Locu
Focus timer, to-do list and notes in one app for developers, with Jira and Linear two-way sync
About Locu
Locu is a daily execution system for developers that combines a focus timer, a minimalist to-do list and notes into one workspace, built around 90-minute sessions on a single task. It pulls tasks in from Jira and Linear with two-way sync so the work you plan is the work your team already tracks, adds subtasks and rich-text notes for context, and puts a calendar timeline and meeting notes next to them so a five-minute morning planning pass can produce a day you can actually execute. During the day a session timer runs against one task at a time, a macOS app and website blocker keeps interruptions out, and time is tracked as a by-product of focusing rather than as a separate chore — which then exports for invoicing, making it genuinely useful for freelancers rather than only for personal productivity. The problems it names are specific and familiar: losing flow to Slack and meetings, context-switching across three apps for tasks, notes and issues, and being unable to account for where a week went. Because time accrues per task and per project, months later you can see exactly how much time went where. It runs on macOS, Linux, Windows and the web with unlimited cross-platform devices, and the vendor is a Czech company, Locu Labs s.r.o., currently in public beta.
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