Checkvist Reviews and details

Questions & Answers

1. What makes Checkvist unique?

   Keyboard-first approach! With Checkvist, you can perform almost all actions without touching the mouse - work fast and focused, organise and re-organise tasks, ideas, notes, combine them into larger or smaller lists. Checkvist is an open tool - import or export your lists without restrictions, use unlimited hierarchy, share and publish lists online, all for free.

2. Why should a person choose Checkvist over its competitors?

   If you prefer speed and focused work with keyboard-driven interfaces, like text or code editors, you should give Checkvist a try. There is no other tool on the market in this category that offers the same level of keyboard support.

3. How would you describe your primary audience?

   IT people - software developers, projects managers, but also writers, scientists, bloggers, analysts, information architects - people who love working efficiently, organising information, and who love working with keyboard, of course! 🤓

4. What's the story behind Checkvist?

   Checkvist is a brainchild of two IT professionals - and keyboard freaks, as you might have guessed. It's hobby project which has been serving people online since 2009 :)

5. Which are the primary technologies used for building your product?

   Checkvist is a Ruby-on-Rails application.

Social recommendations and mentions

• *exits Unity after staring at scene for 5 seconds*

  I like using checkvist.com to break down a project. It's a to-do list, but you can zoom into subtasks which can be 'focused' into and appear as its own master list... You can break things down infinitely in a clean way. Source: over 1 year ago

• Frequent loss of keyboard focus - expected?

  Thanks, yes I can see it's tricky. An outcome of Logseq's ambition I suppose. My primary tool for this kind of thing is Checkvist which is simpler but ergonomically very elegant and predictable. I'm looking at Logseq for more ramified topic notes, but I don't think it can replace Checkvist yet for the rapid-fire stuff (todos, quick capture etc). The ambition and achievement in Logseq to date is nonetheless... Source: over 1 year ago

• Outliner + UpNote

  You might check out Checkvist. Simply link from an UpNote note to there for certain lists and you're done. Source: over 1 year ago

• Show HN: I Made a Todo List for Developer Power Users [video]

  This reminds me of https://checkvist.com, which I hope would be used more. It's actually a great replacement for Trello or any other kind of board for smaller projects. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Looking for a good Bookmark manager

  I use an online outliner Checkvist for my bookmarks as well as notes. It has all the organization features you mentioned and way more. It also has Chrome and Firefox extensions for making bookmarks. It's especially good if you're a keyboard user. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Logseq: Privacy-First, Joyful Platform for Knowledge Management

  I'll put in a word for Checkvist (https://checkvist.com/). I find it the best of the online outliners, which manages to keep improving year on year while managing to keep its fundamental virtues (notably - it's the most keyboard-centric web app I've used). I noted (with a slight shock!) recently that I've been using it since 2015. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• how to increment heading assignments while retaining relationships?

  Checkvist - classic outliner with personal organization features. Web based. Keyboard driven. Source: about 2 years ago

• Productivity apps that can organise and sort folders, projects and tasks by tags / attributes?

  I use Checkvist for its awesome keyboard support and mature feature set. It's got a good free version and the pro version is very reasonable. Source: over 2 years ago

• Considering a Chromebook. What is involved in these (hopefully) simple tasks?

  I do the same with my web-based research & organizer tool Checkvist. For any web page I can save its link and title, tags and notes with just a few keystrokes. Source: over 2 years ago

• What are some lesser known Linux apps that you'd recommend?

  I'm trying out Logseq myself but my main outliner is Checkvist which is a web app so will run on your Chromebook for sure. Its number one best feature is great keyboard support so it's fast to take and organize notes. https://checkvist.com/. Source: over 2 years ago

• What text editor for Chrome OS...

  There are a bunch of web based outliner apps but I use Checkvist for its great keyboard support: https://checkvist.com. Source: over 2 years ago

• Notes and tasks organization applications

  If you want to mix notes and tasks, you can have a look to Checkvist. Source: about 3 years ago

• Software for small maintenance/service company needed

  Check out https://checkvist.com. It is a generic list making tool, but it has free sharing and we have customers who use it in a scenario like you are describing. Source: about 3 years ago

• Adam Savage on Lists, More Lists, and the Power of Checkboxes (2019)

  People have mentioned Workflowy which is very nice. Another nice system is Checkvist (the v is formatted like a check mark in their logo). Go to https://checkvist.com and press Enter to go to the demo/overview page. You can nest hierarchical lists, and you zoom in on a sublist, and most every feature seems to have a keyboard shortcut. - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

• [NeedAdvice] What's the best way to organize personal projects?

  Please check https://checkvist.com (I'm one of the authors). Not sure if AirTable and Notion have repeating due dates and calendar integration (and it looks you'll need them at some point). Source: about 3 years ago

• 5 Alternatives to OneNote

  Checkvist - The list builder’s notetaking app. Source: over 3 years ago

• What was your best "productivity purchase"?

  Checkvist used as an outliner for writing down my coding specs and related reports. Source: over 3 years ago