Todowing
A Chrome extension that restores nested Todoist sub-tasks inline, adds a focus timer, and lets you restyle Todoist.
What is Todowing?
Todowing is an unofficial Chrome extension for Todoist. It displays sub-task trees nested inline in the views where Todoist flattens them, including Today, Upcoming, Filter and Label views, and every board. Each sub-task row keeps its own due date, priority and labels, and can be checked off without opening the parent task.
It is built for Todoist users who plan work in checklists and find that the Today view hides most of their plan. With the unlock, sub-tasks can also be added, renamed and reordered from the row, and a single task can be filed under a parent in another project without moving it.
Beyond sub-tasks, Todowing adds a focus timer that counts down beside your list across every open tab, a way to attach time estimates to tasks, and a notes pad above Today. It also lets you change Todoist's palette, font from a set of Google Fonts, and text size from 85% to 200%, and shows your Apple Calendar events on Today. The free tier includes the core nesting features and seven palettes, with sub-task rows limited to five per top-level task.
Todowing is a one-time purchase of 19.99 with no subscription, and the unlock covers future upgrades to the extension. It works in the Todoist web app on Chrome with any Todoist plan, and does not run inside the Todoist desktop app.
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