Why we built a privacy-first deep work companion — and how the mission keeps growing.
Super Productivity protects your focus, respects your privacy, and gives you the freedom to design your own workflow.
Every hour you spend planning or tracking your work should move you closer to the work itself. Super Productivity exists because we wanted a tool that stays fast, transparent, and absolutely respectful of your data while still being powerful enough for complex projects.
“Time tracking and GTD in one user-friendly, offline and open-source tool is just what I wanted.”
I’m Johannes Millan, a web developer from Germany and the creator of Super Productivity. This project began as a personal experiment to combine deep work planning, time tracking, and integrations without compromising privacy.
The early versions were built for my own client projects, but the idea resonated with thousands of people who were tired of subscription silos and telemetry-heavy SaaS tools. Together with the community, we’ve shaped it into a reliable companion for focus, learning, and creative work.
Since 2016, the roadmap has been guided by a simple promise: stay open source, keep your data offline-first, and empower you to bend the workflow to your needs. That commitment isn’t negotiable — it’s why Super Productivity will always be free to download, inspect, and improve.
Our manifesto captures the principles we return to every time we ship a new feature or refine an existing one.
We build software for people who actually make things and anyone who cares about quality. Our goal isn’t to gamify your attention or squeeze more hours out of you. It’s to help you protect the hours that matter.
There is no single system that fits everyone. That’s why Super Productivity adapts to you. You decide how you plan, track, and reflect — we just give you the building blocks. Focus sessions, timeboxing, integrations, plugins — all there to support your rhythm, not replace it.
We believe in calm interfaces, clear flows, and tools that stay out of your way. Every pixel should earn its place. Every feature should make you faster, not busier. Deep work starts with clarity.
Your thoughts, your tasks, your time — they belong to you. No tracking. No telemetry. No hidden analytics. You can use Super Productivity completely offline. Because trust isn’t a feature — it’s a foundation.
We build in the open so anyone can inspect, improve, and extend the app. Transparency keeps us honest, and community keeps us inspired. Super Productivity is a living system, growing with everyone who contributes.
The best tools disappear when you’re in deep work. That’s the bar we set: to vanish into your process. When you lose yourself in what you’re building, we’ve done our job.
Super Productivity isn’t the product of a boardroom. It’s built and used by someone who tinkers, experiments, and ships — just like you. That’s why it feels different: it’s personal.
We reject the race for constant alerts, dashboards, and dopamine loops. Productivity isn’t about more activity — it’s about more impact. We’re here to build the quiet, powerful space where real work happens.
💡 Our Promise
To keep Super Productivity clear, flexible, private, and deeply human. To stay small, honest, and focused on what matters most: helping you do deep work, your way.
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