~/.local/share/heap/state.json
Local-first
Everything lives in one JSON file on your disk, rotated into timestamped backups. Works on a plane. Nothing to sign up for.
0.5.5Undo/redo, recurring events, linked notes
The whole job, in one native window.
Board, calendar, docs and notes for engineers — a single Qt 6 binary that knows which git branch you’re on. Your work stays in one file on your own disk. No account, no server, no telemetry.
Free and open source · MIT · Windows, macOS, Linux
heap.
acme-web / sprint-14 / You
To do2
In progress2
Review1
Done1
A live board — click or drag a card to move it. Open the full sandbox for the week, notes andCtrl K.
Built like a tool, not a service.
Four decisions shape everything in heap. — and they are why it opens instantly and never asks you to log in.
APP-101-login-rate-limit
Git-aware
Switch branches and the matching card lights up, with branch and PR state on the board. No manual linking.
CtrlKJK⇧ L
Keyboard-first
A command palette for everything, Vim-style card navigation, quick capture from any app. Every shortcut is rebindable.
Qt 6C++20
Native & light
A native binary, not a browser in disguise. Nothing runs in the background, and the Linux AppImage carries its own Qt.
One window, every surface
Plan it, schedule it, write it down.
A board that keeps up with you.
Kanban columns you drag between, priority chips, recurring tasks, a timeline by deadline and an archive.
- Priority chips P0–P3 and filters
- Markdown descriptions with a tickable checklist
- Branch and PR decoration from your working copy
Your week, next to your work.
Week and month views, a day calendar with drag-to-create, focus blocks, repeating events, .ics in and out.
- All-day, multi-day and past-midnight events
- Meeting reminders
- .ics import and export
Notes that link to the work.
Markdown notes with folders and a daily note, [[wiki-links]] and backlinks, docs, snippets and contacts.
- @people and #ticket autocomplete
- Import and export as a folder of .md files — Obsidian-compatible
Issues come to you.
GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Trello and eight more trackers, mirrored as cards. Mattermost for your contacts.
- GitHub, GitLab and Jira pull what’s assigned to you — no setup
- Map a tracker’s statuses onto your columns
- Optional timed auto-sync
Small things that save the day.
Ctrl+K over everything, one-line quick capture from any app that books meetings and focus blocks, a git-aware board and profiles.
- A live preview of what was understood, before you commit
- Esc puts it away; a half-written note waits for you
- Click the notification to open the task
Git-aware
It already knows what you’re working on.
heap. watches your working copy. Check out a branch that carries a task id and the card is matched, decorated with the branch, and a focused-repo banner shows branch and PR state. No linking, no plugins, no copy-pasting ticket numbers.
$ git switch -c APP-112-flaky-sync-test Switched to a new branch 'APP-112-flaky-sync-test'
APP-112P2 APP-112-flaky-sync-test
Flaky test in the sync suite
Fails one run in twenty on CI — timing around the rate-limit wait.
Connect
Your tracker’s issues, on your board.
Sign in through the browser or paste a token. Tokens stay in the OS keychain, never in the data file. Close a card on a GitHub, GitLab, Gitea or Forgejo board and the issue closes too.
- GitHubwrite-back
- GitLabwrite-back
- Jirabrowser sign-in
- Trellobrowser sign-in
- Giteawrite-back
- Forgejowrite-back
- Redminetoken
- Todoistbrowser sign-in
- Asanabrowser sign-in
- ClickUpbrowser sign-in
- Sentrybrowser sign-in
- Bitbucketbrowser sign-in
- Mattermostpeople & @handles
- Yoursone registry entry
Local-first
Your work is a file you own.
One human-readable state.json, timestamped backups beside it, profiles you can export one at a time. Notes go in and out as a folder of Markdown files that Obsidian opens as-is.
- Linux
- ~/.local/share/heap/state.json
- macOS
- ~/Library/Application Support/heap/state.json
- Windows
- %APPDATA%\heap\state.json
{
"schemaVersion": 5,
"profiles": [{
"name": "acme-web",
"tasks": [{
"id": "APP-101",
"title": "Login rate-limit bypass",
"deadline": "2026-07-09"
}, …],
"notes": [ … ],
"people": [ … ]
}]
}The only request heap. makes on its own is an update check to api.github.com — and Settings has a switch for it. Trackers are contacted only after you connect them.
Keyboard-first
Hands stay on the keys.
- Command paletteCtrlK
- Quick-capture a task, from any appCtrl⇧Space
- Next / previous cardJK
- Move the card right⇧L
- Calendar: today · go to dateTG
- Board · Timeline · Week · MonthCtrl1–4
Try it here: or/ searches this whole site.
Get heap.
One download, nothing else to install. The first run opens a short, skippable tour and a sample board.
You’re on a phone — heap. is a desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Installerheap-v0.5.5-windows-setup.exe37.7 MBPortableheap-v0.5.5-windows-portable.zip55.6 MB
Also on Scoop: scoop bucket add heap https://github.com/sectapunterx/heap
Disk imageheap-v0.5.5-macos.dmg60.4 MB
Open the disk image and drag heap. into Applications.
AppImageheap-v0.5.5-linux-x86_64.AppImage49.1 MB
chmod +x the AppImage and run it — Qt comes inside, nothing else to install.
Questions
Before you ask.
Is heap. free?
Yes. It is open source under the MIT license — no paid tier, no trial, no account.
Does it work offline?
Completely. heap. is a desktop app and your data is a local file. Only the tracker integrations you choose to connect need the network.
Can I use it on more than one machine?
Today you export a profile on one machine and import it on the other, or copy state.json. Continuous sync through your own private git remote is on the roadmap.
Can my team share a board?
Not in real time — heap. is a personal workspace. Shared work stays in your team’s tracker; heap. pulls those issues onto your board and closes or reopens them as you move cards.
Can I bring my Obsidian notes?
Yes. Notes import from and export to a folder of .md files, with [[wiki-links]] intact.
Which languages does the app speak?
English and Russian, switchable in Settings.