Super Productivity Is Evolving: Stability, Plugins, and What’s Next

[johannesjo]

Hey everybody,

I’ll be back from vacation shortly and will focus next week on fixing the problems introduced in the latest release. I’m truly sorry for the disruption and the delay in addressing them. Thank you so much for your patience and bug reports — they’ve been incredibly helpful!

While things didn’t go as smoothly as I’d hoped, I believe the long-term gains are worth it. Sync is now significantly faster, and the mobile version is working better than ever.

🧩 A Plugin System Is Coming

One of the most requested features — especially from devs and tinkerers — is the ability to customize and extend Super Productivity. So that’s what I’m building next.

First up: plugin support for issue provider integrations. After that: more advanced use cases like focus tools, automations, and UI tweaks.

Imagine plugins like:

🧠 An AI Prioritizer — recommends your most impactful tasks each day

🔒 A Focus Mode — blocks distractions the moment you start a task

⏱️ A Smart Timer — adapts to your natural energy rhythms

My goal is to empower you to shape Super Productivity into a tool that’s truly yours — without bloating the core app.

🛠️ Mini Hackathon Incoming

Thanks to your generous donations, I’m planning a mini hackathon to kickstart plugin development and core fixes. I’ll share more details soon — but if you’ve ever wanted to contribute, this could be the perfect time to jump in!

What do you think about this direction? Are there features or ideas you'd love to see prioritized? I’d love to hear from you.

Thanks for being so supportive, kind and helpful and for being part of this journey 🙏
– Johannes

[jpgaubier]

Wonderful! This is exciting news - what a great idea! One feature I would love to see (in a plugin or not) is the ability to schedule tasks independently of their due dates. For example, a task could be scheduled for Wednesday even though it is due Friday. I love Super Productivity's feature of prompting you to add tasks on their due dates but sometimes that's a bit too late to start working on them! :-) Yes, I could use the "due date" as the date I want to work on the task, but that can get confusing (when is it actually due?). Super Productivity is an amazing tool, and is enormously helpful to me. I'm so pleased to hear about these next stages in its development. Kudos and thanks.

[bytrangle]

This is the difference between start date and due date/deadline. Many to-do apps blur the line between the two, but Things do this distinction very well IMO.

[michaelgutmann]

Amazing Marvin does it right in my opinion. They distinguish between the following dates that one can (but doesn't have to) set:

• due date/deadline: when it's really due, e.g. an external deadline. This shouldn't be crossed.
• start and end date: for your planning. When you plan to start working on the task and when you like it to be finished. Here you have wiggle room.
• do date / scheduled date: when you work on it. Helps with planning the week/day

The dates can be set both for tasks and projects. The above distinction between due date and end date is particularly helpful for projects I think. Having something like the above, together with dates for projects would be great to have for SP!

[sdassaadd]

I really hope to prompt people in the plugin window that they can upload their plugins to a specific location, which would benefit more users!