Alternatives to Super Productivity
Open source to-do with time tracking and Jira sync
Super Productivity ranks #10 of 20 in Task managers, with an Alt Score of 67. It is licensed under MIT, free and available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and Web. 11 of 11 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Developers, freelancers, and other knowledge workers who want a keyboard-first task manager with built-in time tracking, without handing their data to a cloud service.
A free, open-source task manager combining to-do lists, subtasks, and tags with one-click time tracking and a Pomodoro/focus-mode timer. It runs locally with no account required, syncs optionally via WebDAV or Dropbox, and integrates with GitHub, GitLab, Jira, and CalDAV. Views include Kanban boards and daily/weekly planning, plus automatic timesheets exportable as JSON or CSV.
Add tasks (manually or pulled in from GitHub/Jira/CalDAV), organize them into projects and tags, then start the built-in timer or Pomodoro session to track time as you work through them. Completed work rolls up into daily summaries and exportable time reports.
Where Super Productivity stands out
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Feature comparison
Rows come from the Task managers checklist (15 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
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Every fact and feature listed for Super Productivity is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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License MIT verified 2026-07-12
MIT License
https://github.com/super-productivity/super-productivity/blob/master/LICENSE -
Pricing model Free verified 2026-07-12
100% free. No trials, no premium tiers, no hidden costs.
https://super-productivity.com/pricing/ -
Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Web verified 2026-07-12
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
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Status active verified 2026-07-12
v18.14.0 Latest released this 10 Jul 17:07
https://github.com/super-productivity/super-productivity/releases -
Natural language input Yes verified 2026-07-12
@tomorrow, @next week, or a date — Set the due date. You can combine with a time (e.g. @tomorrow @14:00).
https://github.com/super-productivity/super-productivity/blob/master/docs/wiki/2.03-Add-Tasks.md -
Recurring tasks Yes verified 2026-07-12
Repeating tasks in Super Productivity are tasks that recur on a schedule—daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly—so you don't have to create the same task over and over.
https://github.com/super-productivity/super-productivity/blob/master/docs/wiki/4.13-Repeating-Tasks.md -
Subtasks depth Yes verified 2026-07-12
Subtasks can themselves have subtasks (nesting): a task can be both a parent and a child.
https://github.com/super-productivity/super-productivity/blob/master/docs/wiki/4.11-Subtasks.md -
Projects & labels Yes verified 2026-07-12
Projects and tags serve different organizational purposes
https://github.com/super-productivity/super-productivity/blob/master/docs/wiki/4.06-Project-View.md -
Priorities No verified 2026-07-12
ordinal priorities". That is, there is no way to mark a task as "High-Low" or "1 to 5" and be able to sort by that value."
Super Productivity does not have the concept of
https://github.com/super-productivity/super-productivity/blob/master/docs/wiki/4.07b-Tags_Ordinal-Priorities.md -
Reminders (time & location) Partial verified 2026-07-12
You can use reminders (configured per task) to get notified at a chosen time
https://github.com/super-productivity/super-productivity/blob/master/docs/wiki/4.12-Scheduled-Tasks.md -
Shared lists No verified 2026-07-12
Not with this app alone, but you can use Open Project (or Jira, GitHub, GitLab) together with it.
https://github.com/super-productivity/super-productivity/discussions/1835 -
Calendar sync (2-way) Yes verified 2026-07-12
It's a two-way link for scheduling: the app reads your events to plan around them, and when you time-block a task it writes the matching event back to Google
https://super-productivity.com/blog/google-calendar-super-productivity-time-blocking/ -
Widgets Partial verified 2026-07-12
Tap to refresh task list""
the widget never populates with any of the tasks and always only shows the txt
https://github.com/super-productivity/super-productivity/discussions/2578 -
Quick capture (global shortcut) Yes verified 2026-07-12
Global (system-wide): globalShowHide, globalToggleTaskStart, globalAddNote, globalAddTask. Available only in the Electron/desktop build.
https://github.com/super-productivity/super-productivity/blob/master/docs/wiki/3.03-Keyboard-Shortcuts.md -
Offline Yes verified 2026-07-12
Use Super Productivity directly in your browser. Works offline too!
https://super-productivity.com/download/
FAQ
Yes. Todoist, TickTick and Any.do have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
Tasks.org, Vikunja and Taskwarrior — every license claim links its source.