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PopTask
Light menu bar task manager for quickly capturing tasks
518 followers
Light menu bar task manager for quickly capturing tasks
518 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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Appreciate it.
Will This be available for mobile platforms? Syncing with mobile will gain you more benefits.
See am commenting using phone 😊
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haha @rakibulism love that you're commenting from phone while asking about mobile support!
PopTask is Mac only for now, but let's just say mobile is something i'm very actively thinking about for the next version, stay tuned 👀
Since the task data is just a local JSON file on the Mac, have you thought about documenting the format so people can pipe tasks in from scripts? Something like `echo task | poptask add` from the terminal. Keeps the no-cloud thing going and opens it up to the developer crowd without touching the main UI.
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heyy @juelz 👋🏽 yeah this is actually on the list, the json format is pretty simple right now, just title, due date, recurrence, and subtasks .. a CLI tool that writes directly to the file and triggers a refresh would be totally doable 💯
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
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Upvoted and downloaded! Will see how it goes.
Do you see the possibility of integrating this with other task managers? One bane of them is not having something "universal" that connects through systems/platforms to keep things truly organized.
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@apparentforgmail thanks 🙌🏽 really appreciate the download and upvote!
integrations are definitely on my list, things like syncing with Apple reminders would make PopTask way more powerful as a universal capture layer .. not in the current version but it's a direction i find really interesting, would love to know which task manager you're coming from, might help me prioritize what to build first!
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@lilhadi I use Apple Reminders, but through GoodTask, which is basically just a wrapper on Reminders. Got to be honest, I hate how Apple Reminders functions, but love that its private, no-cost, and syncs between everything.
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that's actually a perfect use case .. PopTask could work as the fast capture layer on top of Apple Reminders, you type naturally and it pushes straight to Reminders which then syncs everywhere, that's exactly the kind of integration i want to build .. noted!
@lilhadi Does it offer MCP integration?
I think it would be great if I could use the cli tool to break down tasks for myself during my daily development process.
Does PopTask support integrations with tools like Slack or Google Calendar for seamless task capture?
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@shivani_gupta03 heyy ms gupta 👋🏽 sadly, no slack or google calendar integration in this version, but this is on the top of my list for v2 🙌🏽
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@anusuya_bhuyan heyy anu 👋🏽 PopTask is purely local right now, everything lives on your mac, no account, no sync
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 🍪