XITE

a more evolved plain-text file format for todos and checklists

based heavily on xit but is not spec compliant

(a todo list for exciteable people, or... [x]it! evolved)

example

tasks will be pulled from almost any file, as long as the lines start with [ ] or - [ ]

this is an example of a bare todo list:

[ ] new
[@] active
[x] complete
[~] obsolete
[?] undecided
[!] blocked
[>] deferred

[@] active parent item
    [@] active child item
        [ ] open second level child
        [x] completed second level child
    [ ] open child item
    [x] completed child item

[ ] item with #project or #category tags
    [ ] and some children of a task with tags
    [ ] this one has a #fnord tag

xite --status=open ./examples/bare.xit

xite --status=open --tag=fnord ./examples/bare.xit

xite --max-tasks=3 ./examples/bare.xit

flag parsing precedence

command-line flags are processed in the following order:

1. top level FILES from positional args are parsed
2. --project filters are applied before other files are loaded
3. files referenced explicitly by TOML or implicitly by search_dirs are loaded
4. --tag and --status filters are applied
5. sorting (--sort-by-status) is applied
6. output limits (--max-tasks) are applied (per project/source)

acknowledgments

this project was almost 100% vibe coded with the help of aider and Gemini 2.5 Pro.

inspired heavily by xit