For my work vault, I have been experimenting task management with Bases, as I previously explained in this post. It’s powerful and flexible, and it fits my work context well. But for my personal vault, I've always stuck with the basics: checkboxes and the Tasks plugin. It is simple, quick and lightweight. Good enough.

However, I wanted a faster way to glance at my day. No tabs, no digging, no searching across multiple notes or dealing with Dataview queries. Since I also use Obsidian for journaling, all the clutter and context-switching started getting in the way. Managing tasks there began to feel like I was using the wrong tool.

Plus, I always wanted to develop a mobile app.

So I built Task Quarry. A simple, straightforward task manager for my Obsidian Vault. It’s a companion app that scans your vault for tasks and presents them in a clean, Todoist-style interface.
No sync. No servers. Your vault stays local, and so does your data.

The idea for the name was very simple. I was building an app that was parsing a bunch of files in search for tasks. Digging through files... Obsidian is a rock. The two ideas clicked and the name came. I am quite happy with it.

This time I haven't really explored for other options. Several months ago I tried out a similar app. But it was clunky, ugly. Given today's facility to create something new from scratch. I allowed myself to code it to myself, the way I wanted.

No data ever leaves your phone. You define where your vault is located. The app scans your vault for tasks. It displays the tasks in the app's view.

Here are some screenshots of the app.

Today's view showing all the tasks that are Due or Scheduled for today.

Editing a task in the plugin also edits the text in the .md file

Notifications to remind you of the day's tasks.

Custom views and custom queries

I’m still gathering Android beta testers before publishing on the Play Store. If you're an Obsidian user on Android and want to try it out, DM me. I need a few more testers before launch.