The latest update brings Lunatask one step closer to become an open platform, as well as it brings updates to task list, habit tracker, and enhanced security.

Features​

• Added support for custom lists (we name them Areas of Life). When you sign up for Lunatask, your two default areas (personal and work-related tasks) will be still present, however, with Lunatask 0.6, you can add your own. Working for multiple clients or want to track education-related tasks separately? No problem with our new custom Areas of Life.

• Added developer-friendly Public API. Those more tech-savvy among you, you can now build integrations that will bring tasks from your favorite tools into Lunatask automatically. This is a foundation to make Lunatask an open platform and going forward you can expect some native integration as well!

• Added Idea Voting Portal which serves as a public roadmap where you can see and influence what we build next Improvements

• Habit Tracker now shows your record streak for each habit to keep you motivated to beat your past record. Streak calculation was also rewritten to take habit recurrence into account.

• Enabling us to build Public API and future integrations we rewrote the end-to-end encryption which protects your data. Previously, AES-256-GCM+PBKDF2 algorithms were used. Starting with 0.6 the cryptography algorithms used are Curve25519+XSalsa20+Poly1305+argon2id. Accounts created with earlier versions of Lunatask will be prompted to undergo a short migration when updating to Lunatask 0.6 or later.

• Your task list configuration (workflow, grouping and sort) is now stored remotely and synced to all devices

• New icons in task list footer to indicate better what is what

• Login and account setup flow window is now draggable

• Improved reliability of cloud sync

• Improved network connection status detection

Fixes​

• Fixed up/down arrow keys not working in flat grouping

Notes​

It seems that the auto-updater again was misbehaving in 0.5.1 and 0.5.2. The issue was fixed in 0.5.3, if you have a trouble updating Lunatask, please, download new version from the website manually. Apologies for the inconvenience, we will keep a closer eye on him next time!

Features​

• Added Mood Tracker to track your mood every day, so now you will be able to scientifically answers questions like e.g. whether taking a food supplement in the evening affects how you feel the next day
• Added Habit Groups so now you can group habits into routines (e.g. Morning routine)
• Must/Should/Want grouping in Task List is now out of labs

Improvements​

• You can now mark a habit as a bad habit, it will then not show in incomplete habits for today in the menu badge
• You can now see that task is not actionable (i.e. is in waiting status) when not in by status grouping
• CMD+R will now perform data sync instead of reloading the app, you can still reload the app manually via the application menu (View > Reload)
• Allow to rename a habit via right-click context menu, not just via double-click
• Seen onboardings are now remembered on the server and not lost on logout
• Added dedicated button to take you to task search and completed task list to improve discoverability
• Allow to collapse/uncollapse sections in Task List via right-click context menu to improve discoverability, not just via double-click
• Make line height in code blocks consistent with normal text (resulting in more compact code blocks)
• Redesigned login and encryption setup flows
• Confirmation dialogs can be now submitted by pressing ENTER
• In-app feedback form was removed in favor of the website's contact form
• Enhanced performance and security

Fixes​

• Fixed not being able to open native emoji picker with a CTRL+CMD+SPACE keyboard shortcut in the Task List

After a long search for a better name, the app shall now be known as Lunatask. But wait, there's more 🔥

Features​

• Added Task Workflow Presets
• Added Plan You Day Workflow (to be enabled in Labs)
• Added inline code support to the editor, to trigger wrap text in backticks
• Allow copying task description as Markdown
• You can now submit feedback, feature ideas or bug reports directly from the app, visit Settings > Support > Submit Feedback
• Added onboarding messages when switching to a particular workflow for the first time as well as how task list works in general
• Habit Tracker is now out of Labs

Improvements​

• Pressing backspace on the beginning of code block now removes the code block
• Give code blocks in the editor more space to breathe if surrounded by text
• Added tooltips throughout the app to ease onboarding
• Rename Next in the header to Now to match grouping name
• Added menu item to Sign Out
• Updated login page copy
• The application is now notarized to avoid security warning on macOS Catalina
• Bundled application size is now reduced by 10%

Fixes​

• Auto-linking in the editor made more reliable

Features​

• Habit Tracker is now in Labs for everyone with tracking of daily activities, habit pausing/resuming, habits relevant only on certain days of the week and habits which you can practice multiple times within a single day. You can use it to track bad habits you want to get rid of too!
• In the settings, you'll find a new section called Labs which is a place for trying out new experimental features. To enable Habit Tracker, visit Settings > Labs and turn it on.
• Now you don't need an invite to start using the app, just download it and start using it

Improvements​

• Added support for bold, italic and strikethrough formatting to task descriptions
• Focus mode now automatically turns on Do Not Disturb and turns it off when complete
• Chronological sort is now renamed to By age
• Age indicators in By age sort now automatically update as the time goes
• All keyboard shortcuts now repeat when the key is held (useful mainly for up/down arrows)
• Added warning when unsynced changes on a sign-out
• Bundled application size is now reduced by 65%

Fixes​

• Email links now open email client upon clicking, not the browser
• Fixed the app not being easily draggable around the screen, you can now start dragging anywhere in the left menu and it will move the app

Improvements​

• You can now use code blocks in task descriptions
• Autolinking in task descriptions is now back, you can also use Markdown syntax to add links there
• A new Workflow feature to simplify moving tasks between states (available in task right-click menu)
• The work-in-progress limit is now customizable in the settings with the ability to turn it off
• Added 8h estimate option and indication in red that task should be split into smaller tasks
• It's possible now to edit selected task with SPACE not just ENTER shortcut
• It's possible now to end focus mode with Q press for parity with F for starting it
• It's possible now to switch contexts with CMD+1 / CMD+2 shortcuts
• Default grouping changed from flat list to Now/Next for personal tasks and By Status for work-related tasks
• Moving task into collapsed section now temporarily uncollapses it, this now works for all changes which result in the task being moved into a different section, not just when a new task is created and Later is collapsed
• Task statuses in the dropdown are now reordered to match the order of statuses displayed in the Task List
• Added menu item to trigger sync to cloud manually
• Improved visual indication of enabled settings toggles

Fixes​

• "Current version is up-to-date" message no longer shows up every time you restart the app
• Focus mode is now automatically ended when task marked as completed
• Leftover debug option to focus for 10 seconds is now removed

The wait is over. We're excited to release the first beta version of our new personal productivity app 🎉

Features​

• Task management in two separate areas of your life (personal and work-related tasks)
• Task status tracking
• Task scheduling
• Task estimation
• Task prioritization based on urgency
• Focus mode
• Work-in-progress limit
• End-to-end encryption
• Real-time synchronization
• Automatic updates