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About balu - private todo & tasks

balu is a calm, fast todo app with one big difference: your tasks live on a server you choose and run. Perfect for your homelab: one docker-compose, no account with us, no cloud subscription, no vendor lock-in - just open-source software and your own data. PLAN LIKE YOU THINK • Start dates and deadlines are separate: decide when to begin, independent of when something is due • Today with a This Evening section, Upcoming, Anytime, Someday and a Logbook • Projects with sections, labels, priorities and repeating tasks CAPTURE AT THE SPEED OF THOUGHT • Quick add understands natural language in English and German: "call Sam friday 5pm" or "Wäsche waschen jeden zweiten Dienstag" • Live token highlighting shows what balu understood while you type WORKS OFFLINE, REALLY • A full copy of your tasks lives on your device • Add, edit and complete in airplane mode; everything syncs when you're back SHARE WITH YOUR PEOPLE • Workspaces with roles, from full editor down to read-only • Assign tasks, discuss them in comments, see everything assigned to you REMINDERS YOUR WAY • Local notifications on your device • Optional nudges through ntfy, email or Telegram from your own server SELF-HOSTED & OPEN SOURCE • MIT-licensed, deployed with a single docker-compose on your hardware • The app connects to the server URL you enter - nothing else balu requires a self-hosted balu server. Set one up in minutes: https://blaumedia.com/balu

What’s new

Version 1.3.0 · Updated October 7, 2026

Manage your projects • Rearrange projects: long-press a project in Browse and drag it where you want it. • Tap "..." next to a project (or in its header) to rename it, pick a new color, archive it or delete it. • Archive a project you are done with: it and its tasks disappear from your lists, and it waits in the new "Archived projects" section until you open or unarchive it. • Deleting a project now tells you exactly what goes with it: its name and how many open tasks it holds. Task details • The task detail shows when a task was created, last changed and completed. balu 1.3.0 works with your current server. Update your server to 1.5.0 as well so reminders and Claude (MCP) also leave archived projects alone.

App privacy

The developer, blaumedia GmbH, reported these privacy practices to Apple.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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