Task management for developers with ADHD
Your brain has 47 open tabs. Let's close 44 of them.
Flowstate surfaces your top 3 tasks every morning based on your energy, deadlines, and goals. No more freezing at the task list.
Free forever · No credit card · Built for ADHD developers
The real problem isn't your task list. It's the moment you open it.
You open your laptop. Slack has 12 unread threads. Jira has 8 tickets. Your personal list has 15 items. There's a PR review someone pinged you about yesterday.
Your brain sees all of it at once.
Not in a neat, prioritized order. Not with a clear "start here" arrow. All of it, at the same volume, at the same urgency, pulling in every direction simultaneously.
So you do what ADHD brains do: freeze. Or check email. Or reorganize the list. Or open a new browser tab. Anything to avoid the actual decision — because the decision is the hard part.
This isn't a discipline problem. It's an executive function problem. And no amount of color-coded labels or Eisenhower matrices will fix it.
You've tried the tools. They weren't built for your brain.
Todoist gives you an infinite list and celebrates streaks. Miss a day, and the streak resets. For ADHD brains, that's not motivation — it's another thing to feel guilty about.
Notion gives you a blank page and says "build whatever you want." Which is the worst thing to hand an ADHD brain. You'll spend 3 hours designing a task database and zero hours doing the tasks.
Linear is built for teams shipping software. It assumes a product manager already decided what matters. When you're working solo, you ARE the product manager — and that's the part your brain struggles with.
Sunsama gets closest — it's calm, intentional, anti-burnout. But it's calendar-first. If your day doesn't revolve around a schedule, it doesn't fit. And it's $20/month.
These tools aren't bad. They're built for brains that can look at a list of 30 things and pick one. Your brain doesn't do that.
Flowstate makes the hardest decision for you.
Every morning, Flowstate asks two questions:
1. How's your energy? Low, medium, or high.
2. How much time do you have? 15 minutes to all day.
Then the scoring algorithm runs. It evaluates every task against your priorities, due dates, labels, and big goal. It surfaces your top 3. You pick one as your #1 priority.
That's your direction.
Energy
Low, medium, or high.
Time
15 minutes to all day.
Top 3
Scored and surfaced.
Commit
Pick your #1.
Under 3 minutes. Every morning.
The system decides. You focus.
See it in action
From the web app to the terminal, Flowstate is built to keep you in flow.
Your top 3 tasks, scored and ranked. Every morning.
Track issues alongside your tasks. No separate tool needed.
Run your standup from the terminal. AI writes the summary.
Built for how you actually work.
Not how productivity influencers think you should work.
Morning Reset
Two questions. Two minutes. One direction. Every morning, Flowstate asks how you're feeling and how much time you have — then decides what to work on.
No willpower required.
Focus Sessions
Lock in on your #1 priority with a timed focus session. No notifications. No task-switching. Just you and the one thing that matters right now.
Built-in Pomodoro timer.
Git Integration
Flowstate watches your commits and closes issues automatically. When you push, the system updates. Your workflow stays in sync without extra steps.
Works with GitHub, GitLab, and Gitea.
AI Smart Triage
Drop tasks into your inbox and let AI route them. It reads your objective and scores every item automatically.
OpenRouter-powered.
Import from Linear
Already tracking issues in Linear? Import them in one command. Deduplicated, prioritized, ready to go.
Also supports Todoist.
Want to compare all features?See full pricing comparison →
"Built by a developer with ADHD who got tired of abandoning every productivity tool after two weeks."
— The Flowstate team
Simple pricing. No surprises.
Free forever for solo developers. Upgrade when you're ready.
Free
- Flow Ritual
- Today's 3 focus slots
- Triage inbox
- Backlog + Issues
- Cycles
- Energy Mode
- CLI (fst) — all 18 commands
- MCP server
- Git sync
- 1 project
No credit card required
Pro
billed annually · $12/month monthly
- Everything in Free, plus:
- AI features (11 capabilities)
- Unlimited projects
- Linear + Todoist import
- Data export (JSON/CSV)
- Priority support
- Early access to new features
Compare features
| Feature | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Core | ||
| Flow Ritual | ||
| Today's 3 focus slots | ||
| Triage inbox | ||
| Backlog + Issues | ||
| Cycles | ||
| Energy Mode | ||
| Developer Tools | ||
| CLI (fst, 18 commands) | ||
| MCP server | ||
| Git commit sync | ||
| AI | ||
| AI scoring + triage | — | |
| AI standup narrative | — | |
| AI project decomposition | — | |
| Integrations | ||
| Linear import | — | |
| Todoist import | — | |
| Data export | — | |
| Scale | ||
| Projects (1 vs Unlimited) | — | |
| Priority support | — | |
Stays in your terminal.
Flowstate has a full CLI. No browser required. Run your morning reset, start a focus session, mark tasks done, and generate your standup — all without leaving your workflow.
$fst today# see your top 3$fst focus# start a session$fst done# mark it complete$fst standup# generate your standup
Also available as an MCP server — wire Flowstate directly into Cursor, Claude, or any AI assistant that supports the Model Context Protocol.
Designed to not make you feel bad about yourself.
- No streaks.
- No daily minimums.
- No "you missed a day" notifications.
- No gamification that makes you feel like a failure.
- No comparison to how productive other people are.
Direction when you need it. Space when you don't.
Free guide
The ADHD Developer's Morning Reset
A 5-minute ritual that turns decision paralysis into a clear direction. The same morning system I use to ship with ADHD. Free PDF, no spam.
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Stop opening your task list and freezing.
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