Life Copilot
A local-first, extensible personal-organization app built for people with ADHD and anyone who struggles with habits, routines, and self-management.
Life Copilot is a Tauri 2.0 application targeting desktop (Windows, macOS, Linux) and mobile (iOS, Android). It is not a SaaS product — your data lives on your device and syncs only when you explicitly choose to.
This site is the living specification for the project. Before a line of app code is written, the architecture, APIs, and UX principles are designed here and validated through review. This approach ensures that contributors and plugin authors have a stable, well-reasoned contract to build against.
What Problem Does It Solve?
Executive dysfunction — difficulty initiating tasks, maintaining routines, and tracking time — is a core challenge for people with ADHD. Most productivity apps make this worse by:
- Punishing inconsistency (broken streak counters, overdue badges).
- Requiring upfront categorization before you can capture a thought.
- Hiding state behind nested menus, adding cognitive load at exactly the wrong moment.
- Being too rigid — a system that doesn't bend gets abandoned.
Life Copilot is designed around the principle that the app should adapt to the user, not the other way around.
Core Features
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Brain Dump | Frictionless global capture. Log a thought in under 2 seconds without categorizing it. |
| Todo Board | Flexible task lists with AI-assisted breakdown of large tasks into micro-steps. |
| Routines | Recurring checklists with momentum-based progress (no punishing streaks). |
| Focus Sessions | Visual countdown timers (Pomodoro/custom) with session history. |
| Reminders | Context-aware nudges triggered by time, location, or app state. |
| Plugin System | All core features are plugins; third-party plugins use the same stable API. |
How This Spec Is Organized
- System Architecture — The two-layer Rust/frontend model, IPC, and local-first data flow.
- Tauri 2.0 Platform — Desktop/mobile targets, project structure, and the capability security model.
- Local-First Database — SQLite schema, core entities, and the optional sync strategy.
- Plugin API — The event bus, lifecycle hooks, and the TypeScript/Rust interface contract.
- ADHD UX Guidelines — Design principles that serve as acceptance criteria for every UI component.
Project Status
This project is in M1 — Foundation. The specification is being written and reviewed before any Tauri app code is scaffolded. See the GitHub Project board for current milestone progress.
Contributing
Contributions start with the specification. If you disagree with a design decision, open an issue referencing the specific section. Code contributions are not accepted until the relevant spec section is marked stable.