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Open-source task and project manager for the Linux desktop

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Planify 4.20 lands Nextcloud Deck sync and a productivity goals system, crossing from personal task manager into team-adjacent territory.

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◆Current state
Planify has been on an active release cycle through 2026, shipping multiple minor releases focused on CalDAV compatibility, bug hardening, and incremental UX polish. The 4.20.0 release breaks from this pattern with two substantial additions: two-way Nextcloud Deck sync (boards/stacks/cards map to projects/sections/tasks with label, archive, and order preservation) and a structured productivity goals system with daily/weekly targets and an 8-week activity heatmap. These land alongside a natural-language date picker (via Chrono), improved PDF export, and notable memory usage reductions.
◆Where it's heading
Planify is extending outward from personal task management toward team-adjacent workflows by making Nextcloud Deck a first-class data source. The CalDAV compatibility work — ETag handling, sync-token fallback, VALARM reminder sync — keeps it connected to the open-source groupware ecosystem broadly. The productivity goals and reporting layer suggests investment in retention features rather than pure workflow tooling, trying to give users a daily reason to open the app.
◆Prediction
Deeper Nextcloud Deck integration — comments, assignment metadata, due date bidirectionality — is the logical next step given that 4.20.0 covers board structure but not all Deck metadata. The GNOME Online Accounts and GNOME Shell search integration suggest continued investment in platform-native discoverability.

◆Recent moves

  1. 3d ago

    Planify 4.20.0

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    4.20.0 is the most directional release in Planify's recent history: Nextcloud Deck integration arrives with full two-way sync of boards/stacks/cards, and a productivity goals system with an 8-week heatmap adds a layer that makes Planify a daily-engagement tool rather than a task store. This release materially expands the product's capability surface on two axes simultaneously.

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  2. 1mo ago

    Planify 4.19.5

    4.19.5 adds a 'Date Modified' sort option, last-day-of-month recurrence, and improved Todoist recurring task parsing via Chrono — meaningful additions for power users who manage large task lists. The bug sweep addresses recurring task completion from notifications, attachment file size overflow, and CalDAV pin/sort order persistence.

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  3. 3mo ago

    Planify 4.19.4

    4.19.4 fixes a crash on Mailbox.org/Open-Xchange when updating tasks without a priority, a UTC timestamp bug causing DAVx5 sync errors on Android, and inconsistent accent color logic. Three targeted correctness fixes with no new surface area.

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  4. 3mo ago

    Planify 4.19.3

    4.19.3 fixes CalDAV sync with Mailbox/Open-Xchange servers (CDATA wrapping and content-type parsing), a cursor jump bug when editing task titles in Today/Scheduled views, and sidebar overflow on long text. Narrow bug fixes for specific server compatibility issues.

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  5. 4mo ago

    Planify 4.19.2

    4.19.2 adds automatic daily backup with configurable extra folder locations, system accent color support, and CalDAV section sync via VTODO List prefix — a meaningful step toward bidirectional section management across CalDAV clients. The change history gains deadline and parent tracking with infinite scroll. These are real additions that broaden daily utility.

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  6. 4mo ago

    Planify 4.19.1

    4.19.1 resolves CalDAV sync edge cases — 412 conflicts on multi-device edits, ETag-based sync fallback for servers without sync-token support (Posteo), and disabled Deck lists persisting. Two small features (description expand dialog, CLI backup export) arrive alongside the fixes.

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