracks is also a nice getting this done application:  
[http://www.rousette.org.uk/projects/](http://www.rousette.org.uk/projects/)

–  
Joe C.

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**Author:** ![ryana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@ryana](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ryana)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/to-do-list-project/60070/7 "2006-05-10T00:17:44Z")

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Ah, brilliant! Thanks, I’ll explore these two options and see where I  
can help out.

–  
Ryan