Donetick — an open-source, self-hosted app for managing tasks and chores, with recurring schedules, assignments, shared circles for households or teams, and notifications. Deployed as a host-networked Nomad service using SQLite with persistent data and config volumes.
Needs nomad-pack on PATH. The script only adds the nomploy registry and runs this pack.
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Save as values.hcl, edit, then run:
# The name of the Nomad job.
job_name = "donetick"
# The Nomad namespace to deploy into.
namespace = "default"
# The datacenters to deploy to.
datacenters = ["*"]
# The Donetick container image. Pin a tag in production.
image = "donetick/donetick:latest"
# Host port for the Donetick web UI / API. The container listens on 2021.
port = 2021
# Secret used to sign auth tokens (DT_JWT_SECRET). CHANGE THIS — generate with: openssl rand -hex 32.
jwt_secret = "change-me-to-a-random-secret"
# Named volume for Donetick data (/donetick-data): the SQLite database.
data_volume = "donetick_data"
# Named volume for Donetick config (/config).
config_volume = "donetick_config"
# Placement constraints. Pin to the node holding the volumes. On a nomploy cluster: attribute = "$${meta.nomploy_control_plane}", operator = "=", value = "true".
constraints = []
# Resources for the Donetick task.
resources = {
cpu = 300
memory = 256
}
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| job_name | string | "donetick" | The name of the Nomad job. |
| namespace | string | "default" | The Nomad namespace to deploy into. |
| datacenters | list | ["*"] | The datacenters to deploy to. |
| image | string | "donetick/donetick:latest" | The Donetick container image. Pin a tag in production. |
| port | number | 2021 | Host port for the Donetick web UI / API. The container listens on 2021. |
| jwt_secret set me | string | "change-me-to-a-random-secret" | Secret used to sign auth tokens (DT_JWT_SECRET). CHANGE THIS — generate with: openssl rand -hex 32. |
| data_volume | string | "donetick_data" | Named volume for Donetick data (/donetick-data): the SQLite database. |
| config_volume | string | "donetick_config" | Named volume for Donetick config (/config). |
| constraints | list | [] | Placement constraints. Pin to the node holding the volumes. On a nomploy cluster: attribute = "$${meta.nomploy_control_plane}", operator = "=", value = "true". |
| resources | object | {
cpu = 300
memory = 256
} | Resources for the Donetick task. |
No variables match.
This pack stores data in 2 Docker named volumes:
donetick_datadonetick_config
restic
# Run on the node hosting this pack. Point restic at your repo first: # export RESTIC_REPOSITORY="s3:https://<account>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/<bucket>" # export RESTIC_PASSWORD="<repo-password>" # export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<key> AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<secret> restic backup \ /var/lib/docker/volumes/donetick_data/_data \ /var/lib/docker/volumes/donetick_config/_data
rclone (sync to S3/R2)
rclone sync /var/lib/docker/volumes/donetick_data/_data backup:<bucket>/donetick_data rclone sync /var/lib/docker/volumes/donetick_config/_data backup:<bucket>/donetick_config
Paths assume the default Docker volume location (/var/lib/docker/volumes). Restore by stopping the job, restoring files into the same volume, and re-running the pack.
Donetick — an open-source, self-hosted app for managing tasks and chores. Recurring schedules, assignments, shared "circles" for a household or team, priorities, and notifications — a friendly way to keep everyone on top of who does what.
Single host-networked Nomad service using SQLite with persistent data and config volumes.
nomad-pack registry add nomploy https://github.com/Nomploy/nomad-packs
nomad-pack run donetick --registry=nomploy
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
port |
2021 |
Web UI / API port (DT_SERVER_PORT). The container listens on 2021. |
jwt_secret |
change-me-… |
Auth-token secret (DT_JWT_SECRET). Change it (openssl rand -hex 32). |
data_volume |
donetick_data |
/donetick-data — the SQLite database. |
config_volume |
donetick_config |
/config. |
image |
donetick/donetick:latest |
Container image. Pin a tag in production. |
resources |
{ cpu = 300, memory = 256 } |
Task resources. |
Create your account on first visit, add tasks/chores with recurring schedules, and invite others to a shared
circle. Keep DT_JWT_SECRET stable and secret. Configure Telegram/webhook notifications in settings or via
the /config file. Serves plain HTTP — front it with a reverse proxy for TLS. Pin the job to the node
holding the volumes with constraints.