KomoDo vs sleek
We give KomoDo a 2.8 GPA and sleek a 3.4, out of 4.0. sleek grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
How we grade them
| 2.8GPAKomoDoGood | 3.4GPAsleekVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AFree and open source under the GPL, with no paid plans. KDE takes donations if you'd like to support it. | AFree and open source under the MIT license, with no paid version. The Mac App Store listing is free with no in-app purchases too. The developer asks for optional sponsorship toward app store fees, and that's the only money involved. |
| Free plan and trial | AThe whole app is free, from Flathub, Discover or your distribution's package manager. There's nothing to upgrade to. | AThe complete app is free, from the Mac App Store, Microsoft Store, Snap Store, Flathub, Homebrew or a direct download. There's no paid tier, so nothing is kept back. |
| Features | CIt opens and creates todo.txt files, shows each line as a card with its priority, project and context, and lets you add, edit, filter and search. That's the feature list. No sync or reminders are mentioned, and version 1.0.0 only came out in August 2025. | BIt does one thing, managing todo.txt files, and does it fully: priorities, contexts, projects, due dates, recurrence, deferred todos, grouping, an advanced search and archiving to done.txt. The gap is sync. None is built in, so sharing the file between devices is left to other tools. |
| Ease of use | BWe have no App Store rating on record, so a B is as high as we go. You install it like any other Linux app. The todo.txt format has its own little rules, but a help section inside the app explains them. | BYou don't have to learn the todo.txt syntax, because built-in pickers set it for you and dates can be typed the way you'd say them. No rating on record, so it stops at a B. One snag: the Flatpak build needs extra file permissions to reopen your file after a restart. |
| Platforms and integrations | DLinux only, and desktop only at that. No phone app, no web version and nothing it connects to. The one upside of todo.txt is that other tools can read the same file. | BWindows, Mac and Linux, which covers every desktop. But there's no mobile or web version and no integrations. What helps is the file: a watcher picks up changes made by other todo.txt apps, so a second app can work on the same list. |
| Best for | todo.txt lists on the KDE desktop | a friendly face for your todo.txt file |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: KomoDo and sleek. How we grade
Where they differ
- KomoDo is free. sleek is free.
- Only sleek lists macOS and Windows apps.
- sleek also covers Markdown and natural-language input.
In commonFree planLinuxOpen sourceLocal-firstTasks
At a glance
| KomoDo | sleek | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Starts at | Free | Free |
| Free plan | KomoDo is free, open-source software under the GPL-2.0-or-later license with no paid plans. KDE accepts donations. | Free and open source under the MIT license on Windows, macOS and Linux; the Mac App Store listing is free with no in-app purchases. The developer asks for optional sponsorship toward app store fees. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| Made by | KDE | Robin Ahle |
| Price read from | apps.kde.org | github.com |
| Checked | Oct 9, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 |
Who each one suits
KomoDo
- Linux and KDE Plasma users who keep tasks in todo.txt
- People who want their list in a plain-text file they control
- Newcomers to todo.txt who want the format explained in the app
sleek
- People who keep their tasks in a plain todo.txt file
- Using one task file from several todo.txt apps
- Desktop users who want a free graphical todo.txt app
- Keyboard users: the app is navigable with shortcuts
Worth knowing
KomoDo
- Linux only: the KDE page offers installation through Linux app stores, distribution packages and Flathub, which marks it as desktop only.
- The feature list covers opening, editing, filtering and searching todo.txt files; it mentions no sync, reminders or mobile app.
- The project is young: version 1.0.0 was released on 2025-08-01.
sleek
- Desktop only: sleek is offered for Windows, macOS and Linux, with no mobile or web version.
- Tasks live in todo.txt files, and the README and wiki describe no built-in sync service, so sharing a file between devices is left to other tools.
- The Flatpak build runs in a sandbox and needs extra file permissions before it can reopen a todo.txt file after a restart.
- The README says the backlog is growing while capacity is limited, and asks for contributors and sponsors.
Key features
KomoDo
- Works on todo.txt files
- KomoDo opens any file that follows the todo.txt specification and can create new ones, so a list stays in a plain-text format that other todo.txt tools read.
- Tasks shown as cards
- A line with a priority, a date, a +project, an @context and tags such as due: is parsed and shown as a card, not as raw text.
- Add, edit and delete tasks
- Tasks are added, changed and removed from within the app, which works directly on the todo.txt file.
- Filter and search
- The task list can be filtered and searched. Version 1.5.0 sped up search and fixed loading of a saved filter.
- Built-in todo.txt help
- A help section inside the app explains the todo.txt specification, which the project says makes it suitable for newcomers to the format.
- Inline links and launch arguments
- Version 1.6.0 added Markdown-style inline links in tasks, and version 1.5.0 added arguments for starting the app from the command line.
sleek
- Works on todo.txt files
- sleek opens existing todo.txt files or creates new ones and can manage several at once. A file watcher picks up changes made to a file by other todo.txt apps.
- todo.txt attributes with pickers
- Todos carry priorities, contexts, projects, due dates, recurrence, threshold dates for deferred todos and pomodoro intervals, set by typing the syntax or through built-in pickers.
- Filter, sort, group and search
- Todos can be filtered, sorted and grouped by any attribute, with the order of each group invertible, and an advanced search accepts filter expressions based on todo.txt syntax.
- Recurring todos and notifications
- Marking a recurring todo complete creates the next one, and due dates can trigger notifications.
- Archiving completed todos
- Completed todos can be shown, hidden or archived into a separate done.txt file.
- Markdown and human-friendly dates
- Descriptions support Markdown, including links with custom protocols such as file://. Due and threshold dates can be typed as spoken dates, and todos can be created multi-line or in bulk.
Plans
KomoDo
Free$0
The whole application, installed from Flathub, a Linux app store such as Discover or a distribution's package manager.
sleek
Free$0
The complete app from the Mac App Store, Microsoft Store, Snap Store, Flathub, Homebrew, the AUR or a direct download.
