n4 is a next generation todo list application with a subtle but fundamentally different take on the integration of todo list management, calendars, spreadsheets, sharing, and notifications. It is entirely open-source and always will be – no data or software lock-in.
n4 stands for “Now, Not Now, and Notes” (four N’s). It may look like yet just another todo list app, but it is something a tad different and hence, more. It is designed to be out-of-the-way in the same manner that a good bicycle, motorcycle, or car will disappear and allow the driver to feel the road, feel their body, and just drive. The experience becomes more about the mind/body being with the road and less about the device itself.
That is the design goal behind n4 – to noiselessly handle the todo’s. The basic concept is that in n4 there are just two types of things that a user can create – a note (a.k.a. a task) and a tag (also known in other apps as a tag, folder, project, group). But the simplicity and power come from the following design aspects:
- Tags can contain notes and other tags, and notes can be in any number of tags.
- However, a tag can only be in one tag – tags follow a simple permission/security/attribute inheritance – tags do not support multiple permission/security/attribute inheritance.
- Notes can seamlessly become tags and tags notes.
n4 is built from the ground up with security and privacy in mind. Only you have access to your data. However you can securely share specific tags with specific family members, friends, or other users. Whether you seamlessly would like to know what the local farm stand has on sale (when they share that info), the shared prioritized agenda for your next meeting, or have the confidence that the home food list is up-to-date and accurate when you stop at the store, n4 facilitates the creation and execution of your tasks in your life.
n4 – helping you de-clutter the mind and link your thinking, notes, journals, todo lists, and calendars easily and seamlessly in one place