What is this?
Habitica is an open-source habit-building app that turns your real-life goals and habits into a role-playing game: you level up for good behavior, lose HP for bad behavior, and earn Gold to buy weapons and armor for your avatar.
Habitica is an open-source habit-building app that turns your real-life goals and habits into a role-playing game: you level up for good behavior, lose HP for bad behavior, and earn Gold to buy weapons and armor for your avatar.Is this repo the mobile app or the web app?This repo is Habitica's web app and backend (Node/Express server with a Vue client, backed by MongoDB). The Android and iOS apps are maintained in separate repositories.
This repo is Habitica's web app and backend (Node/Express server with a Vue client, backed by MongoDB). The Android and iOS apps are maintained in separate repositories.How do I run this locally for development?Follow the 'Setting up Habitica Locally' wiki guide, which walks through installing dependencies and configuring a local dev/test instance; a docker-compose setup is also provided in the repo.
Follow the 'Setting up Habitica Locally' wiki guide, which walks through installing dependencies and configuring a local dev/test instance; a docker-compose setup is also provided in the repo.Do I need Node.js and MongoDB set up first?Yes — the project requires Node 20 and npm ^10 per package.json engines, and stores all app data in MongoDB.
Yes — the project requires Node 20 and npm ^10 per package.json engines, and stores all app data in MongoDB.What do I actually earn for completing habits and to-dos?You earn experience points and Gold for completing dailies, habits, and to-dos, which you can spend on weapons, armor, and other items for your in-game avatar.
You earn experience points and Gold for completing dailies, habits, and to-dos, which you can spend on weapons, armor, and other items for your in-game avatar.What happens if I keep failing my tasks?Your character loses HP for missed dailies and bad habits, and if HP hits zero your character can 'die', mirroring traditional RPG mechanics.
Your character loses HP for missed dailies and bad habits, and if HP hits zero your character can 'die', mirroring traditional RPG mechanics.Can third-party developers build tools on top of Habitica?Yes, Habitica exposes a public API, and third-party tool makers are asked to follow the API Usage Guidelines to stay compliant and keep the player experience consistent.
Yes, Habitica exposes a public API, and third-party tool makers are asked to follow the API Usage Guidelines to stay compliant and keep the player experience consistent.What are similar projects?mean, gin-vue-admin, open-saas, dawarich, taskview-community, freecodecamp.cn, directus, node-elm
mean, gin-vue-admin, open-saas, dawarich, taskview-community, freecodecamp.cn, directus, node-elmWhich topics is it in?tracking, admin, vuejs, full-stack, express, mongodb, node, game, vue, css, docker-compose, hacktoberfest
tracking, admin, vuejs, full-stack, express, mongodb, node, game, vue, css, docker-compose, hacktoberfest