Change Log Archive
Every Flowcus release, from the latest all the way back to the first beta.
Due and defer dates in the Inspector now carry a time as well as a date, so a task due at 4pm says so. On the board, holding ⇧ with the arrow keys extends your selection, stopping neatly at the edge of the column or swimlane. Also includes a fix for dates landing a day early during British Summer Time.
New
Due and defer dates in the Inspector now have a time field, so you can set a task for a particular time of day.
New
Hold ⇧ with the arrow keys to extend your selection across the board — it stops at the edge of the column or swimlane.
Improved
Lens overlays now keep keyboard focus inside them while open, and their menus can be driven with the arrow keys.
Fixed
Dates set from Things, Todoist, TaskPaper and Quick Capture no longer land a day early during British Summer Time.
Fixed
Repeating tasks no longer show the whole series' age in Rewind, dwell time and lead/cycle time — each occurrence is now measured on its own.
Three fixes based on user feedback. Tasks with subtasks no longer drop from the board when "Hide blocked tasks" is off, the column menu opens on top of the board rather than behind it and the Work Item Age chart now bands tasks to match the age colour on their cards.
Fixed
Some tasks with subtasks no longer appear on the board when "Hide blocked tasks" is off.
Fixed
The column menu now opens on top of the board, instead of being cut off or hidden behind other content.
Fixed
The Work Item Age chart now puts a task sitting right on the warning or critical age in the same band as the colour on its card.
A Lens can now be built from one of your OmniFocus perspectives, so the board shows only the tasks that perspective contains — and Lenses are better behaved throughout, with the project sidebar listing only the projects a Lens actually covers and excluded folders respected everywhere. Settings › Views lets you choose which view Flowcus opens on and switch off any you don't use. Repeating tasks read correctly too: they show their real schedule rather than always claiming to be daily, and no longer carry a misleading age or aging warning. Also includes more reliable app detection, so flagging and Quick Capture keep working when OmniFocus is closed or has been renamed.
New
A Lens can now be based on one of your OmniFocus perspectives, so the board shows only the tasks that perspective contains.
New
Setting up a perspective Lens takes one click — "Add shortcut" installs the Shortcut that Flowcus uses to read your perspective data.
New
With a Lens active, the Filter by Project sidebar now lists only projects that have tasks in that Lens — and any project filter the Lens hides is cleared automatically.
New
Choose which view Flowcus opens on, and turn individual views on or off, in Settings › Views.
Improved
Folders excluded under Settings › Sources › Filter folders are now respected everywhere. Their projects and subfolders no longer appear in the Lens editor, the project sidebar or other project pickers.
Fixed
Flowcus now finds OmniFocus and Things by their unique app identifier, rather than assuming the installed apps are called "OmniFocus" and "Things3".
Fixed
Quick Capture (⌘N) now picks up task sources you enable or disable in Settings straight away, without restarting the app.
Fixed
Repeating tasks now show their actual schedule — weekly, monthly, yearly and so on — instead of always showing "Daily".
Fixed
A repeating task whose schedule can't be read is now labelled "Custom schedule" rather than "Repeats: Repeats".
Fixed
Repeating tasks no longer show a misleading age or aging warning.
Fixed
The column colour picker no longer gets cut off or hidden behind the board's column headers.
Fixed
Clicking the streak badge again now closes its popover.
You can now drive the whole board from the keyboard: arrow keys move between tasks across columns and swimlanes, ⌘↑ and ⌘↓ jump to the top or bottom of a column, Return renames the selected card and ⌘A selects every visible task. Swimlanes can take whole OmniFocus folders too — assign one from the swimlane's configure menu and its tasks move across straight away, with a searchable folder list in Settings › Swimlanes to help you find it. Fit Columns to Window (⌘9) resizes every expanded column to fill the board in one step, and ⌘⌥Return drops whatever you've selected. Also includes Mistral as an EU-hosted AI provider for Sidekick, readable AI error messages and a sharper board search that no longer turns up loose near-matches.
New
Drive the board from the keyboard — arrow keys move between tasks across columns and swimlanes, ⌘↑ and ⌘↓ jump to the top or bottom of a column, Return renames the selected card and ⌘A selects every visible task in a column.
New
Assign OmniFocus folders to a swimlane from its configure menu. Tasks move to the right swimlane straight away.
New
Fit Columns to Window (⌘9) resizes every expanded column to fill the board in one step.
New
Drop the selected tasks with ⌘⌥Return.
New
Mistral is now available as an EU-hosted AI provider for Sidekick.
New
Filter the folder list in Settings › Swimlanes by name.
Improved
When an AI provider returns an error, you now see a readable explanation with a suggested fix instead of a bare error code.
Improved
The "move to swimlane above/below" menu shortcut is now ⌘⌥↑ and ⌘⌥↓, matching the keyboard binding and the cheat sheet.
Improved
Column and swimlane headers stay pinned while scrolling at any zoom level.
Fixed
Search filters on the board and in Aging no longer show loose near-matches, so searching "task" no longer lists a task that only says "ask".
Fixed
Renamed tasks show up in search right away, without waiting for a refresh.
Fixed
Assigning a swimlane to a folder whose subfolders already had rules now asks you to confirm inline. Previously it silently did nothing.
Fixed
⌘⇧Return no longer completes tasks while you're typing in a text field.
Fixed
Creating a task from a column's right-click menu now puts it in that column and swimlane.
Fixed
Multi-word tags like "@Waiting For" are recognised in quick entry.
Fixed
Leaving the Stuck walkthrough refreshes the Projects views, so projects you've fixed no longer show as stuck.
Fixed
The filter chip counts in the Projects view now match the filtered list, and empty single-action lists are no longer marked Stalled.
Snooze projects to remove them from the Stuck projects review tool. Project statuses updated based on user feedback: Scheduled, Deferred and repeating projects are more easily identifiable. Zombie projects are now called Dormant and measure the time since you last added or completed an action. Settings > Projects now lets you set your own day counts for Recent and Dormant badges.
New
Snooze a project for a week, a month or three months to keep it out of the Stuck list until you're ready to look at it again.
New
A project waiting only on a future start date now shows as Scheduled — along with the date it returns — and no longer counts as stuck.
New
Deferred is now a status in its own right rather than being lumped in with On hold, and repeating projects are marked with ↻ between cycles.
New
Choose your own day counts for the Recent and Dormant badges in Settings › Projects.
Improved
Zombie projects are now called Dormant, and the badge measures how long it's been since you last added or completed an action in the project.
Improved
A project with a single next action is no longer flagged as Underdefined.
A quick follow-up to 2.3.2: a column that looks empty can now be deleted. And when a column genuinely can't be removed, Flowcus explains why rather than appearing to ignore the request.
Fixed
Columns that look empty can now be deleted.
Fixed
When a column genuinely can't be deleted, Flowcus now tells you why instead of appearing to ignore the request.
Blueprint can now show your Mac calendars alongside your plan, so you can see today's meetings while you block out the day. Resolve your Stuck projects one at a time by adding next actions, set the status and check recent activity until each one is ready unstuck. Flowcus also speaks Spanish, Italian and Simplified Chinese as well as English and Sidekick will reply in it.
New
Connect your Mac & Google calendars in Settings › Calendar to see today's events alongside your plan in Blueprint, so you can schedule around your meetings. Calendars are colour-coded, refresh on their own and can be shown or hidden individually from the toolbar.
New
Schedule a task straight from the board and Flowcus drops it into the next open 30-minute slot in Blueprint.
New
Work through your Stuck projects one at a time with a new walkthrough. Add a next action, change the status or check recent activity to see whether a project is stalled or blocked.
New
Flowcus now speaks Spanish, Italian and Simplified Chinese as well as English. Choose your language in Settings › General or follow your Mac's own setting — Sidekick will reply in whichever you pick.
New
Spotted an odd translation? The new Translation tab in the feedback sheet lets you flag it and suggest better wording.
Improved
A Getting Started checklist in the Help menu walks you through your first steps in Flowcus, with links straight to the features it mentions.
Improved
"Discover Features…" in the Help menu brings back any tips you've dismissed and adds a browsable catalogue of everything Flowcus can do.
Improved
The command palette now shows keyboard shortcuts, lets you jump between views and gives you quick access to Help.
Improved
"What's New?" in the Help menu opens the changelog at the version you're running.
Improved
Every chart in Analyse and the Aging view now has an info button explaining what you're looking at.
Improved
The Blueprint nav button shows how many blocks you've planned for the day.
Improved
Blueprint now meets an unplanned day with a proper empty state and gentle nudges to help you fill it.
Improved
Leaving the Stuck walkthrough to check something and coming back picks up right where you left off.
Improved
The Projects inspector now states a project's status outright, rather than leaving you to infer it.
Improved
Expand or collapse every folder group in the Projects list at once — from the toolbar, the command palette or the keyboard.
Improved
"More options…" now carries over whatever you've already typed into Quick Capture, so there's no need to retype it.
Improved
The command palette only offers commands that make sense for the view you're in.
Improved
Dropping a project now asks you to confirm first, so you can't remove one by accident.
Fixed
Long-running recurring tasks no longer dominate the rankings and warnings in the Aging view.
Fixed
The Cumulative Flow Diagram now tracks items accurately as they move through stages.
Fixed
Tags are no longer silently dropped when you create a task, nested tags included.
Fixed
A project is no longer marked as stalled immediately after you add a new action to it.
Fixed
Pressing Escape in the Stuck walkthrough no longer closes it while leaving Quick Capture open.
Fixed
The walkthrough no longer shows an empty card when the counter says there is one to see.
Fixed
The Stuck card stack no longer glitches visually as you move through the cards.
Fixed
The Stalled filter in Projects now shows only stalled projects.
Fixed
Deferred and blocked projects now show the right status badge.
Blueprint can now spread one task across several time blocks, showing scheduled-vs-estimated progress (e.g. 30/90m) so big tasks can be split over the day — and planned dates in OmniFocus turn into blocks automatically, staying in sync in both directions. Links in task notes are clickable too, including app links like obsidian://, with a chip on the card to open them in one click. Projects Health gains a project inspector and an "Open in Board" shortcut, and the Task Inspector is now a double-click away. Flowcus also starts sending anonymous usage data to help shape what's next — opt out any time in Settings.
New
Links in task notes — including app links like obsidian:// — are now clickable, and any card with a link in its note shows a chip that opens it in one click.
New
Blueprint can now schedule the same task across several time blocks, with the task list showing scheduled-vs-estimated progress (e.g. 30/90m) so you can split a big task over the day.
New
Tasks given a planned date in OmniFocus now appear in Blueprint automatically, sized to their estimated duration — and the block moves with them whenever you change the planned time in OmniFocus.
New
Dragging a task into Blueprint creates a block matching its estimated duration, and resizing or adding blocks writes the new total back to the task's duration in OmniFocus.
New
Click any project in the Projects health list to open a project inspector, showing its status, open and done counts, completion, last activity, note and tags — with a jump straight to OmniFocus.
New
Right-click a project and choose "Open in Board" to jump to the board filtered to just that project's tasks.
Improved
Double-click a task card — or select it and press Enter — to open the Task Inspector. The compact/expanded card toggle now lives in the card's right-click menu.
Fixed
Projects deferred to a future date now show as on hold rather than active, and are no longer flagged as zombies.
Fixed
Filter sidebar counts now reflect the active Lens instead of counting every task on the board.
Note
To help shape what gets built next, Flowcus now sends a small amount of anonymous usage data about which parts of the app get used — never your projects, tasks or personal data. Opt out at any time in Settings.
Filter your board by project with a new folder-grouped picker in the sidebar (toggle with ⇧⌘J), and take your filters further: everything you set on the board now narrows the Aging view too. Option-click any due, tag or project row to select all the others in one gesture, and drag the divider between the tag and project lists to share the space how you like.
New
Filter your board by project — a new folder-grouped picker in the sidebar with search and selectable folders, available with ⇧⌘J, from the View menu, or from the command palette, and applied to both the board and Blueprint.
New
The command palette fuzzy matches project names, so you can jump to the project you want with just a few characters.
New
The filters you set on the board — search, project, tag, due, flagged and more — now also apply to the Aging view.
New
Option-click any due, tag or project filter to instantly select all the others — a one-gesture way to hide just that one.
Improved
The filter sidebars are now ordered Due, Tag, Project, with a draggable divider so the tag and project lists share the available height however suits you — your chosen split is remembered.
Combine your filters your way with a new "Match" toggle in the toolbar — switch to "Any" to see everything that's due, flagged or planned, rather than only the tasks matching all three. Your board's filters now follow you into Blueprint too, so flag, due, planned and tag selections narrow the Blueprint task list just as they narrow the board.
New
A new "Match" toggle in the toolbar lets you choose how the due, flagged and planned filters combine — pick "Any" to see every task that's due or flagged or planned, or stay on "All" to see only the tasks matching all of them. It appears whenever two or more of these filters are active, and your choice is remembered.
New
The board's filters now work in Blueprint — flag, due, planned and tag selections narrow the Blueprint task list just like they filter the board.
Improved
The due-date and tag filter panels can now be opened while you're planning your day in Blueprint.
Save named views of your board — like "Work" and "Personal" — that control which tasks appear based on the groupings and labels from your task manager, then switch between them from the toolbar, the command palette, or with ⌘⇧L. A new Manage Lenses window lets you create, rename, duplicate, reorder, and delete Lenses, and you can capture your current view as a Lens in one step. A built-in "All" Lens always shows everything, and an empty board now tells you exactly why it's empty.
New
Lenses — save named views of your board (like "Work" and "Personal") that control which tasks appear based on the groupings and labels from your task manager. Switch between them from the toolbar, the command palette, or with ⌘⇧L.
New
A new Manage Lenses window lets you create, rename, duplicate, reorder, and delete Lenses.
New
Create a Lens from your current view in one step — it captures your active tag filters, names the new Lens after them, and drops you straight into renaming it. Available from the command palette and the Manage Lenses window.
New
A built-in "All" Lens always shows everything — including folders and tags you add later — and is protected against being accidentally narrowed or deleted. Duplicate it when you want a custom starting point.
Improved
An empty board now explains why it's empty — whether a Lens is scoping everything out or other active filters are hiding every task.
A couple of fixes to keep your board tidy and your metrics honest: deleted swimlanes now stay deleted, and the WIP Over Time chart tracks tasks accurately across the full date range instead of starting with an inflated value.
Fixed
Deleting a swimlane now works properly — previously a removed swimlane would silently come back the next time you opened the app.
Fixed
The WIP Over Time chart no longer starts with an inflated value — it now accurately tracks tasks entering and leaving WIP across the full date range.
Zero in on what needs attention with three new due-date filters — Overdue, Due today, and Due soon — from a dedicated filter panel (toggle with ⌘⇧U).
New
Filter your board by due date with three new multi-select filters — Overdue, Due today, and Due soon — from a dedicated filter panel and a toolbar badge showing how many are active.
New
Set your own "due soon" window in Settings (1 to 14 days, default 3), so "Due soon" means whatever's right for you.
New
Toggle the due-date filter instantly with ⌘⇧U or from the View menu.
New
Your due-date and tag filter selections are now remembered between app restarts via the "Remember filters" setting.
Updates no longer interrupt you at launch — an "Update Available" badge now waits in the app until you're ready to install. Setup is smoother too, with step-by-step guidance for granting Full Disk Access when OmniFocus data can't be read. Plus column and swimlane names display exactly as typed, and several fixes for stuck tasks and clearer error messages.
New
"Update Available" badge now appears in the app instead of a pop-up interrupting you at launch. Click it whenever you're ready to install the update.
Improved
Added step-by-step guidance for granting Full Disk Access when OmniFocus data can't be read.
Improved
About window highlights other Mac apps available from the creator of Flowcus.
Fixed
Column and swimlane names now display exactly as typed (no more ALL CAPS on the board unless you choose this).
Fixed
Tasks no longer stay stuck in a column after changing tags to one no routing rule matches.
Fixed
When a project's stats fail to load, Flowcus now shows the actual reason instead of a generic error.
Much faster startup for OmniFocus users — cold-start now loads via direct data access, dramatically cutting fetch times. Plus two new beta views for spotting projects that need attention: a Projects health view that surfaces stalled and neglected (zombie) projects, and a Project matrix that plots every project by progress and age.
Improved
Much faster startup for OmniFocus users — cold-start now loads through direct data access, drastically cutting fetch times so your board is ready almost immediately.
New
Projects health view (beta) gives you an at-a-glance read on the state of your OmniFocus projects, highlighting stalled projects with no open tasks and neglected (zombie) projects, with filters to zero in on the ones that need attention.
New
Project matrix (beta) — a quadrant bubble chart plotting your projects by percent complete (x-axis) and age (y-axis), with bubble colour indicating status and an outline marking zombie projects.
Improved
The About box has been refreshed to show the current version and build alongside quick links to support.
Note
The Projects health view and Project matrix are still in beta — if anything's unclear, a signal feels off, or there's extra information you'd like to see, email feedback@getflowcus.app or share an idea on the public roadmap.
Plan your day faster in Blueprint and stop creating blocks by accident: double-click an empty slot to drop in a 30-minute block, copy and paste with ⌘C/⌘V, and Option-drag to duplicate. Overlapping blocks now sit side-by-side as columns, and you can shunt a block (or the whole day) to today from the context menu or toolbar. Also includes a new Take Part in Research option and fixes for moving tasks between projects on OmniFocus 4.
New
Plan faster in Blueprint: double-click an empty slot to drop in a 30-minute block, copy and paste blocks with ⌘C/⌘V, and Option-drag any block to duplicate it on the spot.
New
Overlapping time blocks now sit side-by-side as columns instead of stacking, and you can shunt a block (or every block on the day) over to today from the context menu or toolbar.
New
Added a Take Part in Research option in the Help menu for anyone who'd like to provide feedback on Flowcus.
Fixed
Moving tasks between projects now works reliably again on OmniFocus 4.
Fixed
The project picker in the Inspector no longer lists dropped projects.
Fetching tasks from OmniFocus is now much quicker — Flowcus reads directly from the OmniFocus database instead of going through AppleScript. Blueprint time blocks sync back to OmniFocus 4, and new sidebar filters, a today summary bar, and several fixes round out the release.
New
Fetching tasks from OmniFocus is now much faster. Flowcus reads directly from the OmniFocus database by default instead of using AppleScript. You can switch between Direct and Via OmniFocus modes in Settings → Sources.
New
Dropping a task into a Blueprint time block now writes the start time and duration back to OmniFocus 4, so your plan appears in Forecast and Review without re-entry.
New
OmniFocus 4 tasks now show Planned Date and Estimated Time in the Inspector, both with click-to-edit support.
New
Filter the Blueprint sidebar by estimated duration using quick chips (≤15 min, 15–30 min, 30 min+, No estimate), combinable with text search.
New
A new summary bar at the top of Blueprint shows at-a-glance counts for Overdue, Due Today, Planned, and Done.
New
Open the Inspector from anywhere in Blueprint by clicking a sidebar item, a task block, or pressing ⌘I. The panel swaps in place as you move between tasks.
New
When a task has a specific time on its defer or due date, the Inspector, card tooltip, and deferred panel now show the time as well as the date.
Fixed
The Inspector now updates immediately when you drag a Blueprint block to a new time.
Fixed
OmniFocus tasks that inherit a due or defer date from their parent project now display those dates correctly.
Fixed
Scheduled tasks in the Blueprint sidebar now show a clock badge with the scheduled time instead of strikethrough text.
Fixed
Today's planned tasks refresh automatically at midnight, even if Flowcus has been left running overnight.
Fixed
Tag filter counts now update when tasks are completed, dropped, or restored.
Fixed
Radar now reassesses automatically when a task is removed from the board.
Fixed
Hover states now render correctly in both light and dark themes.
Add and remove tags tasks directly via the Inspector. Quick Capture now works with OmniFocus, Things and Todoist, and can be opened from the Command Palette or by right-clicking on the board. Swimlanes can also be snapped to fit their content.
Improved
Add and remove tags on OmniFocus tasks directly from the Inspector without switching apps. Changes sync back to OmniFocus automatically.
New
Create new tasks from Quick Capture into OmniFocus, Things or Todoist. Open Quick Capture from the Command Palette or by right-clicking on the board to drop a new task straight into a specific column.
New
Snap a swimlane to the height of its tallest column so you're not left with empty space below short stacks.
Introducing Blueprint, a day planner with a time-blocked grid where you can create, move, resize and schedule blocks. Quickly add blocks with natural-language input, apply colour and icon presets, drag to create variable-length blocks, zoom the grid, and filter your board to just today's planned tasks. Also includes in-app feedback submission, clickable markdown links in notes, smarter Radar progress tracking and a Todoist swimlane routing fix.
New
Plan your day on a time-blocked grid: create, move, resize and edit blocks, app colour & icon presets, drag tasks from the sidebar onto the grid, and see an active-block indicator highlighting what you should be doing now.
New
Press ⌘K (or Q) to open quick-add and type natural-language schedules like '9 deep work, 11.30 lunch' with a live preview before committing. Supports multiple time formats and comma-separated entries.
New
Use the toolbar badge or ⌘⇧B to filter the board to just today's planned tasks, or toggle to show only unplanned ones.
New
Submit feedback directly from within the app using the Send Feedback from the Help menu.
New
Open the public Flowcus roadmap and ideas board from the Help menu.
New
Checklist items and task notes now render markdown links as clickable links.
Improved
Dropped tasks now count as done in your Radar progress and are dimmed like completed cards. Deferred tasks disappear from Radar until their defer date.
Fixed
Fixed Todoist tasks in projects not being routed to the correct swimlane.
Customise Sidekick prompts with the new Prompt Editor in the Tools menu. The Analyse dashboard gains Quarter, Year to Date, and All Time date ranges with reorganised chart sections. Ghost tasks can now be renamed inline and their vague-name verb lists are editable in Settings. Also adds checklist items from the context menu, type-to-filter tag search, double-click card expand/collapse, smarter verb-stem matching for vague-task detection, and improved drag-and-drop card animations.
New
A new prompt editor is available from the Tools menu, letting you view and customise the Sidekick prompts.
New
Added new date range options to the Analyse dashboard — Quarter, Year to Date, and All Time — with charts now grouped into Completed Work and Current Work sections.
New
Type-to-filter search added to the tag filter sidebar so you can quickly narrow down long tag lists.
New
You can now add a checklist item to a task directly from the task right-click context menu.
New
Ghost tasks can be renamed inline from the ghost panel.
New
Ghost tasks strong/weak verb lists used to detect vague task names are now editable in Settings.
Fixed
Vague-task detection is smarter: action verbs are now matched by stem (so writing, wrote, writes all count as write), reducing false positives.
New
Double-click a card to toggle between expanded and compact view.
Fixed
Cards now rotate slightly while dragging, glow when dropped to improve visibility when dragging cards.
New users have the option to select which OmniFocus folders they want to include in task fetching and Flowcus is now compatible with Apple Macs running Intel processors
New
Onboarding wizard offers choice of which OmniFocus folders they want to include in task fetching
New
Flowcus is now compatible with Apple Macs that run Intel processors
Clearing a task's defer date now immediately shows the task on the board instead of requiring a refresh. Onboarding wizard no longer blocked from completing by a hidden dialog
Fixed
Clearing a task's defer date now immediately shows the task on the board instead of requiring a refresh
Fixed
Onboarding wizard no longer blocked from completing by a hidden dialog (😱 horrendous bug - sorry)
Fixed tag filter counts showing inflated numbers by including completed and dropped tasks — counts now reflect only active tasks
Fixed
Fixed tag filter counts showing inflated numbers by including completed and dropped tasks — counts now reflect only active tasks
Switched to macOS-native Sparkle updates from the custom notification banner and updated Radar progress tracking
New
Automatic macOS-native Sparkle updates replace the custom notification banner
New
Radar snapshot model — focus tasks computed once per session with progress tracking
Improved
Radar capped to top 5 tasks to keep the list actionable
Fixed
Done column no longer shows tasks completed outside of lookback window
Checklists now available in the Task Inspector. All keyboard shortcuts visible via the Help menu.
Improved
Checklists now appear in the task inspector in a collapsible section allowing you to check items off, reopen and add new items.
Improved
All configured keyboard shortcuts are now visible as a reference from Help > Keyboard Shortcuts
Improved
Improved UX when marking checklist items complete
Improved
Improved UX when the WIP gauge crosses a threshold (e.g. moving from healthy to warning)
Non-next OmniFocus tasks in a sequential project filtered out and markdown links no longer render as full text when dragging a card.
Fixed
Non-next OmniFocus tasks in sequential projects are now filtered out of the board.
Fixed
Removed full Markdown link text from cards when dragged.
OmniFocus tasks containing subtasks in a sequential projects now appear and markdown links render properly in compact cards.
Fixed
OmniFocus tasks with subtasks in sequential projects now appear on the board correctly instead of being ignored.
Fixed
Markdown links in compact cards now render as clickable links.
Tag filters can now persist across restarts, blocked cards show how long they've been blocked, and card dwell time accuracy is improved.
New
Tag filters can now be persisted when Flowcus restarts via a new toggle in General settings.
New
Blocked cards now show how long they've been blocked in the card header.
Improved
Flowcus shows an explanation during startup in case macOS prompts for your login password to access stored credentials (e.g. API keys for LLM providers).
Improved
Tag filter UI improved to clearly show which filters are applied.
Fixed
Fixed card dwell time showing incorrect durations.
Todoist is now supported as a task source, plus a new onboarding wizard, clickable links in task names, faster startup, and several bug fixes.
New
Todoist integration — Visualise your Todoist data in Flowcus (supports projects, labels, priorities, due dates and checklists).
New
First-run onboarding wizard — New users are guided through connecting their first task source on first launch.
New
Clickable links in task names — Markdown-style links in task titles are now rendered as clickable hyperlinks on cards.
Improved
Startup performance — The board now appears earlier when fetching data and loads tags and checklists in the background.
Improved
Keychain access notice — Improved explanations of how Flowcus stores API tokens securely in your macOS Keychain.
Improved
Lazy keychain access — Flowcus only requests Keychain access for sources you've actually enabled, avoiding unnecessary permission prompts.
Fixed
Fixed Sidekick not re-initialising configuration on app startup.
Fixed
Fixed WIP chart showing incorrect values due to synthetic transitions and negative counts.
Fixed
Fixed task exit transitions not being recorded, which caused stale entries in the WIP chart.
OmniFocus subtasks now appear as interactive checklist items directly on task cards, plus a fix for folder filters not applying at startup.
New
Checklists — OmniFocus subtasks now appear as checklist items on their parent task card. Click the progress badge (e.g. "2/5") to expand the checklist, then toggle items complete, add new items, rename, or remove them — all without leaving the board.
Fixed
Folder filters now correctly apply to completed and dropped task fetches during startup. Previously, excluded folders were only respected for active tasks.
Faster sync and diagnostics for large OmniFocus databases, plus deferred tasks now respect folder filters.
Improved
Faster sync for large databases — performance improvements when Flowcus fetches tasks with folder filters active. For large OmniFocus databases, this should reduce sync time significantly.
Improved
Deferred tasks now respect folder filters — previously, the Deferred Tasks panel ignored your folder filter settings and fetched from the entire database. It now correctly scopes to your selected folders.
Improved
Faster diagnostics report — Help > Generate Diagnostics Report no longer risks timing out on large databases.
Flowcus now detects large OmniFocus databases on startup and offers to configure folder filters before syncing. Tasks from dropped projects are no longer imported.
New
Large database startup dialog — If your OmniFocus database has more than 500 tasks and no folder filters are configured, Flowcus pauses on startup to let you choose between syncing everything or configuring folder filters first. Includes a "Don't ask again" option.
New
Large database warning toggle — A new toggle in Settings → Sources → OmniFocus lets you re-enable the startup warning if you previously dismissed it.
Improved
Database size check is now near-instantaneous, replacing a slow query that could time out on large databases without any warning.
Fixed
Tasks from dropped OmniFocus projects are no longer imported onto the board.
The diagnostics report now queries OmniFocus directly to include database counts, with progress shown in the status bar and a pre-filled support email when complete.
Improved
Diagnostics report now queries OmniFocus directly to include folder, project, task, and tag counts from your database — helping diagnose sync issues faster.
Improved
Generating a diagnostics report shows progress in the status bar, and when complete, opens a pre-filled support email with the full report ready to send.
Exclude specific OmniFocus folders from task fetching to speed up sync on large databases.
New
Selective folder filtering — Exclude specific OmniFocus folders from task fetching via a new folder picker modal in Sources settings. Reduces time to fetch tasks if your OmniFocus database is large by skipping unwanted folders.
Improved
Timeout error message now suggests folder filtering as a remedy.
The startup screen now shows live sync progress with elapsed time instead of a static loading label.
Improved
Startup screen displays sync sub-phases (e.g. "Fetching completed tasks", "Fetching active tasks") with an elapsed time counter instead of a static "Fetching tasks..." label. Users with many tasks no longer see what appears to be a hung app during first load.
Copy tasks as text or deep links and see how long tasks have been in each column.
New
Copy task text (Cmd+C) — Copies selected tasks to clipboard in TaskPaper format (- Task @tag @project(Name)).
New
Copy task link (Cmd+Shift+C) — Copies source-specific deep links: omnifocus:///task/ID for OmniFocus, things:///show?id=ID for Things, file path for TaskPaper.
New
Column dwell time badges — Cards show how long they've been in their current column (e.g. "3d", "12h"). Uses warning/danger coloring based on your age threshold settings. Off by default — enable in Settings > General > "Column dwell time".
New
Column header dwell stats — When dwell time is enabled, column headers show average dwell time (~Xd) with a tooltip showing avg, max, and count of tasks over the warning threshold.
Adds a three-state Flagged filter to the toolbar for filtering tasks by flag status, and a new OmniFocus setting to control whether blocked tasks appear on the board.
New
Toggle by Flagged tasks filter — Flag filter badge in the toolbar now cycles through three states: All, Flagged Only and Unflagged Only. Use this badge or Cmd+Shift+F to cycle.
New
Ignore blocked tasks toggle (OmniFocus) — New toggle in Settings > Sources > OmniFocus to control whether blocked/effectively blocked tasks are hidden or shown on the board. Hidden by default.
Skips blocked OmniFocus tasks to speed up fetching, adds persistent error banners with actionable guidance, a new diagnostic menu item for fetch summaries, and fixes false positives in ghost task detection.
Fixed
Skip blocked OmniFocus tasks during fetch — Tasks with incomplete prerequisites are no longer fetched, reducing time spent obtaining data from OmniFocus
Improved
Fetch errors now persist in the status bar — sync status errors now shown with actionable guidance
Improved
Help > Copy Last Fetch Summary — New menu item that copies a markdown report showing per-phase fetch results (task counts, timings, success/failure) to the clipboard.
Fixed
Ghost clarity scoring fix — Fixes false positives in ghost task detection
Adds support to undo & redo card moves and task property changes, a new diagnostics report for troubleshooting and fixes a task reordering bug.
New
Undo/Redo — Cmd+Z and Cmd+Shift+Z now undo and redo card moves & task property changes
New
Generate Diagnostics Report — New Help menu item that copies a diagnostic report to the clipboard
Fixed
Fixed a bug that prevented reordering tasks (Ctrl+Cmd+Up/Down) within columns
Introduces Things 3 as a new task source alongside OmniFocus and TaskPaper, adds raw data tables to Weekly Rewind reviews with persistent SQLite storage, introduces a toggle to disable task aging entirely, and improves lead time display for quick tasks.
New
Things 3 integration — visualise Things tasks on your Kanban board alongside OmniFocus and TaskPaper
New
Weekly Rewind now shows raw data tables alongside the narrative (expandable accordions, collapsed by default, included in copy-to-clipboard)
New
New "Task aging" toggle in Settings → General to completely disable aging — hides age badges on cards, zeros Radar aging bonus, hides aging charts in Analyse, and shows disabled message in Aging View
Improved
Tasks completed in under 24 hours now show hours (e.g. "19h") instead of "0d"
Upgrades search to full-text with prefix matching, fuzzy search, field boosting, and stemming so natural word variations find the right tasks.
New
Upgraded search to full-text searching with prefix matching, fuzzy search, field boosting, and tokenized multi-word queries
New
Added Porter 2 stemming to search — "reading" finds "read", "walking" finds "walk", and other natural word variations
Fixes multi-card drag behaviour, the defer date picker, and corrects how dropped tasks are counted in analytics charts.
Fixed
Fixed problem preventing the date picker in the "Defer until..." context menu from appearing
Fixed
Dragging a card that's part of a multi-selection now moves all selected cards, not just the one under the cursor
Fixed
Dropped tasks are no longer counted as open work in WIP/CFD charts, the aging table, or the aging chart
Adds a new Weekly Report feature for generating LLM-powered summaries of your week, plus several bug fixes for card management and column behaviour.
New
Weekly Report ("Rewind") — generate an LLM-powered summary of your week from the command palette (Cmd+Shift+P → "Generate weekly report"). Shows completed tasks, dropped tasks, deferrals, and patterns across projects. Copy as Markdown for journalling etc.
Fixed
Dropping a completed task no longer leaves it stuck in the Completed column
Fixed
Recurring tasks that become active again are now moved out of the Completed column automatically
Fixed
Card reordering within columns now works reliably — positions no longer collapse after repeated moves (added automatic rebalancing)
Fixed
Keyboard shortcuts for moving cards up/down in a column (Cmd+Ctrl+Up/Down) and between swimlanes (Cmd+Shift+Up/Down) now work correctly
Improved
Database indices added to high-growth tables for better query performance
Adds a new sidebar panel showing upcoming deferred OmniFocus tasks within a configurable window, so you can prepare for what's coming without leaving your board.
New
Deferred Tasks Panel — see upcoming deferred tasks at a glance. A new sidebar shows OmniFocus tasks whose defer dates fall within a configurable window (1–7 days), so you can prepare for what's coming without leaving your board. Flag tasks, adjust defer dates, drag them onto your board, or clear the defer date entirely.
Fixed
Fixed a bug that prevented moving tasks from Completed to Dropped
Fixed
Fixed a bug that meant dropped cards did not use strikethrough text
Introduces the Analyse dashboard — a new view with lean metrics including throughput, cycle time, WIP over time, cumulative flow diagrams, completion heatmaps, and aging WIP charts. Also adds historical OmniFocus data import for metrics backfill.
New
New "Analyse" view offering insights and lean metrics
New
Throughput and Cycle Time charts (scatterplot with task names in tooltips)
New
WIP Over Time and Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD) charts showing column names
New
Completion patterns heatmap
New
Rule-based insight cards with click-to-explain popovers
New
Age distribution chart and Aging WIP scatterplot
New
Import historical OmniFocus completion data for metrics backfill
Improved
Created, Done, and Dropped dates shown in Task Inspector
Improved
Ghost score re-evaluates after editing task name or notes
Fixed
Run Batch button no longer appears when only 1 task is selected
Introduces batch mode — a fullscreen triage overlay for processing tasks. Also adds task deferral with preset date options and several bug fixes.
New
Batch mode: fullscreen triage overlay for rapidly processing tasks one-by-one with keyboard-driven skip/done/flag actions
New
Defer tasks from the context menu with preset date options (tomorrow, next week, next month, etc.); deferred tasks are hidden from the board until their defer date
Improved
Task inspector now shows task ID. More prominent WIP limit breaches on column headers
Fixed
Fixed an issue that meant dragging task from Done back to an active column didn't mark the task as active
Adds ghost-slay and radar-blip completion animations. Ghost tasks now trigger a slay animation when completed, and radar/focus tasks trigger a radar blip animation with expanding pulse rings.
Improved
Ghost tasks now trigger a "slay the ghost" animation (ghost appears, slash cuts through, ghost shatters into dissolving fragments) when completed
Improved
Radar/focus tasks now trigger a radar blip animation (sweep arm rotates, blip detected, pulse rings expand) when completed
Fixes a build issue from the previous release.
Disables tag editing in the task inspector as this feature is currently broken.
Fixed
Disabled tag editing in the task inspector (this feature is currently broken)
Fixes a production build issue that prevented Flowcus from fetching data from OmniFocus due to an incorrect script path resolution.
Fixed
OmniFocus script path resolution now correctly resolves for production macOS builds (removed compile-time dependency which masked the broken production fallback during development)
Flowcus 2.0 is a complete ground-up rewrite using the Tauri framework. Version 1 gave you a Kanban board on top of your task manager — a lens over OmniFocus. Version 2 is a different proposition entirely: your board now works harder for you, surfacing what matters, identifying what's rotting, and automating the organisational work that slows you down.
New
Complete ground-up rewrite using the Tauri framework for significantly improved performance and a modern architecture
New
Radar — analyses your open tasks each day and presents the 3–5 you should focus on, scored by urgency, momentum, and neglect, with clear reasons why each one ranked
New
Ghost Detection — finds tasks you've been avoiding, vaguely defined items, stale work, and tasks that slipped backward, prompting you to deal with them before they become dead weight
New
Task History — a full audit trail of every state change for every task, powering both Radar and Ghost Detection so nothing hides in plain sight
New
Sidekick — an AI assistant built directly into your workflow, integrating with your local or remote LLM to refine vague tasks into clear next actions, run natural-language board commands, and summarise your week without leaving the board
New
Command Palette (⌘⇧P) — keyboard-driven access to everything in Flowcus with natural language commands for navigating, creating, moving, completing, and blocking tasks
New
Task Inspector — view and edit full task context in a side panel including notes, tags, history, blocked status, and flags without leaving the board
New
Rule-based column and swimlane assignments — automatically place tasks where they belong based on tags, source, project, flags, and other properties
New
Multi-tag support — assign multiple tags to tasks and slice your work across dimensions that a single category never could
New
TaskPaper integration — visualise TaskPaper tasks alongside OmniFocus on a single board
New
WIP Gauge — a toolbar indicator with configurable warning and maximum thresholds to help you maintain a sustainable workload
New
Enhanced Kanban board with improved drag-and-drop, customisable columns and swimlanes, and visual indicators for overdue tasks, approaching deadlines, flagged items, and task age
Improved
Streamlined focus on core Kanban workflow management with intelligent automation
Improved
Removed: Priority Matrix, Analytics, and Apple Reminders integration — these may return in future releases
Adds powerful board-wide search with ⌘F, automatic task routing based on folder associations, and improvements to update reliability and task blocking.
New
Board-Wide Search with ⌘F to quickly find any task across your entire board
New
Automatic task routing to correct swimlane based on folder associations
Improved
More reliable app updates that preserve swimlanes, columns, and task positions
Fixed
Task blocking/unblocking feature now works correctly
Fixed
Improved folder routing accuracy with better handling of nested folders
Improved OmniFocus task fetching performance and fixed an issue with dropped tasks appearing on the board.
Fixed
Dropped tasks from OmniFocus are now correctly excluded from the board
Improved
Task fetching from OmniFocus is now faster
Improved
Added performance monitoring to track OmniFocus query times and identify bottlenecks
Fixed task age calculation for deferred tasks and corrected note icon display to only show when tasks have notes.
Fixed
Tasks use defer date when calculating task age (previously task age was incorrect for deferred tasks)
Fixed
Note icons were displaying on all task cards even when tasks had no notes
Fixed issues with tag creation, project filtering in the new task dialog, and prevented duplicate task loading on startup.
Fixed
Fixed problem preventing creation of new tasks with tags
Fixed
Filter out completed and dropped projects from project list in new task dialog
Fixed
Prevent duplicated load of tasks on startup
Bug fixes for logging system, update dialog display, and auto-update default behavior.
Fixed
Logging now supports independent log levels for console and file output
Fixed
Update available dialog now shows build numbers for both current and available versions
Fixed
Auto-check for updates now correctly defaults to enabled for new users
Fixed a bug in folder filtering that incorrectly imported tasks from projects in active sub-folders when their parent folder was dropped.
Fixed
Folder filtering for task import now correctly excludes tasks from projects in active sub-folders when the parent folder is dropped
This update adds OmniFocus folder filtering, improves automation performance with JXA, and fixes several important bugs.
New
OmniFocus folder filtering for task imports
Improved
Switched from AppleScript to JXA for OmniFocus automation
Fixed
Fixed problem that kept tasks hidden from view without a refresh for new users
Fixed
Fixed problem that imported all OmniFocus tasks instead of the next task for a sequential project
Fixed
Fixed a problem that kept completed tasks hidden after clearing filters
This update fixes bugs in the new user onboarding experience and improves overall app performance.
Fixed
Fixed new user onboarding bug fixes
Improved
Performance improvements
This update fixes a critical permission issue that prevented first-time users from using automation to interact with OmniFocus.
Fixed
Solved permission problem preventing first time users from using automation to interact with OmniFocus
This update improves the new user onboarding guide and adds the ability to check for app updates.
Improved
Revised user onboarding guide to help users get started with Flowcus
New
Added check for updates functionality to keep your app current
This update introduces a welcome screen for new users, improves logging, and fixes several bugs.
New
Added a welcome screen to guide new users through getting started
Improved
Enhanced logging system for better troubleshooting
Fixed
Fixed various bugs reported by users
Enhanced logging capabilities and better diagnostic information.
Improved
Improved logging system for better troubleshooting
Improved
Enhanced diagnostic information in Help > Send Feedback
An update focusing on filtering improvements.
New
Added a new "Don't include Done tasks when filtering" so that users see filters applying to active work only
The first beta release of Flowcus for macOS.
New
Kanban board view for your OmniFocus tasks
New
Drag and drop task management
New
Customizable columns
New
Swimlanes for organizing tasks by project or context
New
Work-in-progress (WIP) limits for columns
New
Visual indicators for task age, due dates, and flags
Last Updated: 15 October 2026
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