Nick Peers reveals how to manage everything from simple to-do items to complex multi-user projects with this clever Wunderlist-replacement.

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Nick Peers has spent most of the past few months dreaming of the ultimate lockdown server.

Fans of the Wunderlist cloud-based task manager will by now know that Microsoft has finally pulled the plug on the venerable service, which was launched in 2011 by a German company (Wunderkinder) before being bought by Microsoft in 2015. Users were directed instead to switch to Microsoft’s own To Do application, but while it retains many of Wunderlist’s features, it’s not the same experience - plus there’s no official client for Linux (But it said it loved Linux? - Ed).

Thankfully, project management specialist Zenkit has spied an opportunity and developed its own Wunderlist clone. Zenkit To Do mirrors the Wunderlist experience as closely as possible, aiming to replicate not just its look and feel, but the feature set, too. The application harnesses the Zenkit eco-system to provide a cut-down version of its main offering, with the promise of more to come in the months ahead. Unlike Wunderlist, not all its functionality is free, but the free tier offers more than enough for most people and that’s what we’re focusing on in this tutorial.

Navigating your to-do lists

1 Navigation pane

Quickly track down the to-do item you’re looking for with the help of smart lists and a search tool.

2 Task organisation

Use this to organise your tasks into lists and folders to turn simple to-do items into a full-blown project.

3 Current view

Select a smart list or list from the navigation pane to display all the tasks that are related to it here.

4 Edit pane

Click a task to edit it and record extra details, plus make comments, and review all the task’s activity.

5 Task options

Click the … button to access additional tools, including an option to view the Edit pane as a floating window.

6 Stay notified

Toast notifications are just one of the ways that Zenkit To Do can be configured to alert you.

Very flattering

Anyone familiar with Wunderlist will appreciate just how brilliant Zenkit To Do is the moment that you first log in. You’ll have access to virtually the same feature set in Wunderlist - namely the means to create to-do items and organise them into lists and folders. Each item can be assigned deadlines and reminders, support multiple subtasks to help you manage more complicated projects and be assigned notes and file attachments. Like Wunderlist, you can also collaborate with other Zenkit To Do users - assign family, friends and co-workers tasks, receive notifications of changes to documents, open a chat window to discuss the current project and more besides.