Getting Started with KnotDo

Go to knotdo.app/register and request beta access. During the beta period you'll need an invite code — check your email if you were invited, or join the waitlist and we'll send one when space opens up. Once your code is accepted, set a strong password and confirm your email address. That's it — no credit card required.

After logging in, you'll land in your default workspace. A workspace is a shared space where all your lists and tasks live. Solo users typically have one workspace; teams may have multiple. Give your workspace a name that reflects your context — your name, your company, or your project. You can rename it at any time in Workspace Settings.

Click + New List in the sidebar. Give your list a name and optionally choose a color and icon. Lists are the top-level containers for tasks — think of them like folders. Good list names: Work, Personal, Q3 Roadmap, Grocery, Reading List. Each list can have its own default view (List, Kanban, Gantt, or Calendar) — set this in the list's settings after creation.

Click inside a list and hit N or click + Add task to create your first task. Type the title and press Enter. The quick-add form expands to show optional fields: Due date, Time of day (schedules the task into a morning/afternoon/evening slot), Reminder, and Repeat. You can fill in just a title for speed, or set all the details up-front. Open a task by clicking it to add:

• Notes — full markdown support
• Due date — click the calendar icon
• Priority — None, Low, Medium, High, or Urgent
• Subtasks — unlimited nesting
• Tags — color-coded labels across all lists

Drag tasks to reorder them. Complete a task by clicking the round button on the left. Keeping a task in Today: some tasks matter but don't belong on a specific day — and giving them today's date just means moving them again tomorrow. Open the task and switch on Keep in Today — or right-click it in Today or Week view, tick several tasks and use Keep in Today in the bulk action bar, or set it as you create the task from quick-add. It then stays under Kept here — at the bottom of Today, at the top of Week — whatever its due date — undated, overdue, or due next week — until you finish it or switch the toggle off. A kept task that's due today is listed once, alongside the rest of today's tasks. Working with several tasks at once: each row also has a square select checkbox to the left of the complete button. Tick any tasks — in a list, or in the Today and Week views — and a bulk action bar appears. From there you can complete them all, push them to another day, change their time of day (Today view), move them to another list, or delete them together.

KnotDo works best when installed to your device — it runs like a native app, loads instantly, and works fully offline. Desktop (Chrome, Edge): Look for the install icon (⊕) in your browser's address bar and click "Install KnotDo." iOS (Safari): Tap the Share button → Add to Home Screen → tap Add. The app appears on your home screen like any other app. Android (Chrome): Tap the three-dot menu → Add to Home Screen → confirm. Once installed, KnotDo loads from your device, not the network — so it opens instantly and works on planes, in basements, or anywhere with spotty Wi-Fi. See Working Offline for the full details. Home screen shortcuts: After installing, long-press the KnotDo icon on your phone (Android) or use the shortcut menu (iOS). You'll see Add Task, Today's Tasks, and Report Issue — quick actions without opening the full app first.

If KnotDo feels cramped on a small laptop screen — or too small on a large monitor — you can resize the whole interface without touching your browser zoom. At the bottom of the sidebar, above your account details, click Size. A slider appears; drag it anywhere from 85% to 130%. The same slider also lives in Settings → Preferences → Interface size — both control the same setting and stay in sync. Everything scales together — text, row heights, spacing, and icons — so nothing overlaps or gets clipped at any setting. Click Reset to return to 100%. This setting is saved per device, not to your account. That's deliberate: the right size on your 13-inch laptop is rarely the right size on your desktop monitor, so each machine remembers its own. It also stacks on top of any font size you've set in your browser's own accessibility settings rather than overriding it. Desktop and web only. The control doesn't appear on phones — mobile browsers already handle text scaling through your device's own display settings.