Project Tracker

Project Tracker is a lightweight Windows application designed to help developers and professionals monitor multiple projects from a single dashboard.

Quickly find TODOs, BUGs, notes, reminders, and custom tags across multiple projects and repositories.

Add project folders, create your own tags, scan source files, track deadlines, and identify important items that require attention without manually opening dozens of files.

Features

Project Management

• Add and manage multiple project folders
• Open project folders directly from the application
• Refresh all projects at once or scan individual projects
• View project statistics including:
  • Total projects
  • Total files scanned
  • Total matches found
  • Last scan date

Custom Tag System

Create unlimited custom tags to match your workflow.

Examples:

• TODO
• BUG
• FIXME
• NOTE
• SECURITY
• DONE
• REVIEW
• Any custom marker you choose

Features:

• Custom colors per tag
• Color-coded results
• Editable tag list
• Local JSON storage

File Scanning

Scan project folders and detect tags inside source code and text-based files.

Supported scenarios:

• Source code
• Documentation
• Markdown files
• Configuration files
• Notes and planning files

Features:

• Detect tags anywhere inside a file
• Display matching lines
• Show contextual snippets
• Group results by project and file
• Detect multiple tags inside the same file

Match Explorer

Browse scan results in an organized structure.

Features:

• Results grouped by project
• Results grouped by file
• Expand or collapse projects
• Expand or collapse file sections
• Open matching files directly from the application

Displayed information:

• Tag name
• File name
• Matching line
• Project location

Watchlists

Create reusable watchlists based on existing tags.

Features:

• Create multiple watchlists
• Associate multiple tags with a watchlist
• Filter projects using watchlists
• Focus only on the tags that matter for a specific task or workflow

Examples:

Bug Tracking Watchlist:

• BUG
• FIXME
• SECURITY

Release Watchlist:

• TODO
• REVIEW
• DONE

Documentation Watchlist:

• NOTE
• DOC
• REVIEW

Deadline Tracking

Track upcoming and overdue deadlines directly inside your project files.

Use deadline tags such as:

[DEADLINE_20260604]

Features:

• Automatically detect deadline tags
• Sort deadlines by date
• Display upcoming deadlines
• Highlight overdue deadlines
• Open associated files directly from the deadline list

This allows developers and project managers to embed lightweight deadlines directly inside source code, notes, or documentation.

Extension Management

Control which file types are scanned.

Features:

• Ignore specific file extensions
• View discovered extensions found during scans
• Quickly add extensions to the ignore list
• Reduce scan noise and improve performance

Local Storage

No database required.

All data is stored locally using JSON files.

Stored information:

• Projects
• Tags
• Watchlists
• Ignored extensions
• Application settings

Benefits:

• Portable
• Easy backup
• No account required
• No internet connection required

Who It Is For

Project Tracker is useful for:

• Software Developers
• Freelancers
• Students
• Technical Writers
• System Administrators
• DevOps Engineers
• Project Managers
• Small Development Teams
• Anyone who organizes work using tags inside files

It is especially useful when working across multiple projects and needing a centralized view of tasks, bugs, notes, reminders, and deadlines.

Privacy

Project Tracker works entirely on your computer.

• No cloud account required
• No telemetry
• No external services
• No data collection

All information remains under your control.

Platform

Windows Desktop Application

Built with .NET and designed to be fast, lightweight, and easy to use.

Example Workflow

1. Add one or more project folders
2. Create custom tags such as:
   • TODO
   • BUG
   • NOTE
   • REVIEW
3. Assign colors to tags
4. Scan projects
5. Review matches grouped by project and file
6. Filter results using watchlists
7. Track deadlines using tags such as:

   [DEADLINE_20260604]

8. Open files and resolve issues
9. Refresh projects whenever needed

Project Tracker helps transform scattered tags, notes, and reminders into a centralized project tracking dashboard.