Using a to-do list app as the first example to advertise a new app framework is absolutely wild in Q3 2026.
Is it because it's clichéd? That doesn't matter so long as it gets the point across.
Is it because you object to having desktop applications that do a simple task like this? I remember when simple single-purpose desktop apps were common e.g. Card File in Windows 3.1. Also this is meant to be an example for both desktop and mobile. Are only SPA web pages allowed to do things like this now? What a depressing world if so.
Or is your comment satire? I honestly can't tell.
Edit: What would you allow as a first example of a new UI toolkit. (Not that Flet is new, it's had plenty of 0.x releases.)
- Cross platform frameworks are starting to become an anti pattern these days
- Hello world examples are losing relevance when I'm not the one writing code
- A To Do list is just the absolute least impressive thing you can showcase
From a marketing perspective, I want to showcase something that other frameworks cannot do and "this only took 10 lines of Python code" is a very weak sales pitch in 2026.
And you think the front page shouldn't show a basic example because you just vibe code everything anyway. That is a very odd objection - it would be very concerning if a code library didn't include a basic usage example on its front page. Also, guess what, some of us do actually write (or at least look at!) some of the code in the programs we work on. And even AI benefits from a clean API.
And your complaint about a to do list is that it's not "impressive"? It's not meant to be! It's a basic illustration of the API. It's like reading the Rust tutorial and objecting, "ugh, another programming language with for loops".
Anyway, it's fine for us to just disagree here. You just sound like someone that likes to argue for the sake of arguing, and just like to do apps, I don't have time for that.
That's a lie. It got your attention enough to post here, talk about it, and as a result, help push it up the front page. It's held your attention for so long, advertisers pay good money for that sort of attention. And you are just giving it out for free.
All because it used a Todo app.
(Do I just like arguing? Not really but I really did have no idea what your first comment was about, and your follow up was too odd not to reply to, so I got hooked.)
It's not meant to be a showcase of what you can build with it; it's meant to give you the smallest complete application so you can get a good idea of what you need to know.
The thing that's meant to be a showcase is usually referred to as a Showcase or a Gallery.
No clue why it's being done here.