Radar check
What we found when we opened it. Every bar is one fact, with its date.
Last code pushed 12 Oct 2026, 13 days before this check.
Latest release v3.0.3 on 26 Aug 2026.
Public since March 2026, 7 months.
4 stars and 0 forks.
30 commits and 0 new issues in the last 90 days.
1 contributor. No pull requests merged in 90 days; changes go in directly. A small team carries it.
A security policy says how to report a problem. No published security advisories.
How the bars are scored
- Alive. Days since the last code push: a week or less 100, a month 90, three months 70, six months 50, a year 30, eighteen months 15, older 0.
- Releases. Age of the latest GitHub release, on a similar scale; no bar when the project publishes no releases.
- Maturity. Age of the project: eight years 100, five 90, three 70, two 55, one 40, six months 25, younger 10.
- Adoption. Stars on a log scale: 100,000 stars is 100, 10,000 is 80, 1,000 is 60, 100 is 40.
- Activity. Commits in the last 90 days: 300 or more 100, 100 85, 30 65, 10 45, any 25.
- Community. People who have contributed: 100 or more 100, 30 80, 10 60, 5 40, 2 25, one 10.
- Security. A published security policy 80, none 40; published advisories are listed, not scored.
Checked by Repo Radar on 26 Oct 2026 from the repository on GitHub.
In simple English
Cognate is a day planner that organises your tasks into time blocks automatically. It keeps all your data on your own device and encrypts everything so no one else can read it. You can connect it to local artificial intelligence models or use your own keys. It is free to use, but the software is still under active development and has some rough edges. You might need to troubleshoot installation warnings on your computer.
What it is
Cognate is a desktop and web task planner built with Rust, React, and Tauri. It features automatic time-blocking, end-to-end encrypted synchronisation, and local artificial intelligence integration.
What it is good for
Solo builders who want a private task manager that automatically schedules their day without sending personal data to the cloud.
- Keeps your data private and local on your machine.
- Automatically turns a list of tasks into scheduled calendar time blocks.
- Supports local artificial intelligence models through Ollama.
- Unsigned desktop builds trigger security warnings during installation.
- Advanced features like live synchronisation and calendar OAuth need further validation.
- Requires Node.js and Rust toolchains to build from source.
manual time blocking in commercial calendar applications
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git clone https://github.com/adityatawde9699/Cognate cd Cognate npm install npm run tauri dev