Plexity — Devlog 01

I have a problem. Whenever I open my laptop to get stuff done, I immediately end up with 6 tabs open before I’ve done anything. One for tasks, one for my calendar, one to organize my college application workspace, one because I wanted to check a stock real quick, and one for a GPA calculator I found on some random website in 2023 and never closed. You know the feeling.

So I built Plexity — a full-stack personal dashboard that just… has everything built exactly how I think works the best and looks the best. One shell, one place, command bar at the top. that’s it.

What is it actually

Plexity is a unified productivity OS with 16+ tools built from scratch, all connected through a shared data layer. Not a Notion clone, not an AI wrapper. Just tools I actually use, rebuilt the way I want them.

Here’s what’s inside right now:

Dashboard — your home base, everything at a glance
Tasks — natural language date parsing (type “due friday” and it figures it out)
Calendar — actually connected to your tasks and deadlines
Grades — GPA tracker with per-course breakdowns
Goals — long-term tracking, not just to-dos
Journal — private, clean, no distractions
Focus — timer, nothing else
Calculator — with real math rendering via KaTeX
PDF Tools — in-browser, no upload-to-some-random-site required
Profile — A personal reference hub for your identity, background, context, links, etc.
Stocks — live workspace for quick lookups
College — college planning tools (this one’s personal)
Lists — simple, fast list-making
Units — unit converter
Typing — typing speed practice
Passwords — local password manager
Catalog — browse everything from one place

The whole thing is navigated through a single command bar. Hit a shortcut, type what you want, open it. It felt weird to use at first and now I can’t imagine going back.

What I’ve been building

Honestly… everything at once, which is probably not the smartest way to ship but here we are.

The part I’m most proud of right now is how the tools actually talk to each other. Your tasks show up in your calendar. Your goals connect to your to-do list. it’s not just 16 isolated pages — there’s a shared data layer underneath holding it together. Getting that right took longer than I expected.

The command bar was also a whole thing to build. Parsing natural language dates with chrono-node, routing commands to the right tool, making it feel instant — there were a lot of small details that had to line up before it felt good. Now it does.

The stocks tool is one of my favorites because it’s the one I find myself opening randomly throughout the day. Live lookups, clean workspace, no clutter — just the data you want without the noise of a full brokerage UI. Built it for myself and it turned out really clean.

Tech

React + Vite + Tailwind + Zustand + TanStack Query + Base44 for the backend. Kept it lean on purpose — no unnecessary abstractions, just the tools that made the most sense.

It’s Open Source

The whole thing is on GitHub — github.com/OrangJaguar/Plexity. Still a side project, always free, no AI features, no paywall. Live at plexity.tools.

More tools coming. More devlogs coming. Just wanted to get this first one out.

— Sanskar