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Lunatask Changelog

What's new in Lunatask 2.0.0

Apr 30, 2024
  • Features:
  • Relationship Tracking, our take on a Personal CRM was added featuring fully customizable fields, beautiful hierarchy visualization, reconnect rules, and memories timeline with journal integration
  • Two new task list workflows were added – a new Priority List (semi-structured status-less flat list) and Plan Your Week (with sections for each of the next seven days)
  • You can now go back in history in the habit tracker
  • Goal detail now shows completed tasks belonging to the goal at the bottom of the list and the main list of tasks for an area also now shows tasks completed today – no need to dig for them in the logbook
  • You can now create new tasks simply by dragging over an empty space in the calendar
  • Improvements:
  • The app and its main navigation were redesigned
  • Now / Later and Eisenhower Matrix are now a status-less workflows
  • Task status previously named Started was renamed to In progress
  • The “Review old tasks” workflow is now gone as it is basically replaced with the new Simple Workflow
  • Bulk scheduling support was added to the quick scheduling dialog triggered by S keyboard shortcut
  • Various minor changes to how tasks are sorted across all workflows
  • You can now reschedule current occurrence of a recurring task without affecting future occurrences
  • Opacity was removed from the task progress indicator when from subtasks progress is calculated automatically from completed subtasks (as that is usually the main way of tracking progress anyway)
  • Pending and completed tasks are now shown separately in search results
  • You can now quickly jump to the journal entry for a specific day using a small calendar in the journal sidebar
  • All text fields and inputs across the app now have right-click context menus with regular items like Cut/Copy/Paste
  • Tasks in search results now show the goal they belongs to
  • The exact progress in percentage is now shown when hovering over the goal progress indicator in the goal list
  • Quick Add was removed from the settings and was shut down
  • New Shift+T keyboard shortcut to go to the previous area in the list
  • Locking and unlocking the journal, protected notebooks, or relationships section are now global actions – you can freely switch between these until the unlock period runs out
  • The app now loads much faster and eats less memory thanks to a new storage engine previously powering Lunatask for iOS and Android
  • Other minor improvements and fixes
  • Fixes:
  • Window controls are now at an intuitive place in the top right corner of the window on Windows
  • The app window no longer grows while dragging when the display zoom/scale is set to a value other than 100% in Windows settings
  • Fixed search sometimes not jumping to a search result when pressing Enter
  • Fixed dragging, for example, a 15-minute task onto the calendar for the second time creating 1-hour long time block (or whatever the default time block length is set to in the settings)
  • Date picker for past dates now correctly suggests past dates instead of future ones for queries like "Monday"
  • Fixed next occurrence date calculation when completing after completion tasks earlier

New in Lunatask 1.7.9 (Nov 30, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • You can now assign icons to goals the same you do for areas
  • The "Next to work on" overview now features a goal list below the list of areas, showing only goals with actionable tasks
  • The natural language parser for setting up recurring tasks now understands "workday", which is an alias for the existing "weekday"
  • A confirmation message was added when completing a task with incomplete subtasks
  • Clicking a tag on notes in the note list now filters on that tag
  • Allow tracking habits with a single click in the habit tracker when Space or Shift is held
  • Improved keyboard navigation around inline code marks in the note editor
  • The tooltip upon hovering over the section name in the task list now shows how many tasks are in the section and how many of them are without an estimate
  • The video conference join link is now shown in the tooltip when hovering over the button to join the call
  • The task progress indicator is now larger to improve readability
  • Creating a note while filtering on some tags now creates a note with those tags
  • Other minor improvements and fixes
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed area goal filter being applied after switching from an area into the "Next to work on" overview

New in Lunatask 1.7.8 (Oct 31, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • The look of the journal was refreshed and is now more consistent with the new look of the notes section
  • You can now explicitly lock the protected journal and notebooks using the new "lock" button in the header
  • Changing note font size now changes the font size in the journal as well
  • "Later" tasks are now automatically moved into "next" after dragging them onto the calendar
  • Deleting tasks using Backspace or Delete now requires confirmation to prevent accidental deletions
  • Note list now ignores leading emojis when sorting notes by name
  • Goal descriptions now collapse when too long, so one does not have to scroll all the time to see tasks belonging to the goal
  • Allow connecting to CalDAV calendars without credentials
  • Improved indication that a subscription was canceled but is still active until a certain date in the settings
  • Added support for videoconference link parsing for Technische Universität München (BBB TUM) to all calendar integrations
  • Added illustrations to blank slates and the premium feature upgrade modal
  • The deprecated ability to assign mood and emotions to notes is now removed
  • Other minor visual improvements and fixes
  • Fixes:
  • The mood tracker popup no longer overflows the window when a journal entry gets long
  • Fixed recurring tasks marked as waiting showing up in the "Next to work on" overview
  • The statistic for how many months one is journaling now counts only months with at least a single journal entry
  • Fixed date badges on tasks not re-rendering correctly at midnight
  • Fixed switching between different months in the journal not scrolling the view to the top
  • Fixed the journal's month picker overflowing the window when journaling for more months than fits the available screen height
  • Fixed Shift+Arrow Left / Shift+Arrow Right keyboard shortcuts not working on tasks marked as waiting
  • The whole CalDAV sync now does not fail when facing an issue parsing a single event (it now just skips it and continues)
  • Fixed emacs keybinding Ctrl-F not working on Mac due to conflict with search
  • Fixed videoconference link extraction not working for Zoom subdomains with dashes
  • Fixed drag and drop of tasks initiating dragging immediately when the mouse moves even a single pixel, leading to accidental drags instead of clicks (threshold is now 4px to mimic native behavior and mirror the same behavior in the area/goal list and its drag and drop implementation)
  • Added protection for edge cases where local data from previous login might not be properly purged for whatever reason
  • Fixed note name animation flickering

New in Lunatask 1.7.7 (Oct 4, 2023)

  • This update brings back the task visibility setting removed in the last update.

New in Lunatask 1.7.6 (Oct 1, 2023)

  • Features:
  • There's now a brand-new overview of the next tasks to work on across all areas
  • Improvements:
  • The area/goal list is now resizable
  • You can choose the initial status for newly created tasks individually per each of your areas instead of it being a global setting
  • A new menu was added to the note list, allowing you to customize the look of notes in the list (including the new option to hide content preview)
  • Logbook now shows the total number of completed tasks
  • Quick note can now be exported as a journal entry
  • Due dates happening in the next 7 days are now highlighted in yellow on goals
  • Formatting toolbar was added to goal descriptions
  • "Planned tasks" were renamed "actionable tasks"
  • Waiting tasks are no longer considered actionable
  • Badges on individual areas in the area list are now much larger
  • Started tasks now have a badge in "Now / Later" and "Review old tasks" workflows, similar to how waiting tasks are indicated
  • You can toggle whether a task/note is pinned using P keyboard shortcut
  • Navigation shortcuts were revamped and new shortcuts were added:
  • T to go to tasks (or the next area in the list)
  • H to go to habits
  • J to go to journal
  • N to go to notes
  • M to open mood tracker/journaling popup for today
  • 0 to open "Next to work on" overview in tasks
  • Notes now visually indicate if a note is used as a template in the header
  • Tasks can now be created inside goals using the API
  • Minor visual and other improvements
  • Fixes:
  • The progress indicator on tasks was fixed, so it is now shown even when there are zero completed subtasks
  • Removals:
  • The option to set task visibility for goals was removed
  • Keyboard shortcut N for creating tasks/notes was removed, use A instead

New in Lunatask 1.7.5 (Aug 15, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • Goals now show up in search results, so you can use the search to navigate to a certain goal
  • The order of search results was adjusted and search results in the currently opened section of the app (tasks, notes, journal, etc.) are always shown first
  • Various improvements to new user onboarding
  • Assigning mood and emotions to notes is now deprecated and will be removed in the next major update (learn more here)
  • Fixes:
  • When a protected notebook gets locked, for example, by backgrounding the app, the user unlocks it, then the app now correctly shows the previously selected note again

New in Lunatask 1.7.4 (Aug 2, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • You can now assign a color to each area to differentiate, for example, personal and work-related tasks on the calendar
  • Auto-linking in notes now supports localhost and ipv4 addresses
  • The option to "Paste and Match Style" was added to the right-click context menu on the editor
  • Other minor improvements to auto-linking to make it more reliable
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a regression causing pasting from the clipboard into the editor not to work for copied HTML content containing heading elements
  • Fixed a regression causing links containing parenthesis not to be auto-linked
  • Fixed the auto-linking toggling on and off when editing existing links

New in Lunatask 1.7.2 (Jul 13, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • You can now change your account's email address and master password in the "Account & Billing" section in the settings
  • There's now an option to turn off dimming of the area/goal list sidebar when not in use in the settings
  • Improved videoconference join link extraction for Zoom
  • Data export now requires the master password or PIN to be entered
  • A task's goal was added to the data export
  • Data export configuration (what entities to export) is now remembered across runs
  • The option to delete your account was moved from an in-app to a web-based flow so one can delete their account even after they uninstall the app
  • The "check for updates" button is now available directly on the login screen (when available, i.e. in non-store versions of the app)
  • Minor visual improvements
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed the task scheduling dialog being hidden behind the calendar/quick note sidebar when the sidebar is open
  • Fixed incorrect copy in the goal settings modal saying that completed tasks will be deleted as well when deleting goals which wasn't true – the option whether to keep or delete tasks under the goal is always for remaining tasks only, and completed tasks are always kept in either case
  • Fixed the goal header section in the goal detail not showing in the "Review old tasks" workflow
  • Fixed broken CMD+1 and Ctrl+1 keyboard shortcuts for switching to tasks

New in Lunatask 1.7.0 (Jun 28, 2023)

  • Features:
  • The new Goal Tracking feature adds a new level of structure to your task list. Goals can be projects or other things you want to achieve in your life. Goals support deadlines and automatically calculate your progress toward the goal. You can also display tasks from multiple goals at the same time. Goals should solve most of the previous need to use too many areas of life where it did not make sense.
  • Improvements:
  • The list of areas is now available in the new sidebar menu within the tasks view instead of the main menu, streamlining the app's interface
  • The journal has moved into the main menu and is no longer embedded within the habit tracker
  • You can now drag and drop multiple tasks into a different section, area, or goal at once
  • The option to edit the journal entry template was moved directly into the journal header for better discoverability and access
  • The setting to what tasks to count into the badge on areas is now per area instead of being global, so you can have, for example, the “Work” area showing the number of “coming up” tasks in the badge, but the “Social Life” area all “planned” tasks, making area badges much more useful
  • The logbook is now global (not per area) and its performance was massively improved when many tasks in the logbook
  • The natural language parser used for setting up recurring tasks now understands common numbers spelled out, so you can now use "every two days" instead of "every 2 days"
  • The picker for changing the task list sorting was removed as alternative sorting options did not bring much value and it was an additional concept that needed to be explained to new users, further complicating onboarding
  • The app icon is now rounded on Windows
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed checking a checkbox sometimes checking (but only visually) also the checkbox below
  • Fix the editor scrolling all the way down and placing the cursor at the very end of the note when checking off a checkbox
  • Fixed the daylight saving time issue for users in Mexico
  • Fixed the drag and drop of tasks not working in the "Review old tasks" workflow
  • Fixed an incorrect icon size and roundness on Mac

New in Lunatask 1.6.6 (May 17, 2023)

  • The modal window for creating notes for calendar events now remembers the last used notebook and template
  • The work-in-progress limit message now differentiates between the limit reached and the limit exceeded situations
  • Minor visual and onboarding improvements

New in Lunatask 1.6.5 (May 8, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • You are now able to reset a task's age used for prioritization. This can be useful, for example, when moving older tasks from "later" to "now", or from "pinned" tasks.
  • Journal entry editor is now automatically focused when opening the mood tracking popup or when the journal is unlocked there
  • The default name for notes created from calendar events was simplified to shorten it a bit
  • Settings -> Connected apps section now links new documentation articles on how to set up Shortcuts and Siri or Google Assistant
  • Minor visual and onboarding improvements
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed creating a new journal entry sometimes not jumping to the newly created entry when switched to a different month or not focusing the editor when created via a keyboard shortcut
  • Fixed the order of scheduled tasks in the pinned section when using by priority sorting
  • Fix events coming from a "busy / free" shared calendar in Google Calendar showing as "undefined"

New in Lunatask 1.6.4 (Apr 10, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • Settings -> Connected apps section was redesigned a bit
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a regression causing recurring events coming from CalDAV integration always showing as one-hour events when using local expand regardless of their actual length in the external calendar

New in Lunatask 1.6.3 (Apr 4, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • The task list now switches selected area and scrolls to a task after moving the task to a different area
  • A newly created task is now automatically removed if both name and note left empty after creation
  • When deleting a recurring task, the app now asks whether your want to delete the task and all future occurrences or only skip the current recurrence
  • There's a new note filter available when in "All notes" to show only notes without any notebook
  • Progress on a task is now available also in data export
  • When pressing ENTER in journal entry name input, journal entry content editor is now focused for parity with the same behavior on notes
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed data export not working in the Mac App Store version of the app due to sandboxing
  • Fixed broken paste without formatting on Mac
  • Fixed natural language parser for setting up recurring tasks sometimes crashing the app on some unsupported rules
  • Fixed the app not scrolling to a task after running the timer when its position might have changed by the timer moving to the task to Started status
  • Fixed broken layout in tomorrow calendar's all-day events section on Windows
  • Fixed CalDAV integration's local expand feature for recurring events not working correctly with the recently added tomorrow calendar
  • Fixed the "create a note for calendar event" modal not redirecting to newly created note on submit

New in Lunatask 1.6.2 (Mar 4, 2023)

  • Fixes:
  • Fixed regression causing past incomplete habits not to show up in the habit widget at the bottom of the calendar
  • Fixed regression causing the badge on the habit tracker menu item to count the number of remaining habits incorrectly
  • A few updates back, an in-app notification was added when authentication towards calendar integration expired. However, this notification was automatically hidden after several seconds. In most cases, the authentication expires while the app is minimized in Dock (on Mac) or system tray (in Windows), causing the notification to never be seen by the user. This update makes the notification sticky, so the user sees it and can reauthorize the integration directly from the notification the next time they open the app without going into the settings.

New in Lunatask 1.6.0 (Feb 21, 2023)

  • Features:
  • Added "tomorrow" calendar and support for time blocking one day ahead. When the calendar sidebar is resized and made large enough, tomorrow appears, allowing you to plan out tomorrow hour by hour.
  • You can now track progress on tasks. Either you can set the progress manually (e.g. 40%), or it will be automatically calculated from the number of completed subtasks (in that case, the indicator will be shown slightly dimmed)
  • Journal can now be PIN-protected. You can set up a four-digit PIN and mark the journal as PIN-protected in settings.
  • Calendar and quick note sidebars are now independently resizable
  • You can now drag and drop tasks between different sections and lists
  • Tasks now show how old they are all the time (in days, that's the number right of the task name). It makes the prioritization system better shine through and easier to follow.
  • Note content is now previewed in the note list
  • Pinned tasks and notes are now free features for all users
  • Improvements:
  • You can now choose from 4000+ icons for your areas and notebooks
  • Interacting with workflows was simplified, resulting in the removal of the grouping picker
  • Grouping "none" (flat list of tasks) was removed from the list of workflow/grouping options (it can still be achieved, but it is not promoted)
  • When a four-digit PIN is set up, protected notebooks will now require the PIN to be entered instead of master password
  • Protected notebooks now automatically lock on app restart and when the app is backgrounded
  • You can now set the duration for how long a protected notebook (or PIN-protected journal) should be unlocked when unlocking
  • Added pin/unpin options to task and note bulk edit context menus
  • Calendar now automatically scrolls when dragging a task near its edge
  • Improved note list performance when a lot of notes in the notebook
  • Hovering over the mood tracker icons below the habit tracker now shows the date in the tooltip
  • Hovering over a future date on scheduled tasks now shows how many days are remaining
  • Besides using Enter or Space, you can now open task detail by pressing Arrow Right
  • You can now edit the template new journal entries are initialized with also in application settings
  • The next or previous note in the list is now automatically selected after deleting a note instead of leaving the note detail empty
  • The option to export all data in your Lunatask account was added to the macOS menu items (you can also trigger data export at any time by pressing CMD+E)
  • Improved icon contrast in light mode and calendar event brightness in dark mode
  • Other minor changes and visual improvements
  • Fixes:
  • For scheduled and repeating tasks, prioritization now uses the date visible on the task to calculate its age instead of the actual date when the task was created
  • Fixed a few cases where moving a task into a collapsed section does not temporarily uncollapse the section
  • Removed Ctrl+N shortcut to create new tasks or notes on Mac to avoid conflict with emacs bindings to move the cursor
  • Fixed possibility for dates on tasks shifting when traveling between timezones
  • Notes:
  • This update is versioned as v1.6.1 on the Microsoft Store due to a versioning conflict.

New in Lunatask 1.5.12 (Dec 6, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • An indicator showing that the task has a note/description attached was added
  • The API for creating notes is now available
  • You can now manually override your location for weather widget if the location inferred from your IP address is not correct because of your ISP's IP routing
  • In the settings, you can toggle whether you prefer showing the actual temperature or "feels like" temperature for your location
  • The mood tracker popup now has a slightly refreshed look more consistent with how journaling looks elsewhere in the app
  • The journaling section in the mood tracker popup now features a formatting toolbar
  • The app now switches the currently shown note to the first note in the notebook when switching notebooks
  • Minor reliability improvements and visual improvements in dark mode
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed Ctrl+S keyboard shortcut to toggle calendar sidebar and Ctrl+Click multiple selection shortcut not working on Windows and Linux
  • Fixed multiple tasks still being selected after opening task detail when using bulk selection
  • Fixed mood tracker's emotion picker layout getting broken when scrollbars are set to always show on Mac
  • Fixed access tokens not showing correctly when they were last used in the settings

New in Lunatask 1.5.11 (Nov 6, 2022)

  • Improvements to Cloud Sync

New in Lunatask 1.5.10 (Oct 22, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • You can now select a task in the list and press S to schedule it for a future date without the need to open task detail.
  • Allow moving recurring tasks out of "coming up" section without losing the date and recurrence rule.
  • Added simple bulk-edit to notes (currently, only delete and move actions are supported).
  • You can now filter the note list to show only shared notes or templates.
  • Added weather widget to the menu (can be disabled in settings).
  • Brought back keyboard shortcuts for changing heading size and prevented conflict with navigation shortcuts.
  • Minor design improvements in dropdowns across the app.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed drag and drop reordering of notebooks when many notebooks and scrollable picker.
  • Note, task description, and journal entry Markdown editors now rerender with new content when updated on another device when they are mounted (unless they are focused).

New in Lunatask 1.5.9 (Oct 13, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • Added C keyboard shortcut to complete selected task
  • Added A, N, and CMD+N keyboard shortcuts to create a new journal entry for today in the journal section
  • New more subtle audio bell when a task timer completes
  • Clicking on blank space around a note, task description, journal entry, or quick note now focuses the editor
  • Formatting toolbar in notes has a new look and hides when the note is not focused
  • Added diagnostics section to settings with app version and cloud sync status
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed notebook picker and note tag filter overflowing the window when too many notebooks/tags

New in Lunatask 1.5.8 (Sep 26, 2022)

  • Improvements
  • Task timers are now cloud-enabled – running the timer on one device will make it show up on all your other devices (including in the iOS app)
  • You can now export all your data as a backup or for a migration to another tool (visit Settings > Export)
  • Added the ability to reset your account when you forget your master password (follow the instructions at lunatask.app/account-reset)
  • Minor visual improvements

New in Lunatask 1.5.7 (Sep 15, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • Sgnificant performance improvements in task lists and notes
  • Added indicator to started tasks in the list when the WIP limit is reached and when it might not be obvious which tasks are started (e.g. in Eisenhower matrix grouping)
  • Added in-app toast notification when calendar integration becomes inactive due to expired authentication + the button to reauthorize the integration directly from the notification
  • Video conference join link extraction from calendar events now supports Microsoft Teams
  • Improved task scheduling natural language parser so partial match shows initial suggestions as well (i.e. typing "To" will show "Tomorrow" among suggestions)

New in Lunatask 1.5.6 (Sep 1, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • Note list now has a slightly refreshed look (it looks great especially in dark mode)
  • Improvements to dark mode bringing more consistency
  • Added “inbox” area icon
  • Added submit buttons to login/signup flows
  • With the launch of new documentation portal, documentation links were updated across the app

New in Lunatask 1.5.5 (Aug 10, 2022)

  • Features:
  • You can now display charts showing what your mood, energy and stress levels are doing over time and compare them with previous periods
  • The journal now shows statistics like the total number of journal entries, your current streak, and how many months you have been journaling to keep you motivated
  • Improvements:
  • Improved the UI for creating repeating tasks so it better explains what "after completion" does
  • Improved reliability of iCloud calendar sync when there's an issue processing recurrence rule for an event
  • Improvements to dark mode in habit and mood trackers
  • Improvements to onboarding for new users
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed the mood tracker for the current day switching to the next day in front of your eyes at midnight, possibly in the middle of writing your journal entry
  • Fixed the order of tags in the note list being inconsistent with the order of tags in the note header
  • Fixed a race condition sometimes causing the UI to crash during sign out
  • Disallow users from entering "every day at 8" as a task recurrence rule and prevent a potential crash in that case
  • Fixed the button to open a task in the calendar not working correctly for tasks in collapsed sections
  • Attempt to fix the app losing the local copy of data and logging the user out when the machine runs low on disk space

New in Lunatask 1.5.2 (Jun 15, 2022)

  • 18 new emotions were added to feel picker (including distracted, depressed, or sick)
  • Email integration is now listed on "Connected apps" settings page

New in Lunatask 1.5.1 (Jun 5, 2022)

  • Features:
  • You can now display charts showing what your mood, energy and stress levels are doing over time and compare them with previous periods
  • The journal now shows statistics like the total number of journal entries, your current streak, and how many months you have been journaling to keep you motivated
  • Many-times habits now support goals. Previously, Lunatask considered many-times habits complete when there was a single activity tracked. This is now fixed and you can set the goal so the app won’t consider the habit as complete until the specified number of activities has been tracked in the period.
  • Many-times habits now support scheduling. You can now set multiple times of day on many-times habits, so the habit shows up in the calendar every day at set times and you get a notification for each occurrence.
  • The template new journal entries are initialized with can now be customized. In the template, you can ask yourself questions you’d like to answer in each entry or remind yourself of things not to forget to enter into your journal.
  • Improvements:
  • Improved the UI for creating repeating tasks so it better explains what "after completion" does
  • Improved reliability of iCloud calendar sync when there's an issue processing recurrence rule for an event
  • Improvements to dark mode in habit and mood trackers
  • Improvements to onboarding for new users
  • When a task is scheduled for some future date, all time blocks for this task for the rest of the day are removed from the calendar
  • The scrollback to the current time in the calendar is now less annoying as it now gets delayed when you are still interacting with the calendar, i.e. planning your evening
  • Added the option to show time in 24h format across the app
  • The font size for medium/large settings was changed and medium setting was made a default for new users, or those who did not change it in the past
  • Added a variety of new good morning messages
  • The invisible window top drag bar now supports native window snapping on Windows (but only in tasks and settings, not in the habit tracker or notes)
  • Minimum supported screen resolution was lowered to 1024x768
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed the mood tracker for the current day switching to the next day in front of your eyes at midnight, possibly in the middle of writing your journal entry
  • Fixed the order of tags in the note list being inconsistent with the order of tags in the note header
  • Fixed a race condition sometimes causing the UI to crash during sign out
  • Disallow users from entering "every day at 8" as a task recurrence rule and prevent a potential crash in that case
  • Fixed the button to open a task in the calendar not working correctly for tasks in collapsed sections
  • Attempt to fix the app losing the local copy of data and logging the user out when the machine runs low on disk space
  • Fixed tasks with 5/10 minute estimates not showing as 15 minute blocks on the calendar as habits do and overflowing the event container itself

New in Lunatask 1.5.0 (May 14, 2022)

  • Features:
  • You can now display charts showing what your mood, energy and busyness levels are doing over time and compare them with previous periods
  • The journal now shows statistics like the total number of journal entries, your current streak, and how many months you have been journaling to keep you motivated
  • Improvements:
  • Improved the UI for creating repeating tasks so it better explains what "after completion" does
  • Improvements to dark mode in habit and mood trackers
  • Improved reliability of iCloud calendar sync when there's an issue processing recurrence rule for an event
  • Improvements to onboarding for new users
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed the mood tracker for the current day switching to the next day in front of your eyes at midnight, possibly in the middle of writing your journal entry
  • Fixed the order of tags in the note list being inconsistent with the order of tags in the note header
  • Fixed a race condition sometimes causing the UI to crash during sign out
  • Disallow users from entering "every day at 8" as a task recurrence rule and prevent a potential crash in that case
  • Fixed the button to open a task in the calendar not working correctly for tasks in collapsed sections
  • Attempt to fix the app losing the local copy of data and logging the user out when the machine runs low on disk space

New in Lunatask 1.5.0 Beta 1 (May 11, 2022)

  • Features:
  • You can now display charts showing how your mood, energy and busyness levels are doing over time and compare them with previous periods
  • The journal now shows statistics like the total number of journal entries, your current streak, and how many months you have been journaling to keep you motivated
  • Improvements:
  • Improved the UI for creating repeating tasks so it better explains what "after completion" does
  • Improvements to dark mode in habit and mood trackers
  • Improved reliability of iCloud calendar sync when there's an issue processing recurrence rule for an event
  • Improvements to onboarding for new users
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed the mood tracker for the current day switching to the next day in front of your eyes at midnight, possibly in the middle of writing your journal entry
  • Fixed the order of tags in the note list being inconsistent with the order of tags in the note header
  • Fixed a race condition sometimes causing the UI to crash during sign out
  • Disallow users from entering "every day at 8" as a task recurrence rule and prevent a potential crash in that case
  • Fixed the button to open a task in he calendar not working correctly for tasks in collapsed sections
  • Attempt to fix the app losing the local copy of data and logging the user out when the machine runs low on disk space

New in Lunatask 1.4.1 (Apr 28, 2022)

  • Added Shift+Arrow Left and Shift+Arrow Right keyboard shortcuts to change the status/motivation/eisenhower value of the selected task
  • Tasks are now automatically marked as started when the timer is started
  • The app window is draggable by the top also in settings
  • Note sharing icon in the note header is now highlighted while the note is being shared publicly
  • Added in-app toast notifications to various events in the app
  • iCloud reminder lists now do not show among the list of available calendars
  • Fixed repeated adding new task into collapsed section temporarily uncollapsing the section correctly only every other time
  • The task repeat settings modal window is now scrollable to avoid overflow on small screens

New in Lunatask 1.4.0 (Apr 16, 2022)

  • Features:
  • Added support for connecting iCloud, Fastmail, and any other calendar supporting CalDAV protocol
  • Notes can now be shared publicly on the internet by creating a public link and sharing it with friends, colleagues, etc. Opening the link will allow anyone to see the read-only version of the note in their browsers.
  • The formatting toolbar was added to notes, journal entries, and task descriptions
  • The right-click context menu on tasks now supports bulk operations for updating status, motivation, priority, and moving selected tasks between lists
  • The Linux version is now distributed also as AppImage, not just Snap
  • Improvements:
  • You can now set start/end date for repeating tasks
  • When a habit is scheduled by setting the time of day in habit settings or by dragging the habit onto the calendar, the time is now shown as well on the habit itself in the habit tracker (and in red if the time is in the past). Also, the menu badge will not count in the habit until the specified time has passed as the habit is not actionable until that time.
  • The first link found in task descriptions is now extracted and a button to quickly visit the link is shown in the task itself in the list. The link extraction can be disabled in settings. Note that the link won’t be extracted retroactively for existing task descriptions. You will have to modify the existing task description somehow first.
  • Similar to areas, note list sort is now persisted per notebook
  • You can now save a note as a Markdown file to your local filesystem
  • It is now possible to Shift+Click to select a range of tasks
  • Improved system font detection. This could resolve a different font being used compared to system one in some Linux distributions. Also, code blocks in the editor will now prefer Monaco, Ubuntu Mono, SF Mono, Consolas, Andale Mono, Liberation Mono, source-code-pro, or Menlo (when installed, in this order).
  • Styling of checked checkboxes is now unified across all platforms
  • Premium workflow/grouping options are now dimmed out when on Free plan
  • Custom window drag areas were disabled on Linux as there is a native titlebar to do the job
  • Buttons to add new integrations were redesigned + minor visual consistency improvements across the app, icon and color updates, etc.
  • Improved performance and reliability of initial data sync
  • Fixes:
  • Repeating tasks now use a new engine to calculate dates of occurences as the previous one had issues in some cases. Let us know if you notice any issues with scheduling repeating tasks after the update.
  • Fixed creating notes for repeating events coming from the Outlook calendar
  • Fixed a regression causing weekly habits to ignore changes of the week start day setting
  • Fixed the calendar not returning back after scroll properly between midnight and 1AM
  • Fixed the calendar sometimes creating white duplicate events while dragging and ending up in a broken state
  • Fixed "Copy All as Markdown" right-click menu option of the editor containing backslashes for empty lines when copied
  • Fixed the browser bookmarklet not creating clickable links in task descriptions. Please, delete your existing bookmarklet and create a new one to get this fixed.

New in Lunatask 1.3.0 (Feb 15, 2022)

  • Features:
  • No need to use notes for your journaling needs anymore. With the new Daily Journal in Lunatask, all your journal entries now live in one place and are integrated directly into the mood tracker.
  • The integration with the Outlook calendar was added. You can now connect your Outlook / Office 365 calendar to see your meetings and events directly next to your tasks. It even extracts video conference links for quick one-click joining.
  • Improvements:
  • Running task timer now shows in the menubar item on Mac
  • Notes can now have a date attached to them
  • You can now manually pick a color for each of your habits and color-code them in a way that is meaningful to you + there are three new colors to choose from (eight in total)
  • Areas and notebooks now show up in search results for quick navigation via the keyboard
  • Initial task time block length when no estimate set can be now configured in the settings
  • Added "when 5/6 started tasks" to the work-in-progress limit setting
  • The option to pin the note to the top of the list was added directly to the note header
  • Fixes:
  • Task scheduling calendar now respects the week start day set in the settings
  • Dragging the habit from the habit widget onto the calendar now respects the time needed set in the habit settings
  • Fixed auto-linking now working properly with inline code blocks in the editor
  • Fixed auto-scrolling when navigating in search results with arrow up/down on the keyboard
  • Fixed setting busy levels on notes
  • Fixed task names not updating in real-time in front of your eyes when changed on another device. They were shy I guess.
  • Fixed code blocks overflowing the note detail out of the screen in notes

New in Lunatask 1.2.0 (Jan 18, 2022)

  • Features:
  • Added Quick Note, a Markdown scratchpad persisted and synced across all your decides you can open next to your tasks for stuff like quick notes during meetings, checklists, reminders, etc.
  • Notes can now be tagged and the note list filtered by tags
  • To simplify creating new tasks from your email conversations an email integration was added. Now you can generate a unique email address for each of your tasks lists, sending or forwarding an email to will result in creating a task using the subject of the email as the name of the task and its body as the attached note.
  • As a companion to the mood and energy level tracker, this update adds a tracker to track how busy/overwhelmed were you each day
  • Save any internet link or article into Lunatask directly from your browser with just one click using our browser bookmarklet. Great for reading lists.
  • Improvements:
  • Visual improvements throughout the app, mainly but not limited to task detail footer, mood tracker, habit groups, and notes. As well as dark mode fixes or more consistent color usage throughout the UI.
  • Besides a natural language parser, task scheduling now features a clickable calendar
  • The search modal now shows whether the task in search results is completed or not
  • Running task timer in the area is now indicated via the area menu item badge
  • The note list now shows the timestamp of the last change and allows to sort notes by when the last change was made (configurable in the settings)
  • The note move dialog now allows moving notes out the any notebook
  • The value on Eisenhower Matrix can now be cleared
  • The work-in-progress limit reached message now shows also in Eisenhower Matrix grouping
  • The mood tracker now shows the date selected
  • The application now minimizes into a system tray on close on Windows
  • Lunatask will now prefer Helvetica Neue when installed on the system over the default system font like Segoe UI on Windows, or Ubuntu Font on Ubuntu
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a timezone issue causing repeating tasks to shift by one day in some cases
  • The minimum window height was reduced so Lunatask works well on screens as small as 1024x768 pixels
  • Fixed search modal background color glitch when scrolling

New in Lunatask 1.1 (Oct 6, 2021)

  • Features:
  • The energy level tracker was added to the mood tracker. Track your energy levels and see how your new habits affect them.
  • Automatic habit time blocking is here with the option to schedule habits at a specific time of day added to the habit settings. If the habit is recurring on the day, it will show automatically in the calendar at the time set, no need to time block it manually.
  • You can now also set how much time the habit will take to complete each day in the habit settings. When set, it will affect how long the habit appears in the calendar.
  • Notebooks can now be marked as password-protected. All notes in Lunatask are end-to-end encrypted by default. Additionally, you can now require a master password to be entered every time a private notebook is accessed for an extra level of security, for example, in case someone would find your computer unlocked on your desk while you make a coffee in the kitchen. Notes from password-protected notebooks can still be found using the search, but do not show in All Notes.
  • System notifications when time-blocked tasks or habits start were added
  • Alternative accent color options are now available for the light appearance. In the settings, you can now pick from 4 different themes — blue, light grey, dark grey, and pink.
  • Lunatask is now available for Linux exclusively on Snap Store
  • Improvements:
  • Habit settings were moved from the right-click menu into a separate modal
  • General settings were restructured and the various options are now grouped by the part of Lunatask they affect
  • Settings menu was restructured a bit as well and the badge showing active end-to-end encryption was added
  • Note's notebook is now shown in the note header not just in All Notes, but also when in a different notebook than the one the note belongs to
  • Today skipped habits in the habit widget are now stored serverside and synced across all the devices
  • A button to create either a new habit or a new habit group was added to the habit tracker header
  • A button to create a new habit directly inside a selected habit group was added to the habit group header. No need for the two-step process of creating a new habit outside any habit group and then moving it in the right place.
  • Explanatory messages guiding users on how to use certain functionality or explaining what a setting will affect were added throughout the app
  • The button to access notebook settings was moved from the notebook picker dropdown next to the notebook name and note list sorting picker
  • Notebook name in the note header is now clickable and switches the selected notebook
  • The color of neutral emotions in the mood tracker was changed from grey to light blue due to contrast issues, especially in the dark mode
  • Scrollbars were removed completely from Windows and Linux versions. Since the early days, no scrollbar was ever shown in the habit tracker and the calendar. Since we received no complaints, in this release we are removing them from everywhere. Please, reach out if this poses a problem for you.
  • A tooltip was added to priority icons on tasks
  • Onboarding guide explaining Time Blocking was added
  • Welcome screen after the user signs up for the first time was improved
  • "Integrations" settings were renamed to "Connected Apps"

New in Lunatask 0.12.2 (Aug 28, 2021)

  • Improvements:
  • Areas of life can now be reordered with drag & drop in the menu. Habits and Habit Groups can now be reordered with drag & drop as well, so can the notebooks.
  • Note list sidebar is now resizable
  • Added the ability to show note in fullscreen hiding note list sidebar for more distraction-free writing environment
  • Notes now show the notebook they are in when in All Notes
  • Added new option all due to show the number of due tasks in area menu badge besides the existing all planned and all tasks, this will be the default for new accounts
  • Window can now be dragged via the header in the habit tracker and notes
  • Improved support for running Lunatask on larger screens
  • Notes can now be sorted either by name or date created
  • Tasks can now be marked as complete directly in the calendar
  • Time blocks are now removed from calendar on task complete
  • Various minor UI improvements. Everything is more rounded, clean, badges in the menu were refreshed as well as modals, dropdowns, and select inputs.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed "Move Note" modal not closing when note moved into a new notebook
  • Fixed window size and position not being restored after the restart
  • Fixed unnatural window controls order on Windows
  • Fixed window close in fullscreen causing black screen on Mac
  • Intraword underscores are now possible in the editor without triggering italic formatting
  • Added missing menu keyboard shortcut to navigate to notes
  • Fixed the focus timer not marking the focus done if computer is asleep when timer finishes
  • Fixed horizontal lines in the calendar flickering when dragging stuff around
  • The updater was fixed to properly restart the app when a new update is downloaded
  • The current notebook and selected note are now remembered after the window is closed or the application restarted

New in Lunatask 0.12.0 (Aug 24, 2021)

  • Features:
  • The Dark Mode was added to save the battery and your eyes in low-light conditions
  • Events from Google Calendar now show an option to create a note for that event. Great not just for meeting notes.
  • The ability to create and apply note templates has been added. Now you can create templates for notes that you write regularly, whether it is a journal entry, a meeting note, or your favorite cooking recipe.
  • Looking at your tasks all day and forgetting to make progress on your habits? The new habit widget brings habits to your task list so the habits are always at your sight. It also allows you to drag habits onto the calendar and plan them into your day.
  • The ability to pin notes to the top of the list was added, similarly to how it works in the task list
  • It is now possible to attach mood and feelings to notes, perfect for journals and diaries
  • As of this release, some of the features move to a newly introduced premium plan. You can manage the plan and billing details in the settings.
  • Improvements:
  • Areas of life can now be reordered with drag & drop in the menu. Habits and Habit Groups can now be reordered with drag & drop as well, so can the notebooks.
  • Note list sidebar is now resizable
  • Added the ability to show note in fullscreen hiding note list sidebar for more distraction-free writing environment
  • Notes now show the notebook they are in when in All Notes
  • Added new option all due to show the number of due tasks in area menu badge besides the existing all planned and all tasks, this will be the default for new accounts
  • Window can now be dragged via the header in the habit tracker and notes
  • Improved support for running Lunatask on larger screens
  • Notes can now be sorted either by name or date created
  • Tasks can now be marked as complete directly in the calendar
  • Time blocks are now removed from calendar on task complete
  • Various minor UI improvements. Everything is more rounded, clean, badges in the menu were refreshed as well as modals, dropdowns, and select inputs.
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed "Move Note" modal not closing when note moved into a new notebook
  • Fixed window size and position not being restored after the restart
  • Fixed unnatural window controls order on Windows
  • Fixed window close in fullscreen causing black screen on Mac
  • Intraword underscores are now possible in the editor without triggering italic formatting
  • Added missing menu keyboard shortcut to navigate to notes
  • Fixed the focus timer not marking the focus done if computer is asleep when timer finishes
  • Fixed horizontal lines in the calendar flickering when dragging stuff around
  • The current notebook and selected note are now remembered after the window is closed or the application restarted

New in Lunatask 0.11.2 (Jun 23, 2021)

  • Fixes:
  • We fixed an issue of task name not being saved on click outside the task sometimes

New in Lunatask 0.11.1 (Jun 9, 2021)

  • Features:
  • The integration with Google Calendar is here. Now you can see all your tasks and events for the day in one place in Lunatask. We also extract conferencing options from events and display a button to quickly jump to Zoom or Google Meet rooms with a single click.
  • Support for Time Blocking workflow has been added by allowing users to drag tasks onto the calendar. The calendar will automatically calculate the time needed to complete a task based on its estimate. In the bottom toolbar, you will find a dedicated button for opening the calendar or press CMD+S (on Mac) or CTRL+S (on Windows).
  • Improvements:
  • In the Windows version, we replaced the old title bar with minimalist window controls similar to the Mac version
  • Keyboard shortcuts are now showed in tooltips when applicable
  • Minor performance improvements in the task list
  • Fixes:
  • We fixed sign out not clearing some data properly in Windows version

New in Lunatask 0.11.0 (Jun 8, 2021)

  • Features:
  • The integration with Google Calendar is here. Now you can see all your tasks and events for the day in one place in Lunatask. We also extract conferencing options from events and display a button to quickly jump to Zoom or Google Meet rooms with a single click.
  • Support for Time Blocking workflow has been added by allowing users to drag tasks onto the calendar. The calendar will automatically calculate the time needed to complete a task based on its estimate. In the bottom toolbar, you will find a dedicated button for opening the calendar or press CMD+S (on Mac) or CTRL+S (on Windows).
  • Improvements:
  • In the Windows version, we replaced the old title bar with minimalist window controls similar to the Mac version
  • Keyboard shortcuts are now showed in tooltips when applicable
  • Minor performance improvements in the task list
  • Fixes:
  • We fixed sign out not clearing some data properly in Windows version

New in Lunatask 0.10.0 (May 17, 2021)

  • Features:
  • Added Secure Notes and Notebooks to the journey toward becoming a comprehensive productivity tool
  • Eisenhower Matrix task list grouping and corresponding Eisenhower Method workflow have been added
  • We re-imagined the global search window so that it searches through both tasks and notes at the same time
  • Improvements:
  • Added the ability to add tasks directly into a certain section. Just hover over the section name and the plus button to add a new task appears.
  • Motivation can be now assigned to due tasks in By motivation grouping
  • Due to the fact that new users easily forget there is a toolbar to change area grouping or sorts, it no longer hides by default. You can choose to turn it back on in the settings.
  • The list of completed tasks is now available per Area of Life and can be opened using the new icon in the toolbar for changing area grouping/sort
  • Added support for headings of all levels to task description and note editors
  • The work-in-progress limit is now available also in flat grouping, not just in By status and Now/Next
  • Switched default sort for Must/Should/Want workflow to By urgency
  • Added Shift+Arrow Up/Shift+Arrow Down keyboard shortcuts for changing the priority of a selected task
  • Added ability to change priority also via the right-click context menu
  • Improved temporal uncollapsing of the collapsed section the task is moved into
  • Added two new area/notebook icons (male and female)
  • Fixes:
  • The issue of not being able to select items in i.e. the priority select via pressing ENTER has been fixed
  • In task description and node editors, clicking emails now opens the email client, not the browser
  • Autolinking in lists and checkboxes has been fixed
  • The updater has been fixed to not throw an error when run multiple times simultaneously