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How to Use a Things 3-Style Workflow on Windows and the Web

Things 3 has no Windows version and no web app. Here's how to keep the Things workflow (Inbox, Today, Upcoming, Anytime, Someday) on a work PC, a browser, or any non-Apple device.

TL;DR: There is no Things 3 for Windows and no Things 3 web app. Cultured Code only ships Mac, iPhone, and iPad versions. To keep the Things workflow everywhere, you need an app that replicates its GTD views cross-platform. Done Bear does exactly that, with a web app, Windows, Linux, macOS, and iOS apps, and a one-command importer.

Is there a Things 3 web version or Windows app?

No, and there’s no sign one is coming. Things 3 runs on macOS, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro. Things Cloud is a sync service, not a web app. You can’t log into your tasks from a browser. On Windows or Android there is nothing official at all.

For a lot of people this works fine right up until it doesn’t: a new job issues a Windows laptop, or you spend your day in a browser on machines you don’t control, and the trusted system is suddenly unreachable for eight hours a day.

What makes the Things workflow worth keeping

If you’re reading this, you probably don’t want a different workflow. You want the same one on more platforms. The parts worth preserving:

  • A frictionless Inbox. Capture in two keystrokes, decide later.
  • Today as a deliberate choice. Today is a short list you committed to, not everything with a due date.
  • Upcoming, Anytime, Someday. Scheduled work, available work, and parked ideas stay separated, so nothing nags before its time.
  • Instant, offline-native speed. The app opens fast and works with no connection, which is why you trust it with everything.

Any replacement that makes you rebuild this from filters and labels will drift. The views need to be the product, not your configuration project.

Your options on Windows and the web

Run Things in a VM or remote Mac. Technically possible, practically miserable: a virtual machine to check a to-do list is not a system you’ll keep using.

Rebuild GTD in a general-purpose app. Todoist, TickTick, Microsoft To Do, and Notion can all be shaped into GTD with enough filters and discipline. It works, but you become the maintainer of the system’s structure. (We compare the trade-offs in Todoist vs Things 3 vs Done Bear.)

Use a GTD-native, cross-platform app. The five Things views, built in, on every platform. This is the category Done Bear is in: the same Inbox / Today / Upcoming / Anytime / Someday structure (plus a Logbook), as the app’s actual navigation.

How Done Bear covers each platform

  • Web: the full app runs in any modern browser at app.donebear.com, the piece Things has never had.
  • Windows and Linux: native desktop apps with automatic updates.
  • macOS: a desktop app, plus a Raycast extension for capture and Today at a keystroke.
  • iOS: a native iPhone app.
  • Terminal and agents: a CLI (donebear task add "Buy milk") and a hosted MCP server so AI assistants can capture and triage for you.

Because Done Bear is local-first, every one of those clients works offline and loads instantly: tasks live on the device and sync in the background, the same quality that made Things feel trustworthy.

Moving your Things 3 data

On the Mac where Things is installed:

donebear import things3

Your areas, projects, and tasks come across, including Today, Someday, and scheduled dates. The import guide covers the details.

Done Bear is free to start (no trial period, no credit card), so the practical path is: import, run both for a week, and see which one you reach for when your hands are on a Windows keyboard.