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# Planner: A Beautiful Open-Source Task Management App
- URL: https://itsfoss.com/planner/
- Published: 2021-08-09T17:59:24.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-09T19:34:51.000Z
- Author: Ankush Das
- Tags: Applications, #Import 2022-12-26 08:27

**Brief:** *Planner is an open-source to-do list app that helps you organize and collect your ideas/tasks.* 

There are several tools and services that let us organize and manage tasks. But, if it is primarily tailored for Linux and offers a fantastic user experience? That’s a bonus!

Planner is such a tool at your disposal.

Unfortunately, it is not available for any other platform but Linux.

## Planner: An Open-Source To Do List App

![planner screenshot](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/wordpress/2021/08/planner-screenshot.png)

An incredibly good-looking open-source task management app with essential features. It helps you organize tasks while providing a good user experience.

It was originally tailored for a seamless experience with elementary OS, hence, for the best user experience, you can try installing an elementary OS [theme and icons](https://itsfoss.com/best-icon-themes-ubuntu-16-04/).

But, that is totally optional. In fact, I tried it on **Pop!\_OS 21.04** without installing any additional themes and icon packs.

Overall, it is easy to use and offers some essential features that you might want to know before trying it out.

## Features of Planner

![planner board view](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/wordpress/2021/08/planner-board-view-800x345.png)

While it looks like a simple to-do list app from the get-go, it has a lot to offer. Some of the features to highlight are:

- Ability to create/organize different projects.
- Drag and drop support for tasks.
- Make sections to further divide your tasks/ideas.
- Schedule tasks for a particular time (supports recurring tasks as well).
- Add multiple reminders for a task.
- Ability to add sub-tasks.
- Assign priorities for the tasks added.
- Choose a board view to better organize or simplify viewing the tasks when you have a lot of things going on.
- Supports labels to easily filter you ideas or tasks.
- Sync integration with Todoist to enable cross-platform support.
- Dark and Light theme choices.
- Emoji support for the task/project title to make it look attractive and meaningful.
- Ability to send the tasks/ideas by email or share as a markdown file.
- Unread badge count support.
- Ability to export data offline.
- An option to keep the app running in the background to never miss any reminders or for quick access.
- Ability to tweak the clock format.
- Integration with system’s default calendar.

Even with all the features, it is quite easy to organize and offers a simple user interface suitable for everyone.

No matter whether you want to manage a whole lot of tasks utilizing all the functionalities, or just add a few to-do lists, Planner is an amazing tool to help you out with.

![todoist sync](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/wordpress/2021/08/todoist-sync-800x439.png)

## Installing Planner in Linux

If you are using elementary OS, you will find it listed in the AppCenter.

For other Linux distributions, you can grab it as a [Flatpak package](https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.alainm23.planner?ref=itsfoss.com) and get it installed. If you have [Flatpak](https://itsfoss.com/what-is-flatpak/) integration with your software center, just search for it or enter the following command in the terminal:

```
flatpak install flathub com.github.alainm23.planner
```

It is also available in AUR and Fedora repositories if you prefer that. You can also explore the [GitHub page](https://github.com/alainm23/planner?ref=itsfoss.com) for more info.

[Get Planner](https://useplanner.com/?ref=itsfoss.com)

## Wrapping Up

Choosing one of the [best to-do list apps](https://itsfoss.com/to-do-list-apps-linux/) for your requirements is important. Once done right, it will help you step up your task management game and organize your life better.

If you can manage cross-platform support using Todoist integration, Planner is a good pick. After all, you can always consider some of the [note-taking apps](https://itsfoss.com/note-taking-apps-linux/) as an alternative solution as well.