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sleek is a task management application that follows the todo.txt syntax introduced by Gina Trapani. The software is released for Windows, MacOS, and Linux. It is developed privately by a group of contributors, the project has no commercial motivation. sleek is free and open-source (FOSS), available under the MIT license.

The project aims to offer a simple but modern graphical user interface for managing todo.txt files. Despite the specifics of the todo.txt framework, sleek is designed in a way that users do not necessarily need knowledge of the todo.txt syntax.

Development
While version 1.x was written in plain JavaScript, version 2.x is crafted in TypeScript and incorporates React (software) and MUI. sleek is built on the Electron (software framework). The project is open for contributions, and guidelines on how to contribute are available.

Features
All traditional todo.txt attributes, including priorities, contexts, and projects, have dedicated interface elements and can be utilized for sorting and filtering. In addition sleek offers more widely used features such as recurrences, due dates, threshold dates (deferred todos), hidden todos, and pomodoro intervals.

The application includes a file watcher that automatically refreshes when changes occur. This allows users to synchronize todos with other applications that write directly to the file, eliminating the need for a proprietary synchronization mechanism. sleek can handle and monitor multiple files simultaneously and offers an archiving function. It provides both light and dark themes, along with a setting to adjust the zoom level for user preference.

Distribution
Because sleek is an Electron-based application, it is a multi-platform tool distributed through various channels, including the Mac App Store, Microsoft Store, Flathub, Snap (software), Arch User Repository, Homebrew (package manager), and direct download on GitHub and SourceForge.