TaskPaper – Plain text to-dos
TaskPaper organizes projects, tasks and notes in plain text, with tags, filters, folding and keyboard-oriented navigation.
Pick for a lightweight task outliner whose files remain easy to inspect.
Plain text and flexible tags support a personal system without requiring a prescribed project-management method.
Keep in mind: The developer describes TaskPaper as finished software. Expect refinement and an established workflow rather than a roadmap of major new features; scripts require their own review.
Inside the app
Official product images
What you can do
- Outline projects, tasks and notes in plain text
- Filter tags and focus or fold sections
- Import or export Reminders and extend workflows with JavaScript
Good for
- People who want a personal, keyboard-friendly task list in ordinary files.
Consider alternatives for
- Teams needing an included collaboration service, shared permissions and project dashboards.
Limitations & considerations
- Captured minimum: macOS 11.5.
- The developer describes TaskPaper as finished software. Expect refinement and an established workflow rather than a roadmap of major new features; scripts require their own review.
Privacy & permissions
Task files can contain private plans. Where those files are stored or synchronized, and what optional scripts access, determines additional exposure.
Sources & review notes Updated Nov 15, 2026
Reviewed by iApp4Me Editorial Team. Recommendations use the linked documentation and attributed accounts; device observations are identified separately.
- US App Store developer description
Complete description, release notes, download price and compatibility metadata captured 2026-11-02.
- Official developer disclosure
Full cached official text reviewed; captured 2026-11-12. App/edition-specific limitations are retained above.
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