TaskDash/About

Work software that respects the people using it.

TaskDash is built by QudsLab, an independent software lab that works on cryptography and privacy tools. We started with time tracking because it is where trust breaks first.

Remote firstA distributed team
MIT licensedThe TrueDuty app
QudsLabOpen source research

Why we built it

Most time trackers were designed around suspicion. They photograph screens, log keystrokes and ask managers to scroll through evidence. Teams end up with more data and less trust.

We wanted the opposite: a tracker people would install on their own laptop because it helps them, that still gives a company the hours, activity and payroll it needs. That meant local first storage, screenshots only by consent, a signed log instead of surveillance, and honest numbers.

TaskDash grows from there. Boards, channels and docs will share the same accounts, roles and data, so the work and the time spent on it never live in separate tools again.

Abstract render of a glowing emerald ring of light over a dark surface

What we hold to

Rules we check every feature against before it ships.

People first

A person can always see what is collected about them and who looked at it.

Local first

The tracker works without us. A server is a choice, not a requirement.

Honest numbers

Activity is a share of minutes with input, not a score. We show how every number is made.

Open by default

The app is open source and built in public on every commit.

How we got here

Short, because it is early.

Oct 2026

TrueDuty 1.0

Desktop tracker with a post-quantum channel, team codes, payroll and encrypted screenshots.

Oct 2026

Breaks and idle gaps

Team set idle rules, gaps you can add back, signed webhooks.

Oct 2026

TaskDash 2.0

The server moves into TaskDash, the tracker becomes local first, and screenshots need consent.

Next

Boards and tasks

The first TaskDash module beyond time tracking.

Track the work, not the worker.

Start with the free app on your own computer, then bring the team with a 14 day free trial.