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Where heap. fits — and where it doesn’t.
heap. is a personal workspace, not a team tracker. Here it is next to the tools engineers usually juggle, including the rows it loses.
| heap. | Jira | Trello | Notion | Obsidian | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Works fully offline | yes | no | no | partlysome pages | yes |
| No account needed | yes | no | no | no | yes |
| Your data is a local file | yesone JSON | no | no | no | yesMarkdown |
| Native app, not a web view | yesQt 6 | no | no | no | no |
| Kanban board | yes | yes | yes | yes | partlyplugin |
| Calendar & time-blocking | yes | partly | partly | partly | partlyplugin |
| Markdown notes, [[wiki-links]] | yes | no | no | partly | yes |
| Knows your current git branch | yeslocal repo | partlyvia dev tools | no | no | no |
| Open source | yesMIT | no | no | no | no |
| Real-time team collaboration | no | yes | yes | yes | partly |
| Mobile apps | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Price | free | free tier + paid | free tier + paid | free tier + paid | free, paid add-ons |
● yes◐ partly, or with a plugin / add-on– noChecked September 2026. Something out of date? Open an issue.
When heap. is not the right tool
Your team plans in one shared place
Keep the shared tracker. heap. is where you work through your part of it: it pulls your issues in, and closes or reopens them as you move cards.
You plan from your phone
There is no mobile app. heap. runs on Windows, macOS and Linux desktops.
You need it on every device, live
Moving between machines is export and import for now. Sync through your own private git remote is on the roadmap.
Better together.
Most people keep their tracker and add heap. on top — the tracker stays the source of truth for the team, heap. becomes the desk you actually work at.
Team trackerGitHub · Jira · GitLab…
issues →← open / closed
Your deskheap. — board, week, notes