Focus on what matters to you, every time you open a new tab
GPL-3.0 License
Klu allows you to tackle your todos, favouring important over urgent. It does this by allowing you to arbitrary define important projects, how many tasks you want to address within those projects every day (contracts), while respecting external time constraints (start and due dates) as well as your biological rhythm. You end up with one task in front of your eyes, in big letters. No distractions. No endless lists. No stats. Just your most important tasks, one at a time.
You can check whether this is for you, read the full story behind it, as well as dive into Klu's core concepts here.
Creative spark courtesy of Matt O'Hagan's Jot.
Klu only comes in the shape of a chrome extension at this stage.
enter
.tab
key to move the keyboard focus onto the task.cmd
(or ctrl
on windows) + backspace
then enter
to confirm or esc
to cancel. Alternative: place the focus at the beginning of the task, and press left arrow
.cmd
(or ctrl
on windows) + shift
+ enter
.right arrow
. Note that uncategorised (aka "inbox") items are displayed in yellow as a way to create a somewhat unsettling feeling, triggering a prompt categorisation :)cmd
(or ctrl
on widows) + up arrow
or down arrow
to move the date respectively into the future or the past. Note: as filters are re-evaluated in realtime, setting a start date in the future without the "future" filter will make the task disappear. Activate the "future" filter to see it again.Tip: use cmd
+ right arrow
or left arrow
to quickly move between the beginning and the end of a task and set dates faster.
esc
(works anywhere in the app). Useful to make a quick edit before going back to the current focus.enter
.cmd
(or ctrl
on windows) + enter
. Alternative: [projects view] click on project.To fully understand this section, it is recommended to read about Klu's core concepts here.
What happens when "next up?" is clicked? Klu will first locate the biggest remaining project, which is computed from the frequency (set on the projects view) for that project minus any task done in that project for the current day. Within that project, it will either find:
tasks matching the current biorhythm. At the moment, "peak" time is between 4 am and 2 pm, "trough" between 2 pm and 5 pm and recovery between 5pm and 4 am. This rhythm is reflecting an early riser.
OR all tasks of that project, irrespective of the current biorhythm.
Please note that done tasks or tasks with a start date into the future are ignored.
From that first selection, it will apply a time filter to return either (in that order):
The idea behind this coarse filter is to randomly work on not-so-urgent (and yet important) tasks to avoid living in a contant state of emergency.
Klu does not require or use any external services. This is good news for privacy as your data never leaves your computer. On the other hand, you won't be able to access your data from another computer or device. This might change in the future.
One thing you should also know is that there is no easy way of exporting your data just yet. This is not a shameless vendor lock-in, but simply a feature that hasn't made it to the top yet.