Getting Started

What is Hari?

Hari is a simple household chore management app. It helps you and your household members track, distribute, and complete chores fairly.

How do I get started?

You need a license key to use Hari. Once you have one, visit your team URL directly (e.g., hari.quest/YOUR-LICENSE-KEY) and your team will be created automatically.

How many people can use one license?

A single license is for one household. You can add as many household members as you need.

Using Hari

How does chore distribution work?

Chores can be assigned in two ways:

  • Explicitly assigned: A chore always goes to a specific person
  • Distributed: Hari fairly distributes chores among available members based on their work share

What is "work share"?

Work share (1-10) determines what proportion of distributed chores a member receives. A member with work share 10 will get twice as many chores as someone with work share 5. This is useful when some members have more time available.

How do points work?

Each chore has a difficulty rating (1-5). When you complete a chore, you earn points equal to its difficulty. If a chore is overdue, you earn fewer points (but always at least 1). Points help track contributions fairly.

What happens when I go on holiday?

Set yourself as "on holiday" in settings. During your holiday, you won't be assigned any distributed chores, and your streak won't be broken.

Scheduling

What scheduling options are available?

Chores can be scheduled in two ways:

  • Every X days: The chore becomes due X days after last completion (e.g., every 7 days)
  • Specific weekdays: The chore is due on selected days of the week (e.g., every Monday and Thursday)

When does a chore become overdue?

A chore is overdue when it's past its due date and hasn't been completed. Overdue chores appear at the top of your list and reduce the points you earn when completed.

Technical

Is my data safe?

Your data is stored on our servers and associated with your license key. Only people that know your key can access your household's data. Still, we advise you to not put sensitive data into Hari. In the worst case that someone guesses or steals your key, they should not get more data out of your page than that you scrub your toilet every 2 weeks ;-).

Why doesn't Hari require me to put in a password to login?

Your personal pages are only accessible to someone who knows your license key. The license key is a part of the URL to all your team's pages: e.g. https://hari.quest/4R8KUUGL0JESMN222KIY (not a valid license key). That means if someone does not know this license key, they cannot access your page. Now this is not the same level of security as a username + password login, but also not trivially surmountable. While license keys cannot be guessed in practical terms (they are like long random sequences of characters), in theory, someone could track your browsing history and see the license key in the URL. We chose this method of securing your pages because we want Hari to be as uncomplicated as possible (for us, the maintainers, and for you, the user). If this would be an app that might contain sensitive data, we would have probably used a login system of some sort. But given the nature of this app, and our fatigue of having to manage accounts for a gazillion apps already, we think this a good compromise between ease and security - pretty easy to use, and provides a reasonable level of privacy.

Can I use Hari on my phone?

Yes! Hari is a web app that works on any device with a browser. For quick access, add it to your home screen.