---
title: tagwerk manual
description: How to use tagwerk on Android, Windows and Linux - the day note, tasks, appointments, the calendar, tags and search - and how to set up sync with your own server.
reviewed: 2026-10-28
---

## What tagwerk is {#about}

tagwerk runs your day on one page. Every day is one Markdown file: what you write, the tasks you
tick off and the appointments you keep stand in it as lines of text. The app reads those lines and
builds the rest from them - the task list across all days, the calendar, the statistics.

The files are yours. They lie in a folder you choose, readable in any text editor, and they travel
to your other devices through your own cloud or a sync tool you already use. tagwerk has no account
and no server of its own.

![tagwerk in the desktop layout: the calendar and tags on the left, the day note in the middle, the task list on the right](shots/en/overview-dark.webp "In the desktop layout, the three views stand side by side. On a phone they are three tabs.")

## The chapters {#chapters}

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## Where else to look {#elsewhere}

- The [guides](../guides/) take one kind of work each - freelancing, school, measurements,
  one-on-ones - and walk it through.
- The [format specification](../format.html) is every rule of the file format, written from the
  parser. Read it if you are writing a tool of your own or want to know exactly what a line means.
- Bugs and wishes go to the [issue tracker](https://github.com/caliora-org/tagwerk/issues).

> [!NOTE]
> The screenshots in this manual come from the app itself, in the dark or light theme depending on
> what your device is set to. Your days will look the same - only your notes differ.