DANO

DANO is a free, open-source, offline-first desktop app that unifies the tools you normally spread across five apps — a note-taking app, a to-do list, a project tracker, a contacts/CRM, and a calendar — into one fast, keyboard-driven workspace.

It's built around Tiago Forte's PARA method, organizing everything you work on into Projects (things with a goal and a deadline), Areas (ongoing parts of your life), Resources (Markdown notes and reference material), and an Archive for anything finished. A quick-capture Inbox catches stray thoughts to sort later.

Everything runs 100% offline. Your data lives in a local SQLite database on your machine — no accounts, no cloud, no tracking. You can export and import your content and settings as JSON at any time.

Features:

• PARA organization: Areas hold Projects, Projects hold Tasks; notes link to anything.
• Dashboard with quick capture, stats, and recent activity.
• Markdown notes with tags and links to projects, areas, and contacts.
• Tasks with due dates and drag-to-reorder.
• Light CRM: contacts with notes and recurring dates that surface on the calendar.
• Calendar with month, week, and agenda views.
• Pin/favorite, filter and sort, light/dark/system themes, adjustable zoom, and four fonts.
• Backup and restore as JSON. Keyboard-first navigation.

Built with Tauri v2, Svelte 5, and SQLite.