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README.md

Taskly for Linux (Vala + GTK4/libadwaita)

Native GNOME-platform app: Vala — the GNOME project's first-party language that compiles to plain C/GObject (no VM, no runtime; the binary links only C libraries: libgtk-4, libadwaita-1, libsqlite3, libnotify, glib). Build system is meson, the GNOME standard. The binary is dual-mode — taskly with no arguments opens the native window; any argument routes to the agent CLI (contract-identical to the macOS/Windows ports), before any GTK initialization.

Build

Requires valac, meson, and the GTK4/libadwaita development packages:

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install valac meson libgtk-4-dev libadwaita-1-dev \
  libsqlite3-dev libnotify-dev pkg-config
# Fedora
sudo dnf install vala meson gtk4-devel libadwaita-devel \
  sqlite-devel libnotify-devel

cd apps/linux
meson setup build
meson compile -C build
meson test -C build        # contract tests (schema, date parser, i18n, CLI JSON)

./build/taskly list --json
./build/taskly                             # GUI

Package

  • Flatpak manifest: flatpak/app.taskly.Taskly.yml (org.gnome.Sdk ships valac + meson)
  • Desktop entry: resources/taskly.desktop; icon: resources/taskly.svg
  • Binary links system libsqlite3 only — no bundled SQLite

Layout

Path Contents
src/taskly.vala Entry: CLI routing before GTK init + Adw.Application
src/database.vala Schema v4 + contract queries + conformance-ready helpers
src/dateparser.vala Date/time grammar contract (--due syntax)
src/cli.vala, src/clijson.vala, src/cliinstaller.vala Agent CLI, byte-compatible JSON writer, install-cli
src/reminder.vala Due reminders via libnotify (freedesktop notifications)
src/ui.vala, src/dialogs.vala GTK4/libadwaita window + modal editors
src/i18n.vala Bilingual tables from resources/i18n/*.json (synced single source)
tests/core-test.vala Contract tests (meson test)

Status / known deltas vs 0.6.4

  • Feature-complete per shared/spec/PRODUCT-SPEC.md except: list edit and task full-editing live in modal dialogs (right-click menus land with a later popover pass); task-row inline text editing is dialog-based.
  • Quick-add adopts the CLI date semantics (pure-date intent clears the time — the 0.6.x GUI quirk is fixed).
  • Verified: full native compile + link (GTK4/libadwaita toolchain), contract tests green, CLI end-to-end smoke with --db isolation. Linux CI job runs the same on ubuntu-latest.