Can I vibecode TickTick?

YES · one-shottable
price $3/moyou'd save $36/yrbuild time one sittingcategory ✅ tasksreplaced by 0 people

The core loop is small enough for a capable coding agent to produce a useful local version in one sitting. For TickTick, combine tasks, habits, calendar, focus timer, and recurring reminders in one local app. The hard boundary is cross-platform sync, mobile widgets, calendar integrations, and years of recurrence polish, plus cross-device reliability and workflow polish.

the prompt
Build a personal replacement for TickTick in an empty repository.
Use Tauri 2, React, TypeScript, SQLite, and desktop notifications; do not offer alternative stacks.
The core loop is: capture tasks, habits, and recurring reminders in one local app with a calendar and focus timer, schedule or repeat them, work from a focused today view, and keep history locally.
Make the first run work locally with one documented command.
Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward.
Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials.
Create inbox, today, upcoming, someday, and completed views with fast keyboard capture.
Support projects, tags, due dates, start dates, priorities, notes, subtasks, and attachments.
Implement robust daily, weekly, monthly, and custom recurring rules with tests.
Add a focus view with one active task, timer, and optional desktop notification.
Provide search, saved filters, undo, and a completed-task archive.
Export and import a documented JSON format and make automatic local backups.
Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states.
Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs.
Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path.
Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps.
Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane.
Deliberately leave out team assignment and comments.
Deliberately leave out two-way calendar or email synchronization.
Deliberately leave out native mobile apps and cloud accounts.
Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used.

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why people still pay

People still pay for TickTick because task software is sticky because trust, speed, and ubiquitous capture matter more than the database schema. The recurring cost buys recurrence edge cases, notifications, sync conflicts, calendar APIs, mobile capture, and backups, not just the visible interface.

what you lose

xcross-platform sync, mobile widgets, calendar integrations, and years of recurrence polish

xperfect mobile sync

xcalendar and email integrations

xshared workspaces

xbehavioral coaching polish

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the escape hatch

Don't feel like building it? These folks already made it free.

LunataskTasks, seven habits, a daily calendar, reminders, recurrence, and Pomodoro; external calendar sync is paid$0free

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the numbers

TickTick pricing

planmonthlyannual (per mo)what you get
free$0/user$0/user9 lists; 99 active tasks/list; 19 checklist items/task; 2 reminders/task; 5 habits; 2 users/shared list including owner; 1 attachment/day; planner 2 times/week.
premium$3.99/user$3/user299 lists; 999 tasks/list; 199 subtasks/checklist items/task; 5 reminders/task; 299 habits; up to 30 users/shared list; 99 attachments/day.

free tier9 lists; 99 active tasks/list; 19 checklist items/task; 2 reminders/task; 5 habits; 2 users/shared list including owner; 1 attachment/day; planner 2 times/week.

billingmonthly + annual; current web annual promotion is $35.99/year (28% off regular $49.99); platform prices vary

hidden costsThe $35.99 annual price is a limited-time promotion; renewal/platform pricing may be the regular $49.99; app-store billing rules apply.

verified 2026-08-14 · source ↗

questions
Can I vibecode TickTick?

Yes. A competent AI coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) can build a usable personal TickTick replacement in one session with the prompt on this page. It runs on your own machine or server with no subscription.

How much does TickTick cost?

TickTick costs about $3/month (Premium, checked 2026-07-31), which is $36 per year. That's what you save by replacing it with one prompt.

What do I lose by replacing TickTick?

Honestly: cross-platform sync, mobile widgets, calendar integrations, and years of recurrence polish; perfect mobile sync; calendar and email integrations; shared workspaces; behavioral coaching polish. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.

Is there an open-source alternative to TickTick?

Yes: Lunatask (Tasks, seven habits, a daily calendar, reminders, recurrence, and Pomodoro; external calendar sync is paid) The prompt is for when you want it exactly your way.

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