Launching today
PopTask
Light menu bar task manager for quickly capturing tasks
169 followers
Light menu bar task manager for quickly capturing tasks
169 followers
PopTask is a lightweight macOS menu bar task manager for quickly capturing tasks. Just type naturally even if the input is messy, shorthand, or full of slang and PopTask understands it and schedules it automatically. It supports 7 languages, shows smart countdown alerts, and includes AI powered scheduling and task breakdown. Everything runs on device on macOS 26 and later, with cloud support for earlier macOS versions.
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@lilhadi Many congratulations. Does this have context too? Example, vague stuff like "follow up on that contract thing next week" when you've got multiple contracts going, does it just parse the timing or try to get smarter about screen context too?
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heyy @rohanrecommends thanks mate!
right now PopTask parses the timing from what you type, so "follow up on that contract thing next week" gets scheduled for next monday with a cleaned up title, it's really good at the "when"
it actually doesn't read your screen or other tasks by design, as PopTask doesn't ask for accessibility permissions or read anything outside its own window cuz your tasks are just a local JSON file on your mac .. so it won't know which contract you mean, but that's a privacy tradeoff i'm comfortable with
i'm noting this down because you're not the first person to ask about smarter context and hopefully in the newer version i might add this!
The "just type whatever and it figures it out" approach is underrated. I've been building a focus timer app and the biggest UX lesson I keep learning is that fewer inputs = more people actually use it. Does the on-device AI handle stuff like "call dentist sometime next week" or is it more structured than that?
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@thenomadcode yeaa, that’s something i’m trying to keep in mind while building this too, fewer inputs usually means people actually use the app cuz it's easy
PopTask tries to handle both messy and structured inputs, if you type something vague like “call dentist sometime next week” it understands the context but won’t force a specific time
but if you write something clearer like “call dentist next wed 3ish” then it can schedule it automatically
the goal is just to let people type naturally and only structure things when there’s enough info
this is so clean. curious about Focus Mode: what does it actually do? does it hide everything and just show the one task you're on?
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@jens_deryckere1 heyy .. this is already in my list but for now, there is no focus mode for specific task
currently, it shows due time on menu bar for the most recent task
(will update you 💯 once i go live with focus mode)
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Hey @lilhadi -- as someone who has tried just about every to-do app, I really dig this. Really simple + the natural language support is killer. Two requests/comments: Thought about adding a system wide shortcut to initiate the menu bar pop down? Also, TAB support on the pop down to switch between fields and CMD + Enter to add new a new task? Feel like that would make it even faster to use. Nice work!
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heyy @dannygreer thanks, really appreciate that coming from someone who actually understands the pain of using other to-do apps
well, both of your suggestions are great ^
i actually added global keyboard shortcut to open PopTask from anywhere, but i was facing some errors so i skipped it in V1 .. definitely adding that in V2 💯
tab support between fields and CMD+Enter to submit are solid ideas too, will look into both on the upcoming updates .. thank you so much again, for such and amazing feedback!
One comments, I always got some picture with schedule, it will be great if I can paste the picture and popTask can OCR and find the schedule ,setup everything
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@chinadata heyy emily 👋🏽 am ngl, this is such an amazing idea !!
gonna add this in newer version, here a cookie for you 🍪
U know I maintain the tasks in notepad just because its always available quickly, but this will be a game changer for sure in long term!
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@nayan_surya98 thanks youu my man! trust me this is the reason i built this app, i wanted something very quick and fast to schedule my tasks without switching apps .. hope this gonna help everyone! btw, this is 💯 FREE
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This is going to be so handy to manage tasks. I'll try it out.
Congrats on the launch 🎉
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@basharath thanks mate! please give it a try and lemme know if you have any feedback, appreciate it 🙌🏽