Playground

Try the two things people ask about first.

Quick add turns one typed line into a task with a date, a project, labels, a priority and an estimate. Filters turn a short query into a live list. Both run in your browser here, as miniatures of the real features; the demo runs the real thing. Quick add syntax · Filter queries

Quick add
Filters

Quick add

One line, everything set.

Dates in everyday words, #project, @label, a priority from p1 to p4 and an estimate like +30m. Chips show what was understood before you press Enter, and a word taken by mistake can be dismissed. Preview chips

Six languages in the app: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, all at once. Languages
Text in double quotes is never interpreted. Preview chips
Repeat rules are set in the task panel, not typed here. Make a task repeat

The how-to

Type a task the way you would in the app

next Wednesday 15:00
#Work
@call
P1
30 min

Title that will be saved: Meeting with Sarah

Try:

Examples of quick-add lines and what they create
You type	Understood	Title
`Meeting with Sarah next Wed at 3pm #work @call p1 +30m`	next Wednesday 15:00, #Work, @call, P1, 30 min	Meeting with Sarah
`Pay rent by friday`	Friday	Pay rent
`Watch "Next Friday" tomorrow`	tomorrow	Watch Next Friday
`Buy 3 apples`	nothing special	Buy 3 apples

A miniature in English that follows the quick add reference: dates and times, #project (Work, Home, Errands and Travel exist here), @label, p1 to p4, +30m, and double quotes to keep text literal. The app also reads German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, and knows your real projects.

Filters

Ask a question, pin the answer.

A query combines small pieces with &, | and !. When the results are useful, press s in the app and the query becomes a saved view in the sidebar, with a live count, on all your devices. Save a filter as a view

Filters run on your device: instant, and they work offline. Tips
Up to six saved views side by side make a dashboard. Build a dashboard
Ten worked examples live in the reference. Examples

The how-to

Type a filter query

Without JavaScript this shows the whole sample list; with it, the matching tasks.

Try:

Call the plumber about the leak
1 day overdueHome@call@waitingP1
Renew passport
3 days overdue@errandP2
Get three quotes for the kitchen
todayHome@callP1
Review pull request #42
todayWork@deep-workP2
Write release notes for v1.0
tomorrowWork › Q4 launch@deep-workP2
Pick up groceries
today@errand
Status page
Tue 20 OctWork › Q4 launchP3
Water the plants
Sun 18 Oct
Book the dentist for both kids
Thu 22 OctFamily@callP2
Plan the trip to Lisbon
no dateTravelP3
Read the sync design doc
no dateWork@deep-work@someday
Invoice the client
Sun 25 OctWork@waitingP1
Return the library books
Wed 28 Oct@errandP3completed
Fix the squeaky door
no dateHomecompleted

12 open and 2 completed sample tasks. A miniature of the filter language: @label, #project, ##project (with sub-projects), p1 to p4, today, tomorrow, overdue, no date, no project, due <= 7 days, due before friday, search: word, completed, joined with &, |, ! and brackets. The app runs the real thing over your own tasks, offline.

The real thing is one click away.

The demo runs the actual parser and the actual filters over sample data, with nothing to install and nothing kept.

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