Todoist will not live in your Obsidian vault.
TaskForge does. Every task is a plain markdown line in the vault you already have. You do not need to bridge two systems because there is only one.
Get Free - iOS & Mac 
Get Free - Android The gap Todoist leaves in your Obsidian setup
Todoist stores tasks in its own cloud behind a required account. Obsidian stores notes as plain files on your device. The two were not built to share data, and Doist ships no official Obsidian integration.
Community plugins do exist that pull Todoist tasks into Obsidian using your Todoist API token. That is the documented API, so the approach is sound, but it adds a sync layer you have to keep healthy and it still requires the Todoist account. You end up running two task systems and trusting the connector to stay in step when either side changes.
Todoist also has no native markdown export. Its export gives you a CSV file, not the task lines an Obsidian vault expects, so there is no sanctioned path for moving your tasks into your notes and keeping them there.
What living natively in your vault looks like
TaskForge reads and writes your Obsidian vault directly. A task is a line in a markdown file. Open that file in Obsidian and edit it; open TaskForge and edit the same task from your phone. The file is the single source of truth for both, with no connector in between.
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TaskForge needs no account and works offline. Your vault syncs however you already sync it: iCloud Drive, Obsidian Sync, Dropbox, Google Drive, or anything else. You decide where the files live.
What TaskForge adds that a sync plugin cannot
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Offline widgets and notifications
See your tasks and check them off from your phone's home screen or lock screen. The widgets read straight from the vault files, so they work without a connection, and notifications fire when a due date arrives.
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Calendar with your actual events
TaskForge pulls your Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, and Outlook events into the same view as your tasks. Drag a task to reschedule it and the new date writes back to the markdown file in your vault.
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Kanban built from local vault files
TaskForge's Kanban board reads from your vault with no cloud account involved. Todoist has board views too, but they live in Todoist's cloud. If you want your board and your notes in one local system, TaskForge works that way.
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Natural language capture in 18 languages
Type or dictate a task in plain language and TaskForge turns it into Obsidian Tasks syntax with the right date, priority, and recurrence. It works in 18 languages and reads time ranges like "2-4pm".
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No account, no data collection
TaskForge requires no registration and collects no user data. Your tasks stay in files you own, on devices you control.
When Todoist is still the right choice
TaskForge does not cover every Todoist use case, and some of them are good reasons to stay. Todoist is worth keeping if you share projects with a team or collaborate on assigned tasks, lean on its natural-language quick add as your main capture habit, need access from a Windows machine or a web browser on hardware that is not yours, or rely on its large catalog of integrations with other tools. TaskForge is a single-user, vault-first app. It has no web interface and no team collaboration.
Pricing: one payment vs an ongoing subscription
Todoist
Todoist Pro is a subscription, billed around $5 per month on an annual plan, with no lifetime option. The free tier is capped on active projects and other limits. You pay for as long as you want the paid features.
TaskForge
TaskForge is free to download, and the core features are free. A one-week trial unlocks everything. After that, Premium is a one-time purchase of $39.99, or $1.99 per month if you prefer. The lifetime option means you can pay once and be done.
Questions
Can I import my tasks from Todoist into TaskForge?
Todoist exports tasks as a CSV file from its web app. There is no one-click import into TaskForge; you would convert the CSV into markdown task lines yourself or with a script. Once those tasks are in markdown files in your vault, TaskForge picks them up automatically, because it reads standard Obsidian Tasks syntax.
Does TaskForge replace a Todoist Obsidian sync plugin?
It answers a different question. A sync plugin tries to bridge Todoist into Obsidian so your Todoist tasks show up as vault content. TaskForge removes the need for that bridge: tasks start in your vault, stay in your vault, and you get native apps and widgets on top of the same files. If you are running a sync plugin now and want to stop maintaining it, TaskForge is the alternative.
I already use the Obsidian Tasks plugin. Will TaskForge break my setup?
No. TaskForge reads and writes the same emoji-based markdown syntax the Obsidian Tasks plugin uses. Tasks you create in TaskForge show up correctly in the Obsidian Tasks plugin, and tasks you create in Obsidian show up in TaskForge. Both work from the same files.
Does TaskForge support the TaskNotes format too?
Yes. TaskForge supports both the Obsidian Tasks checkbox format and the TaskNotes format, where each task is its own markdown file with YAML frontmatter. You can mix both in the same vault.
What happens to my tasks if I stop using TaskForge?
Nothing. Your tasks are plain markdown files in your vault. TaskForge adds no proprietary metadata and locks you into no format. Stop using it and the files are still there, still readable by Obsidian or any text editor.
Your tasks in your vault, on every device.
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