# Cfait

> Offline-first CalDAV task manager for terminal, desktop and Android

Cfait is an open-source task manager with a terminal interface, a desktop app and an Android app built on one Rust core. Tasks are typed in a compact syntax that sets priority, dates, duration, tags and location in a single line, and they can be nested or made to block one another. It works fully offline with a local collection and can sync through any standard CalDAV server, such as Nextcloud or Radicale.

- **Category:** To-Do List Apps
- **Made by:** Benoit Brummer (Trougnouf)
- **Website:** https://github.com/trougnouf/cfait
- **Runs on:** Linux, Windows, macOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 9, 2026

## Pricing

Cfait is free to use.

- **Pricing model:** Free
- **Free plan:** Cfait is free, open-source software under the GPL-3.0 license with no paid plans. The developer accepts donations through Liberapay and Ko-fi.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | The terminal, desktop and Android apps with every feature. Syncing uses a CalDAV server the user supplies. |

Read from https://github.com/trougnouf/cfait on Oct 9, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Cfait before buying.

## Key features

- **One-line task syntax:** Typing a line such as "Buy green tea @tomorrow !1" sets the due date and priority. Other markers set start dates, estimated durations, recurrence and locations.
- **Terminal, desktop and Android apps:** A terminal interface, a graphical desktop app and a native Android app with home-screen widgets share one Rust core and the same task data.
- **Offline-first with CalDAV sync:** The default Local collection needs no server. To sync devices, Cfait connects to standard CalDAV servers; the README names Nextcloud, Radicale and Baikal.
- **Sub-tasks, dependencies and tags:** Tasks form parent and child trees, one task can block another, and hierarchical tags such as #work:backend can be combined into reusable aliases.
- **Time tracking and goals:** A task can be started and paused to record time spent, given an estimated duration, or tied to a recurring habit goal such as five times a year.
- **Daily notes and wiki pages:** A date-anchored journal and wiki pages linked with double square brackets sit beside the tasks and sync as CalDAV VJOURNAL entries.

## Good for

- Keyboard-driven users who work in a terminal
- People who sync tasks through their own CalDAV server
- Linux and Android users who want an open-source task manager

## Worth knowing

- There is no iOS app or web version: the README lists Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, macOS and Android.
- The macOS binaries are built and hosted by a contributor on a separate site, not on the project's releases page.
- Syncing between devices needs a CalDAV server that the user hosts or signs up for; Cfait runs no sync service of its own.
- Help is built into the apps; the README points to in-app guides, a commented config file and SPECS.md in place of a manual.

## Works with

Nextcloud, Radicale, Baikal, iCloud, Xandikos

**Tags:** Open source, Tasks, Works offline, Local-first, Keyboard-first, Time tracking, Daily notes

## Alternatives

- [Tasks.org](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tasks-org): Open-source Android to-do list with CalDAV and Google Tasks sync. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cfait-vs-tasks-org)
- [jtx Board](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jtx-board): Android app for journals, notes and tasks with CalDAV sync. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cfait-vs-jtx-board)
- [Taskwarrior](https://toolgpa.com/tools/taskwarrior): Free, open-source to-do list manager for the command line. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cfait-vs-taskwarrior)
- [Dooit](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dooit): Terminal to-do manager configured with a Python file. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cfait-vs-dooit)
- [Errands](https://toolgpa.com/tools/errands): Simple open-source to-do app for the GNOME desktop on Linux. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cfait-vs-errands)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 9, 2026:

- https://github.com/trougnouf/cfait
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trougnouf.cfait&hl=en_US&gl=US
- https://flathub.org/apps/com.trougnouf.Cfait

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