A tiny menu bar todo app for macOS. No Electron, no Xcode project, no dependencies — just a single Swift file compiled from the terminal.

• Lives in your menu bar — no Dock icon, no window clutter
• Add tasks with Enter, check them off with a click
• Double-click to edit, hover to reveal delete
• Archive completed lists to timestamped JSON files
• Data persisted locally in ~/Library/Application Support/LittleTodo/
• Native macOS look and feel (SwiftUI + AppKit)
• ~300 lines of Swift. That's it.

git clone https://github.com/Liftof/littletodo.git
cd littletodo
chmod +x build.sh
./build.sh

Then either:

# Run directly
open LittleTodo.app

# Or copy to Applications
cp -r LittleTodo.app /Applications/

• macOS 14.0 or later
• Apple Silicon (arm64)
• Xcode Command Line Tools (xcode-select --install)

The entire app is a single main.swift file:

• SwiftUI for the popover UI
• AppKit (NSStatusItem + NSPopover) for menu bar integration
• JSON files in Application Support for persistence
• Compiled with swiftc — no Xcode project needed

littletodo/
├── main.swift      # The entire app
├── build.sh        # Build script
├── Info.plist      # App bundle metadata
├── LICENSE         # MIT
└── README.md

To start LittleTodo automatically:

1. Open System Settings → General → Login Items
2. Click + and select LittleTodo.app

MIT — see LICENSE.

Pierre-Baptiste Borges — @Liftof