Two lightweight Rainmeter widgets that render the open checkboxes from a Markdown file straight onto your desktop, and let you click a task to check it off. Built for an Obsidian workflow (it understands the Tasks plugin due-date syntax), but it works with any plain Markdown file that uses - [ ] checkboxes.

• Tasks widget — reads the ### Tasks section.
• Chores widget — reads the ### Chores section (amber title, otherwise identical).

Both read the same Markdown file; they just filter to different headings.

Task apps live behind a lock screen and an icon — out of sight, out of mind. This puts the list on the desktop, behind your windows, where you can't avoid it, and updates within seconds whenever you edit the underlying Markdown in your editor of choice.

• Reads your Markdown file every 10 seconds.
• Shows only unchecked items (- [ ]) under the configured heading. Check one off (in your editor, or by clicking the row) and it disappears from the widget.
• Strips Obsidian Tasks metadata for a clean view: a 📅 2026-06-13 due date is shown as (due Jun 13); scheduled/start/done/recurring/priority markers are removed.
• Click a row to flip its - [ ] to - [x] directly in the file. Only that one checkbox changes — the rest of your file is left alone.
• The panel auto-sizes to the number of tasks, at any display-scaling (DPI) setting.

Download the .rmskin from the latest release and double-click it. Rainmeter's Skin Installer copies both skins into place and loads the Tasks widget.

Copy the Tasks and Chores folders from Skins/ into your Rainmeter skins folder (usually Documents\Rainmeter\Skins\), then refresh Rainmeter and load each .ini.

1. Point it at your file. In each skin's .ini, set TaskFile to the full Windows path of your Markdown file (back-slashes, no quotes):

   TaskFile=E:\Notes\Weekly.md

   The skins ship with TaskFile=CONFIGURE; until you change it the widget shows "Set TaskFile in the .ini".

2. Add the headings to that file:

   ### Tasks
   - [ ] Email the accountant
   - [ ] Refund order 1182 📅 2026-06-13
   
   ### Chores
   - [ ] Hoover the lounge
   - [ ] Change the bedlinen

3. Position it. Drag each widget where you want it, then right-click → Settings → Position → On desktop, and tick Save position.

All tunables live in the [Variables] block at the top of each .ini:

To make a widget for a different heading, copy one of the folders and change Section and the title text.

• Clicking checks off; it doesn't un-check. The widget only shows - [ ] items, so to bring a task back, un-tick it in your editor.
• Recurring chores have no date logic — the intended workflow is to reset the checkboxes at a weekly review.
• More than MaxTasks open items in a section: the extras aren't shown (they're still in the file).
• Requires Rainmeter 4.0+ on Windows.

The .rmskin is built and published automatically on each release with rmskin-action by 2bndy5 — thanks!

MIT — see LICENSE.