ORBIT.

Personal command center

Your week, orbited around what matters

ORBIT keeps tasks, projects, study tracks, Life Lanes, and calendar blocks in one place-with a Tracker for progress and habit streaks, and Org Deck categories to color your work. Sign in with Google for optional Drive sync, or use the local demo with seed data. Organize with drag-and-drop, Search Center, and install it as a PWA.

Open ORBIT How to use it

Inside the app

Feature tour

Layout follows your captures: landscape shots sit in a wider column; grouped landscapes use a carousel. Portrait shots use a narrower column.

ORBIT sign-in: Google or local demo

Portrait capture · Google sign-in or local (demo) mode.

Sign-in

  • Sign in with Google to sync with Drive and use optional Calendar tools.
  • Choose local demo mode to load seed data in localStorage.
  • Search results and dashboard clicks switch tabs to the matching entity.
  • The footer links to Privacy and Terms on the app host.
  • The left rail-navigation and Captain’s notes-is shown in the tools carousel below.
Dashboard: daily focus, project pulse, dues by weekday

Dashboard

  • Daily focus - Starred tasks in a draggable stack; top ranks emphasized; checkbox to complete.
  • Project pulse - Active projects under 100% average progress.
  • Today’s habits - Check in on habit blocks scheduled for today.
  • Quick due overview - This week’s deadlines by weekday (Mon–Sun tabs).
  • Overdue - Reschedule, snooze (+3d, +1wk, +1m), or mark done.
  • The banner can display a science quote or NASA APOD when configured.
  • Calendar weekly grid
    Weekly · time blocks & focus blocks

Calendar & sync

  • Switch between weekly, daily, and monthly calendar views.
  • Time blocks schedule your day; focus blocks link to a task.
  • Habits & routines - Daily, weekly, or one-off; check in from Calendar or Dashboard.
  • In Google mode, app state saves to your Drive app folder.
  • Calendar APIs can push or export events when enabled.
  • Local mode keeps everything in the browser with no Drive or Calendar push.
  • Repeating blocks follow weekdays; one-off blocks pin to a specific date in the editor.
  • All tasks with filters and columns
    All tasks · Task Control Center · pills · add bar
  • Tasks filtered to one project
    Scoped to one project

Task Control Center

  • Overview - Overdue list plus today’s calendar agenda in one place.
  • Filter tasks by all, project, track, category, or life lane columns.
  • The add bar captures title, category, one parent (project, track, or lane), and due date.
  • Drag tasks between columns to reassign them where columns are shown.
  • Starring a task adds it to Dashboard daily focus (up to 10).
  • Progress at 100% records a completion for Tracker analytics.
  • Projects overview list
    Landscape · all projects + progress
  • Single project detail
    Portrait · one project drill-down (~372×581)

Projects

  • Each project shows deadlines, roll-up progress, and its task list.
  • Archive finished projects to hide them from the dashboard and pulse-you can unarchive anytime.
  • Projects tie to Org Deck categories for consistent labeling.
Study tracks

Study tracks

  • Study tracks are learning queues for courses and reading-they use the same task model as projects but with a learning intent.
  • Each task gets one parent: a project, track, or lane.
  • Progress means moving through material, not only closing tickets.
Life Lanes

Life Lanes

  • Life Lanes hold upkeep work that is not a project deliverable or a syllabus unit.
  • Goals use progress %; errands use checklist steps.
  • + Add habit creates calendar-linked habits with streak tracking.
  • Archive finished lanes; restore from the Archive tab.

Tracker

Analytics for how you are actually moving, completions, progress, and habits in any time window.

  • Periods : Day, week, month, quarter (Jan–Mar = Q1), or year.
  • By project, track, lane, or category : Switch dimension tabs to match how you think about work.
  • Progress pies : One chart per project (or track/lane) showing % complete and tasks finished in the period.
  • Drill-down : Filter to a single container for per-task progress detail.
  • Habit streaks : Streak bars and 14-day check-in dots; jump to Calendar habits.
  • KPI row: completions in period, overdue now, due in period, trend chart.

Open Tracker from the sidebar (chart icon). Start with quarter if you want a wide view of project progress.

Org Deck categories

Org Deck

  • Define category names, colors, and scopes for projects, study, and life admin.
  • See every entity linked to each tag in one place.
  • A small stable palette makes scanning faster across the app.
  • Search Center
    Search → pick a hit → app opens the right tab
  • Captain notes overlay beside sidebar navigation
    Captain’s notes · same left rail as Today, areas, More tools, footer (when notes closed)
  • App Controls
    Themes · import/export · clear · Help

Search · notes · controls

  • Search Center runs one query across Task Control Center, Projects, tracks, Life Lanes, and calendar blocks.
  • Captain’s notes stores a few timestamped scratch notes beside the same sidebar as main navigation.
  • App Controls handles themes, JSON import/export, data clear, and expandable Help & overview.

Containers

Projects · tracks · Life Lanes

Each task has at most one parent container-or none. The same mechanics apply everywhere; only the purpose changes.

Projects

Projects center on deliverables, deadlines, and pulse on the dashboard. Archive them when the work is done.

Study tracks

Study tracks queue curriculum and reading. Progress means advancing through the material.

Life Lanes

Life Lanes cover life operations-goals, errands, and habits-not a ship date and not a course unit.

Tracker

Tracker rolls up completions, progress % per container, overdue counts, and habit streaks for any period you choose.

Flow

How to use ORBIT

A practical path for first-time users: set up once, then run a short morning loop and a weekly review. Everything below maps to the sidebar-Dashboard at the top, Tracker near the bottom, More tools for Org Deck and Search.

First session - setup (≈15 minutes)

  1. Pick storage - Google sign-in syncs to your Drive app folder; local demo keeps seed data in this browser only.
  2. Org Deck - Create a small set of categories (3–6 colors) you will reuse on tasks, projects, tracks, and lanes.
  3. Containers - Add at least one project, study track, or life lane that matches real work you are doing now.
  4. Task Control Center - Use the add bar: title, category, one parent (project / track / lane), due date. Star up to 10 items for daily focus.
  5. Calendar - Block time with time blocks; link focus blocks to tasks; add habits from Life Lanes if you track routines.
  6. App Controls → Export - Save a JSON backup after setup.

Every morning - execute (≈5 minutes)

  1. Open Dashboard - Review daily focus, check today’s habits, tab through weekday dues.
  2. Handle Overdue - Reschedule to today, snooze (+3d / +1wk / +1m), or mark done.
  3. Glance at Task Control Center → Overview for the full overdue list and today’s agenda strip.
  4. Use Calendar → Daily to check in habits and adjust blocks for the day.

Every week - review (≈10 minutes)

  1. Projects Overview / Study Tracks / Life Lanes : Archive finished containers; add lanes or projects for the week ahead.
  2. Tracker : Set period to week or quarter; read progress per project and habit streaks.
  3. Dashboard → Quick due overview : Scan Mon–Sun tabs for deadline load.
  4. Search Center : Jump to stale tasks or calendar blocks.
  5. App Controls → Export : Weekly backup (especially in local mode).

At a glance

Nine areas in order

Storage

Google (Drive ± Calendar) or local demo.

Org Deck

Categories first - small color set.

Containers

Projects · tracks · Life Lanes.

Tasks

Task Control Center · star focus · Overview tab.

Calendar

Time · focus · habit blocks.

Dashboard

Focus · habits · dues · overdue.

Tracker

Progress pies · streaks · periods.

Search

Jump anywhere from one box.

Backup

Export JSON · themes in App Controls.

Data

Sync & modes

Google mode uses your Drive app folder - no separate ORBIT database.

Google

Drive · Calendar

  • OAuth · revoke anytime.
  • State in Drive app folder.
  • Calendar APIs when configured.
  • Import/export before destructive clears.
Local

Browser-only

  • localStorage · seeded demo.
  • No OAuth until you switch.
  • No Drive/Calendar sync.
  • Clear resets demo.