Feature catalogue

Everything BootTask does, and nothing it does to you.

39 features across the Chrome extension, the optional macOS Native Gate and the web app — each one written out in full. No blocking, no punishment, no cloud holding your tasks.

Plan the day

Everything you write down before the work starts: tasks, durations, groups, projects, briefs.

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Today1 / 4Write the launch plan25 min · docs.google.com25Review pricing copy15 min · boottask.com15Reply to customer10 min · mail.google.com10Read the API changelogno limit

The daily task list

Write the work down, give it a duration, order it the way you intend to do it.

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Tasks1 / 4LaunchWrite the launch plan25 min25Review pricing copy15 min15AdminReadingRead the API changelogno limit

Folders

Collapsible groups for a long list. Visual only — no project semantics, no extra rules.

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PROJECTRewrite onboarding40%Tone: calm, no guilt. Ship EN first, FR right after.Audit the four current stepsWrite the new copyRebuild step 3 illustrationTranslate to FrenchTest on a fresh profile

Projects and subtasks

A goal, permanent instructions, and the subtasks that get you there.

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SETTINGSWeekly · repeat onFREQUENCYDailyWeeklyMonthlyDAYSMTWTFSS

Recurring tasksPremium

Daily, weekly on chosen days, or monthly on chosen dates. A new occurrence appears once you finish the last.

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TASK BRIEFWrite the launch planAudience: existing free users.Explain the new focus flow inthree short paragraphs. Nohype, no exclamation marks.Copy for AIclipboard · no upload

Notes, briefs and Copy for AI

Task-specific instructions plus the project context, copied to your clipboard in one click.

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Open tasks1 / 4Write the launch plan25 min25Review pricing copy⏸ resume · 6 min in15Reply to customer10 min10

Set aside, not lost

Switch tasks and the previous one is marked resumable, with the time it already accumulated.

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CHOOSE THE SITE TO OPENWrite the launch planThree sites are linked to this task.docs.google.comOpens with the session.notion.soThe research notes for the launch.boottask.comThe page the plan is about.

Start on the right page

A task with several sites asks which one to open, then takes you there.

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FIVE SECONDS TO CHANGE YOUR MINDBTask deletedThe whole list is restorable.UndoBProject deletedIts tasks were kept.Undo

Delete, and undo

Removing something is one click, and taking it back is one more — for five seconds.

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Done today2 / 5Reply to customerplanned 10 · spent 12Fix the pricing typoplanned 5 · spent 4Write the launch plan25 min25

Completed work and time spent

What you finished, how long it actually took, and how far the day got.

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COMPOSERWrite the launch plListening · English — United States

Voice dictation

Speak the task instead of typing it, in any of 66 locales.

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CONTEXT MENUSelected text on the pageSend selection to BootTaskSend page to BootTask

Capture from any page

Right-click a selection or a page and it becomes a task, with the source URL kept in its notes.

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Decide what belongs

How BootTask learns which sites and pages serve the task you chose — and how gently it says otherwise.

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COMPOSERReview pricing copyboottask.com142 visitsdocs.google.com98 visitsnotion.so61 visitsstripe.com27 visits

Useful-site suggestions

Type a task title and the domains you actually use for that kind of work come up first.

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SETTINGSgithub.comCATEGORIESCode & DevDocsProject MgmtLearningACCESSAlways allowed ✓

Site categories and always-allowed domains

Twelve ready-made categories, your own on top, and a permanent pass for the sites you always need.

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docs.google.comThe site stays usable.BWrite the launch …24:18!Off-task site

The off-task badge

A quiet marker next to the bar when the site is not one of the task's sites. No wall, no block.

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docs.google.comThe site stays usable.BWrite the launch …24:18?Probably off-taskON-DEVICE AI

On-device page relevanceOn-device AI

Chrome's built-in model reads the page summary locally and tells you if it looks unrelated to your task.

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CURRENT TASK · FOCUS MODE · ONWrite the launch planThis page needs a decision for news.ycombinator.com+Allow this page for this taskAdd the domain to this task's allowed sites.×Forbid this page for this taskBlock it while this task is active and Focus Mode i…Choose another taskOpen the panel without allowing this page.

The Intercept Decision PanelOff by default

Optional, off by default. When a navigation leaves the task's scope, it asks — it does not decide.

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SETTINGSNever interceptedDOMAINSmabanque.frdoctolib.frimpots.gouv.frADDe.g. youtube.com

Never-intercept sites

A short list of domains BootTask must never question. Banking, health, anything you consider none of its business.

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Run the session

The timer, the bar on the page, the breaks. A signal you can always overrule.

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+03:41OVERRUNSESSIONWrite the launch plan25 min planned+5 minpausefinish

A timer that overruns instead of stopping you

Past the planned time it shows +MM:SS and keeps going. It is a signal, not a prison.

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docs.google.comThe site stays usable.BWrite the launch plan24:18Options

The Focus Bar

A slim bar at the top of every page holding the task, the time and the controls.

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TASK IN PROGRESSWrite the launch plan24:18+Add timeMake task unlimitedPause the timerFinish task#Categories for this site

The Focus Menu

Everything the running session can do, one click from the bar.

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docs.google.comThe site stays usable.What matters now?Choose →

The Focus Pill

The bar folded into a pastille you can park in any corner — or anywhere you drag it.

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04:12REMAININGSESSIONOn break · resume in5 · 10 · 15 · 30 min+5 minpausefinish

Pauses and breaks

Stop the clock without losing your place — for five minutes or for as long as it takes.

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27:04REMAININGSESSIONFree Surf · remaining5 · 15 · 30 · 60 · ∞+5 minpausefinish

Free Surf

Open browsing as a deliberate choice, with its own duration and its own name.

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FIX LAYOUTChoose what renders bestApplied immediately. Not saved.AAutoBootTask picks the best behaviour.See top contentSimple offset, no aggressive heuristics.Banner onlyNo layout offset, the bar just overlays.

Fix layout

Three ways to make the bar coexist with a stubborn site, chosen on the spot.

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Where BootTask lives

The gate on your Mac, the panel in Chrome, the popup, the web app. Same tasks everywhere.

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BootTaskChoose what deserves your attention first.Write the launch plan25 min · docs.google.comReview pricing copy15 min · boottask.comReply to customer10 min · GmailChoose this task

The Native Gate for macOSOptional · macOS

A full-screen question at login and after a real wake: what deserves your attention first?

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BootTaskWhat do you want to work on?Write the launch plan25 min · docs.google.comReview pricing copy15 minRead the API changelogno limitChoose this task

The Web Gate

The same intentional entry point, inside Chrome, with no native app required.

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docs.google.comThe site stays usable.CURRENT TASKWrite the l…24:18 leftSwitch+5 minFree SurfFinishNEXTReview pricin…15 minReply to cust…10 min

The side panel — in the page or in Chrome

The full dashboard beside the web, as an in-page panel or Chrome's own side panel. Cmd+Shift+B.

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BTIN PROGRESSWrite the launch plan24:18Review pricing copyLaunch · 15 minReply to customerAdmin · 10 minRead the API changelogReading · ∞

The extension popup

The smallest surface: what is running, what is left, one click to switch.

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BootTaskTasksWrite the laun…Review pricing…Reply to custo…boottask.com/appsame sheetsame tasks

The web app

Your tasks, folders and projects in a browser without the extension — including on your phone.

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BootTaskThree steps, one habit.01Choose one taskThe work that deserves the next hour.02Set the useful sitesOptional. No sites means free browsing.03Stay in the flowThe bar keeps the context. Nothing blocks.

First run in four steps

What BootTask is, how a task works, what the bar will do, and then out of the way.

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NOTIFICATIONS · OFF BY DEFAULTBBootTaskBreak over — back to work!BBootTaskDeadline tomorrow — launch plan

Notifications, if you want them

Off by default. Session notices and optional deadline reminders, only when you ask for them.

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REPORT A PROBLEMdocs.google.comThe diagnostic for this page is attached.What happened?Describe the problem and how to reproduce it.@Email (optional)Only if you want to be kept informed.Send reportSite and Focus Bar diagnostic included.

Report a problem with a site

The bar misbehaving on some page? Send a diagnostic from that exact page.

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Make it yours

Deadlines, focus rules and appearance settings that adapt BootTask to your way of working.

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Your data, your terms

No BootTask cloud, optional sync to your own Drive, one payment if you want more.

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Free, no account

Choose the work before your workspace opens.