Tendlore

The private home maintenance coach for Windows. Tendlore teaches homeowners what maintenance their home needs, reminds them when to do it, walks them through each task, and keeps a durable local record — no accounts, no cloud, no subscription.

A Volarra product. Product requirements live in Tendlore_PRD.md.

Documentation: see docs/ — architecture, data model, recurrence semantics, content authoring, UI map, and the user guide.

Layout

Path	What it is
src/Tendlore.Core	Domain models, recurrence engine, plain-text YAML store (versioned files, atomic writes), playbook content library, plan generator, backup/CSV/search services. No UI dependencies.
src/Tendlore.App	WPF (.NET 10) desktop app — MVVM, first-run wizard, dashboard, plan, binder, ledger, runbook, settings.
tests/Tendlore.Core.Tests	xUnit tests: recurrence edge cases, plan generation, store round-trips, backup/restore.

Build & run

dotnet build Tendlore.slnx
dotnet test Tendlore.slnx
dotnet run --project src/Tendlore.App

User data lives in Documents\Tendlore\ as plain, human-readable YAML files plus an Attachments folder — inspectable and editable outside the app (see docs/data-model.md).

Dev conveniences (environment variables):

• TENDLORE_DATA_DIR — use a different data directory (demos/tests).
• TENDLORE_START_VIEW — open straight to a section (plan, areas, history, …).

Content library

Maintenance playbooks are structured data in src/Tendlore.Core/Content/playbooks.json, embedded in the Core assembly and versioned with the app (local-first: content updates ship in app updates). Each playbook carries what/why/where/how, difficulty, time, tools & supplies, safety notes, hire-a-pro thresholds, steps, done criteria, recurrence (calendar-anchored or floating), and applicability rules (systems, climates, household-condition interval overrides).