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24 alternatives to Godspeed is a fast, 100% keyboard oriented todo app for Mac
Hi everybody, today I'm launching version 1.0 of Godspeed, a todo manager built with two priorities in mind: speed and 100% keyboard orientation. Every action in Godspeed can be done from your keyboard and will respond instantly. It's like Superhuman for your todo list. Godspeed has everything you expect in a todo manager like shared lists, labels, smart lists, boolean search operators, and cloud sync. If you're already a user of an app like Todoist or OmniFocus you should be able find everything you need in Godspeed. I think the most appealing thing to most HN users would be the keyboard…
Godspeed is a todo manager for Mac designed around keyboard-only operation, where every action can be completed without a mouse. It includes standard features like shared lists, labels, smart lists, boolean search, and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Godspeed is a fast, 100% keyboard oriented todo app for Mac launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Godspeed▲110A todo manager built for speed, 100% keyboard driven
2024 · godspeedapp.com · its alternatives →
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Godspeed▲112A to-do manager built for speed, 100% keyboard driven
2023 · godspeedapp.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · vimacapp.com · its alternatives →
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Typeahead 2.0▲428Private AI autocomplete for every app on your Mac
Jul 2026 · typeahead.ai · its alternatives →
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TypeBoost▲361Your personal AI writing toolkit. Inside any app.
Feb 2026 · typeboost.ai · its alternatives →
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Todo2▲131Hi HN, I just launched Todo2 – an AI-powered project management extension for the Cursor AI editor. I built Todo2 after getting frustrated with leaving my IDE to plan tasks in ChatGPT/Perplexity. It lets you create todos by simply prompting, auto-researches latest best practices, and keeps everything inside Cursor. It’s free with 14-days trial on the Cursor Marketplace. Would love your feedback or questions! Thank you - https://todo2.pro
2025 · todo2.pro · its alternatives →
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A unique modeless, mouseless Mac OS X note-taking app
2014 · notational.net · its alternatives →
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Switch for macOS▲174Keyboard-driven commands to navigate your mac apps faster.
2021 · get-switch.app · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, Francesco from Cua here. I hacked this project together last weekend, inspired by the Codex Computer-Use release and lessons learned from deploying GUI-operating agents for our customers. The main problem: when a UI automation process controls a desktop app today, it usually takes over the human’s session. Your cursor moves, keyboard focus gets stolen, windows jump to the front, and you have to stop working until the agent is done. That is why we have historically avoided encouraging users to run these processes directly on their host machine, instead relying on VMs or GUI containers…
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Switch▲135Keyboard-driven commands to navigate your apps faster
2019 · get-switch.app · its alternatives →
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Key Click Pro▲108Track mouse clicks & keystrokes in your macOS status bar
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hotlist▲148Manage your daily todos straight from your Mac menu bar
2023 · pqina.nl · its alternatives →
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A lightweight macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript - kasper/phoenix
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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One-click translation with shortcut keys in macOS
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Blazing fast keyboard for iOS now with GIFs and more
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Your AI agent's favorite todo app for macOS
Feb 2026 · devglow.app · its alternatives →
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Turn CapsLock into a Super Key & Boost Productivity
Feb 2026 · hypercaps.auramark-studio.com · its alternatives →
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