Focu
Mindful productivity app for MacOS
Focu launched on December 4, 2024 with 170 votes, #240 of 5,365 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
What it does
Transform your relationship with work through AI-powered guidance, meaningful conversations and periodic check-ins. Focu uses a locally running AI that works privately and offline on your own Mac, data never gets sent to the cloud and stays yours.
Transform your relationship with work through AI-powered guidance, meaningful conversations, periodic check-ins and focused work sessions.
v 0.13.0 | 28.21 MB Focu in action Below is a demo showing off a check-in session. You can initiate the check-in on your own or have it periodically asked. From morning to evening, Focu is there to help you stay focused and productive. Input tasks yourself or use AI to extract them from your conversations. The built-in pomodoro timer lives in your menu bar, so you can focus on your work. AI can extract tasks from your conversations and add them to your task list. With keyboard shortcuts, you can focus on your work and avoid distractions. Your data never leaves your device. Configure automatic backups to your preferred location, such as iCloud, with easy import/export options. Focu works out…from focu.app
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Focu, open-source mindful productivity app for macOS2025 · github.com · ▲5I've been building Focu, a mindful productivity app for macOS, these past months. As someone diagnosed with ADHD and depression, it's been super helpful to journal daily and use an AI to reflect and get feedback. It's not a replacement for therapy, but it sure has been complementary. The app uses Ollama to provide the user with a locally running AI, the downside is that it does require a powerful device, but I've had super good results with Llama3.2:3b which is not too heavy to run at all. I'm using Dexie.js to store the data in IndexedDB although I'm considering moving to "file over app".…





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