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by 2bitlobster 822 days ago
What's the file format? I hope the best for your app, but I hope I can still use those files if something happens to the company. I converted to .txt files 10 years ago for everything todo, but wouldn't mind a specialized utility for it!
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We use a proprietary sync engine, so there isn't some known file format you can edit. I totally understand your objection to this!

We do, however, store the data locally in a sqlite database (~/Library/Godspeed/godspeed-db.sqlite). You shouldn't directly edit it or things won't sync properly, but you can use it to easily read your tasks if you'd like!

It'd be awesome if you can emit/ingest Markdown. That way, Todo can act as a different frontend to what essentially amounts to a bunch of files that I can then view via a different app.
And then you'd rather just write a plug-in for Obsidian?
That file (and entire directory) doesn't seem to exist on my system
Oh gosh, sorry, I got the path wrong... it's ~/Library/Application Support/Godspeed

Thanks for pointing this out to me, I got this wrong in a couple other places here too!

I'm curious as well – if there was a SQLite file somewhere that I could read from to hook up e.g. an Alfred plugin or whatever, that would be valuable.
There is indeed a sqlite file! ~/Library/Godspeed/godspeed-db.sqlite. But you shouldn't edit it or things won't sync properly. Feel free to read, though!
If I have todo items that are 10 years old it’s a sign I don’t really care about them.

For (PKM) notes it’s a whole different story.