A free and open-source alternative to Neurolist: an AI-assisted planner built as a cognitive prosthetic for ADHD executive dysfunction — task-initiation paralysis, overwhelming to-dos, and time blindness.

You bring the task. Mindlist breaks it into calm, timed micro-steps and walks you through them one at a time with a focus playlist timer. BYOK: your own OpenRouter key, your data stays on your device.

✨ Features

Area	What it does
Magic Subtasks	Any daunting task → sequenced micro-step checklist with per-step minutes, in Easy / Medium / Hard granularity (Hard = hyper-granular, zero-implicit-knowledge physical moves)
Life Context	Persistent constraints (small apartment, low energy, distractions…) shape every AI breakdown
AI Edit	Conversational patching — "no vacuum, shorter phases", "expand step 4" — full plan recalculated
Brain Dump import	Paste chaos → AI extracts distinct tasks and breaks each down
Focus playlist	Single-task card (future steps hidden), countdown ring, pause / +1 min / skip / complete, Wake Lock
Voice + recalibration	Spoken step transitions (Web Speech), dynamic projected end-time
Library	One-tap reuse of tuned breakdowns (morning routine, cleaning, …)
Calendar export	`.ics` with alarms, based on live remaining time
Offline fallback	No key / offline / API error → built-in heuristic breakdowns, timer keeps working
Local-first	Dexie (IndexedDB) persistence, no backend, no tracking, dark mode, PWA installable

🔑 BYOK setup (2 minutes)

Get an OpenRouter key: https://openrouter.ai/keys (default model deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash costs a fraction of a cent per breakdown)
Open the app → ⚙️ Settings → paste the key, confirm the model
The key lives in localStorage (mindlist.or.key) on your device only and is sent straight to https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions. It is never committed — .gitignore blocks key files.

🛠️ Development

npm install
npm run dev      # http://localhost:5173
npm test         # vitest
npm run build    # PWA output in dist/

Deploy the PWA anywhere static: dist/ → GitHub Pages / Netlify / Vercel. On Android: browser → Add to Home screen, or build the native wrapper below.

🤖 Android app (Capacitor)

Prerequisites (macOS): JDK 21 (brew install openjdk@21), Android SDK platform + build-tools 36 (sdkmanager), ANDROID_HOME set, sdk.dir in android/local.properties (untracked).

npm run build
npx cap sync android
cd android
export JAVA_HOME=/opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk@21
./gradlew assembleDebug        # quick on-device test
./gradlew assembleRelease      # signed, needs keystore (below)
adb install -r app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk

Signing: release builds need android/mindlist-release.keystore + android/keystore.properties (both git-ignored — back them up: password manager + offline copy. Lose them and no future update can ship under the same signature).

# one-time: create key
keytool -genkeypair -keystore android/mindlist-release.keystore \
  -alias mindlist -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000
# then create android/keystore.properties:
#   storeFile=../mindlist-release.keystore
#   storePassword=…
#   keyAlias=mindlist
#   keyPassword=…

🗂️ Project structure

src/
  App.tsx            # all views: Today, Composer, Focus, Dump, Library, Settings
  lib/openrouter.ts  # BYOK client (default: deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash)
  lib/prompts.ts     # Easy/Med/Hard + BrainDump + AI-Edit system prompts
  lib/fallback.ts    # offline heuristic plans + speech/beep
  lib/store.ts       # Dexie schema, prefs, .ics export
  app.test.ts        # vitest suite
logo/                # logo sources (v3 = final) + Android foreground asset
public/              # favicon, PWA icons (192/512), apple-touch-icon
android/             # Capacitor native project (icons, signing config)

See AGENTS.md if you (or an AI agent) want to contribute.

📄 License

MIT — free for personal and commercial use. See LICENSE.