Track Activities, Discover Achievements — A personal lifelogger for meditation, rhythms, dreams, and accomplishments.
Ta-Da! is an open-source Progressive Web App (PWA) that helps you notice and celebrate your life. Rather than prescribing what you should do, Ta-Da! helps you observe what you actually did — swapping the anxiety-inducing todo list into a celebration of accomplishment.
"We don't want to tell people what they should be doing. We want to help them notice what they actually did, and help them feel good about it."
Ta-Da! inverts the traditional productivity mindset:
- Noticing, not tracking — Observe your life without judgment
- Celebration, not obligation — Turn todos into "Ta-Da!"s
- Data ownership — Your life data belongs to you, always exportable
- Offline-first — Works without internet, syncs when convenient
- Simple by design — Feature-complete, not feature-bloated
Read more: design/philosophy.md
- 🌿 Graceful Rhythms — Track natural patterns with multiple chain types (daily, weekly, monthly targets)
- 🧘 Meditation Timer — Unlimited or fixed modes with interval bells, presets, and warm-up countdown
- ⚡ Ta-Da! Accomplishments — Celebrate wins with confetti, sound effects, and streaks
- 🌙 Dream Journal — Rich dream entries with mood and themes
- 📝 Quick Notes — Capture thoughts, gratitude, reflections
- 📊 Timeline Views — Day/Week/Month/Year zoom with infinite scroll
- 📥 CSV Import — Import from Insight Timer and other apps with custom recipes
- 🎨 Customization — Custom emojis, timer presets, hide categories
- 📱 PWA — Installable, works offline
- 🔒 Self-Hosted — Your data stays yours, full JSON export
- Framework: Nuxt 3.15.1 + Vue 3 + TypeScript
- Database: SQLite via Drizzle ORM
- Authentication: Lucia Auth v3
- PWA: @vite-pwa/nuxt
- Styling: Tailwind CSS
- Runtime: Bun 1.3.5
- Container: Docker with Alpine Linux
Why these choices? See design/decisions.md
Docker (Recommended):
docker compose up -dVisit http://localhost:3000, create an account, and start logging!
Data Location: ./app/data/db.sqlite (mount as volume for persistence)
git clone https://github.com/InfantLab/Ta-Da!.git
cd Ta-Da!/app
bun install
bun run devDevelopment server runs on http://localhost:3000 with hot reload.
See docs/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md for complete setup and docs/PROJECT_STRUCTURE.md for architecture overview.
Ta-Da! uses a flexible three-level classification system for all life activities:
Type (behavior) → Category (domain) → Subcategory (specific)
↓ ↓ ↓
"timed" "mindfulness" "sitting"
"Ta-Da!" "accomplishment" "work"
"journal" "journal" "dream"
Every entry can have a custom emoji, with sensible defaults based on category and subcategory. Seven built-in categories cover most life activities: mindfulness, movement, creative, learning, journal, accomplishment, and events.
Key principle: Types define behavior (how it's recorded), categories enable grouping (life domains), subcategories provide specificity. All are open strings — add your own without touching code.
Read more: design/ontology.md
Ta-Da! uses a unified Entry model where everything is an entry. No separate tables for meditations, dreams, Ta-Da!s — just one flexible entries table with type, category, and subcategory fields. Rhythms are aggregation queries over entries, not separate data.
Why? Simplicity. One data model, one API, infinite flexibility. Add new activity types without schema migrations. Your life is different from mine.
See docs/PROJECT_STRUCTURE.md for detailed project layout and design/SDR.md for complete data model specification.
See docs/PROJECT_STRUCTURE.md for detailed project layout and design/SDR.md for complete data model specification.
Commands:
bun run dev # Start dev server (:3000)
bun run lint:fix # Auto-fix code style
bun run typecheck # Type check
bun run db:generate # Generate migrations
bun run db:migrate # Apply migrations
bun run db:studio # Database UI (:4983)CI/CD:
- ✅ ESLint + TypeScript checks on every push
- ✅ Automated tests (when written)
- ✅ Docker image build and push to GHCR on merge to
main
See docs/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md for full development workflow.
See docs/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md for full development workflow.
Current: v0.2.0 (Graceful Rhythms) ✅ — Shipped January 2026!
Next: v0.3.0 (Q2 2026) — Voice input, photo attachments, magic features
Future: v0.4.0+ — Cloud service (tada.living), Obsidian sync, AI insights
See design/roadmap.md and CHANGELOG.md for details.
- 📖 Documentation: docs/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
- 🧪 Testing Guide: docs/dev/TESTING.md
- 🏗️ Architecture: docs/PROJECT_STRUCTURE.md
- 🎯 Design Philosophy: design/philosophy.md
- 🎨 Visual Design: design/visual design.md
- 📊 Entry Ontology: design/ontology.md
- 🗺️ Roadmap: design/roadmap.md
- 🤖 AI Agent Guide: AGENTS.md
- 📝 Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- 📦 Repository: https://github.com/InfantLab/Ta-Da!
We welcome contributions! Quick checklist:
- ✅ Read design/philosophy.md — Understand the "why"
- ✅ Check design/roadmap.md — See what's planned
- ✅ Follow conventional commits —
feat:,fix:,docs:, etc. - ✅ Update docs if changing behavior
- ✅ Open an issue first for major changes
See docs/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md for detailed contribution guidelines.
AGPL-3.0 — Free to use, modify, and self-host. Contributions welcome!
Ta-Da! is an anagram of "data" — your life's data belongs to you. ⚡