“Run the half marathon.” “Launch the thing.” Something that matters enough to make room for.
A free, open-source desktop app for intentional work
Make room
for the next
right thing.
VoidSteps turns the tangled shape of your ambition into one clear path — then shows you only where to put your attention today.
View the source↗ Free forever · GPL-3.0-or-later
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01 / THE PROBLEM
Most systems give you more to manage.
More tabs. More red badges. More decisions disguised as productivity. VoidSteps takes the opposite view: a good system should become quieter as your work gets clearer.
02 / THE SYSTEM
A path is a promise
with a shape.
Start with the outcome. Break it only as far as reality demands. Then keep moving from the next honest step.
Nest the hard parts. Keep the small parts small. Dates only where a date is real.
One useful next move. The timer can run. The rest of the map stays out of your way.
03 / INSIDE THE APP
The view
that doesn't
flinch.
Wednesday04September
LAUNCH VOIDSTEPS
03 / 07
Write the landing page
▶45 min focus block · Design
Run the final build
Later today
Send a copy to the first ten
Tomorrow
No motivation theatre. Just the small, steady evidence that you are moving.
Deep paths
Projects can be as simple as three steps, or nested as deep as the actual work.
Time, kept softly
Run a timer when it helps. The log becomes a useful memory, not a performance review.
Routines that return
Set the rhythm once. VoidSteps brings it back at the right moment, without nagging.
↻04 / YOUR DATA
Nothing about
your ambition
leaves the room.
No account. No server. No analytics watching your half-finished thoughts. VoidSteps lives on your machine because that is where your plans belong.
- Local-first by design
- Code licensed GPL-3.0-or-later
- Fork it, adapt it, redistribute it
05 / BEGIN HERE
Start with
the first step.
VoidSteps is free and complete. Read the code, make it your own, or ask for a ready-to-run build while releases are being prepared.