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The OmniFocus alternative without the complexity tax
Done Bear is an OmniFocus alternative for people who want serious GTD without maintaining a configuration project. It ships the five GTD views built in, runs on the web and Windows as well as Apple platforms, adds real-time collaboration OmniFocus deliberately omits, and stays local-first fast. Free to start.
Done Bear vs OmniFocus at a glance
Done Bear
OmniFocus
Done Bear
OmniFocus
Setup required
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Collaboration
Offline support
CLI / API / MCP
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Why people switch from OmniFocus
Your GTD system shouldn't be a second project
OmniFocus rewards system-builders and quietly punishes everyone else: perspectives to design, defer dates to tune, reviews of the system itself. Done Bear's five views are fixed on purpose, so the structure holds without maintenance.
GTD that works on your work computer
OmniFocus is Apple-first, with a limited web add-on sold separately. Done Bear's full app runs in any browser and natively on Windows and Linux, so your trusted system follows you onto machines Apple doesn't make.
Collaboration when work stops being solo
Hand a project to a teammate and OmniFocus has nothing for you: no shared projects, no assignees. Done Bear adds real-time workspaces without turning into project-management software.
Who should stay on OmniFocus
If you rely on custom perspectives, defer-date discipline, and deep hierarchy, and you enjoy tuning that machine, OmniFocus is still the deepest personal GTD tool on Apple platforms. Done Bear is for people who want the GTD outcomes with a tenth of the moving parts.
Moving from OmniFocus
There's no one-click importer yet. Export your OmniFocus database (CSV or TaskPaper) to keep an archive, then rebuild: folders and projects become projects, contexts and tags become labels, and defer dates become scheduled dates in Upcoming.