Perhaps this isn’t the list for Things, since it won’t be free in the future, but it is right now-so it counts. ⌄ Scroll down to continue reading article ⌄ Things There are a million ways to interact with your RTM account, including Twitter, iPhone, Google Calendar and the list goes on. Remember the Milk is perhaps one of the most popular web-based task managers out there and it’s one of the easiest to implement a GTD methodology with-in fact, there’s a post on how to do this on their official blog. You can organize and annotate your tasks in just about any way you like-folders, sub-tasks, notes, contexts, goals, time estimates, just to name a few of those mentioned on the site. Toodledo is a web-based app with mobile accessibility and collaboration features. If you don’t want an app that has a lot of extra features, something that just lets you run a basic GTD system, you might want to try this one, particularly if you need wider cross-platform support (IE, anything that runs Java). Thinking Rock is a Java app, meaning it’ll run on Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux. If you like command-line productivity, get it here. The last release of Agenda was in 1992, and even 16 years later people want something just like it: enter Beeswax, which is designed for just that purpose. There’s a bunch of people online who are still talking about Lotus Agenda and how it was the best productivity app they ever had, and that nothing since has quite beaten it. It’s a to-do list that drops down from the system-wide menu bar, and since it’s hierarchical, it can be made into a bare-bones GTD task manager. If you’re looking for a really simple GTD implementation, get Check Off for Mac OS X (10.5.2+). Although it’s a lesser version of the paid app, FusionDesk Starter still allows you to organize your tasks into folders or with filtering (the absolute minimum requirement to implement GTD), and is built on GTD methodology. Windows is fairly light on good GTD apps, so you might be surprised to see another free offering in this list. Another one for the cross-platform crowd. Remember the recent Lifehack article about personal wikis that mentioned TiddlyWiki? GTD TiddlyWiki is an adaptation of that software so it can be used for GTD productivity purposes. Add this app to your list if you’re after something that you can use on pretty much any of the mainstream operating systems. Next Action is a Google Gears based GTD app, so it runs on any operating system that Google supports with the Gears engine. It has just the right level of functionality so you can get a good, effective GTD implementation going without feature bloat turning your system into a monster. ActiontasticĪctiontastic is a nice Mac GTD app with a simple, uncomplicated interface. There are a bunch of plugins that can add to your system. Aside from having a bunch of features that Outlook doesn’t, you can set up a GTD methodology fairly easily with this app. EvolutionĮvolution is the Linux counterpart to Outlook, the app that many switchers flock to in order to fill the void. If you’ve always used Outlook to manage your data, your tasks and your day, this may be the ticket for you if you want to implement GTD methodology without leaving the comfort of your favorite app. Jello Dashboard is a free Getting Things Done plug-in for Microsoft Outlook. ⌄ Scroll down to continue reading article ⌄ Jello Dashboard It’s a task manager with Gmail, Firefox and Quicksilver integration, calendar view, and deep hierarchies for projects and tasks. Todoist is a web application that’s compatible with GTD methodology. The only thing I’ve seen people really annoyed by is its occasionally sluggish performance. It’s got a bunch of great features including collaboration, advanced calendaring, and multiple contexts. ChandlerĬhandler is an app for Linux, Windows and Mac platforms. Some of its unique features include mini-wikis for each project (projects in the GTD sense, of course), and a focus mode that darkens portions of the screen so you can focus on getting organized. If you’re a Quicksilver geek, iGTD has some slick integration built-in. You can get both the stable 1.4 release and the alpha preview of version 2 for free. Of the free GTD apps for the Mac, this is currently one of the most popular. Excuse me if I cheat by adding a web app here and there. The following is a list of nineteen free GTD apps for Windows, the Mac and Linux. If you’re a fan of David Allen’s productivity system but can’t do paper and don’t have the cash for a commercial program, this is the collection of applications for you. There are plenty of great, free Getting Things Done apps out there.
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