Tasks app iconWork in
progress

Move work,
not the mouse.

Tasks is a keyboard-first Kanban board for macOS. Every board is a plain markdown file in a folder you choose, and every action has a shortcut.

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No account · boards are .md files · light and dark

What's on disk

The board is
the file.

One board, one .md file. Columns are headings, tasks are checkboxes, and sub-tasks sit indented underneath. This is the file behind the recordings on this page.

  • Saves on its own after every change
  • Open, edit or version the same file in any editor, or in git
  • Mark a column [auto-close] and everything you move into it gets checked off
~/Boards/Trip to Poznań.md
---
icon: ✈️
---
# Trip to Poznań
Long weekend, three days, one goat show.

## To do
- [ ] Book the train from Warsaw
- [ ] Reserve a table on the Old Market Square {{#F59E0B}}
  - Somewhere with pierogi ruskie
- [ ] Pack for the weekend
  - [x] Rain jacket
  - [x] Charger
  - [ ] Comfortable shoes
  - [ ] Camera
- [ ] Buy St. Martin's croissants

## Doing
- [ ] Plan Saturday

## Done [auto-close]
- [x] Ask for Friday off

Boards

A folder of boards,
one keystroke apart.

Point Tasks at a folder and every markdown file in it becomes a board. ⌘1–9 jumps straight to one, [ shows the list.

  • An emoji sticker for each board, stored in the file
  • Archive completed tasks with one click
The Tasks sidebar listing the Home, Side projects, Trip to Poznań and Work boards next to the open trip board

Focus

One task,
in the notch.

Press ⌘. on a task to start a focus session. Its name and a timer sit in the notch at the top of your screen, above every app.

  • Drag the notch down to set a countdown, with a chime when time's up
  • Tick the task off right from the notch
  • ⌃Space adds a task from anywhere, even when Tasks isn't open

Worklog

See where the
time went.

Every focus session is logged. The worklog adds them up by day and by task, for today, this week, this month or all time, across all boards or just one.

The worklog: 3h 35m tracked this week, with bars by day and by task

Keyboard first

Hands stay on the keys.

Done. Arrow keys move between tasks and columns, Space ticks one off.
Sub-tasks. ⌘↩ opens a task's checklist, esc closes it.
Command menu. ⌘K finds any action or board by typing.
Boards. ⌘1–9 switches to a board instantly.
⌥←→
Move between columns

⌥↑ ↓ reorders, add ⇧ to send it to the top or bottom.

⌘N↩
New task, rename

Add a task to the current column, or rename the one you're on.

⇥
Make it a sub-task

Tab tucks a task under the one above it.

⇧↑↓
Select several

Then tick, move or delete them all at once.

⌘Z⌘⇧Z
Undo and redo

Moves, edits and deletes.

⌘.
Focus

Start or stop a focus session on the selected task.

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Tasks is free.

No trial, no subscription, no account. Pick a folder, make a board, start moving things to Done.

macOS. Your boards stay wherever you keep them.

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