Portable Todomoo

Built as the portable twin of Todomooo, this is a free and open-source project manager that enables you to add tasks, organize them in different groups, as well as to set a priority level, timer and payment method.

Before proceeding any further, you should know that it doesn't support multi-access mode, so you can work on projects only individually without the possibility to assign tasks to other users.

Since there is no setup pack involved, you can drop the program files in any part of the hard drive and just click the executable to launch Todomooo. You can also save it to a pen drive to keep in touch with your work by directly running it on any computer without installers. It doesn't modify Windows registry settings, so it doesn't increase the risk of OS stability issues.

Wrapped in a classical-looking interface with a well-structured layout, the app invites you to create new tasks and place them into different categories with customized names and colors.

As far as task information goes, you can specify the job name, description, color and priority level (low, medium, high). In the following stages, it's possible to indicate the due date, creation and completion date, set a countdown timer, write notes, as well as establish payment details concerning the price of the good or service, hourly rate, pay date, terms of payments, and payment notes.

The program gives you the possibility to move jobs to other categories, edit their properties anytime, create subtasks, mark jobs as completed, or to start, pause and resume the timer.

You can back up the entire database to SQLite format, export all tasks to CSV format, personalize the UI menu, toolbar and category bar, switch to another language and currency, as well as enable automatic backups and open the backup directory without leaving Todomooo's interface.

The software application can be minimized to the system tray to become non-intrusive while you're carrying on with other activities on the PC. It had a good response time and minimal impact on the overall performance of the computer in our tests, thanks to the fact that it needed low CPU and memory to work properly.

Although Todomooo is not the most resourceful project manager out here, it comes loaded with some pretty practical options and configuration settings that can be handled even users less experienced with such software, especially when taking into account that it's free and open-source.