things-to-org

Python script that converts your Things 3 (macOS version) data to an Org file.

Features

• Converts the inbox, areas, projects, headlines and to-dos
• Converts to-dos without a project into a “No Project” section if relevant
• Converts to-do checklists
• “When” dates are converted to SCHEDULED stamps
• “Dealine” dates are converted to DEADLINE stamps
• Notes in projects and to-dos are converted from Markdown to org format by using Pandoc

Missing Features

• Full repeating tasks support, see issue #73 from things.py

Install and Usage

First install things.py, Pandoc and the Pandoc Python Library.

$ pip3 install things.py
$ brew install pandoc
$ pip3 install pandoc

Then you can use this script as follows:

$ python3 things-to-org.py > output.org