The desktop app

The same app as the browser, in its own window, plus things a browser cannot do: it can see a git repository, tie a timer to a branch, and start work on a task from your machine. Those extras are part of the developer tools.

An admin can also run Claude Code on a task from the desktop app, once Enable Claude Code AI is ticked under Settings, Git Integration, and the Claude Code CLI is installed on that computer. The sparkles button on the task starts it, either to plan or to do the work, in the folder set as the first repository for that task's project under Project-Specific Settings, or the base directory when none is set. Claude writes in the task's AI chat. When it has finished, replying in that AI chat picks the same conversation up again and Claude answers there, as many times as you like. Only the computer that started Claude answers, and the sparkles button pulses while it does.

How do I start and stop timers from the Mac menu bar?#

While the desktop app is open, its P icon sits in the menu bar at the top of the screen, and while a timer runs, its time shows beside the icon. Click the icon to open the menu.

• Timers lists your timers from today, running ones first, each with its time. Point at one to Stop Timer or Start Timer it, or to View Task.
• Start a timer on lists your open projects that have tasks of yours. Under each, The project itself starts a timer on the project with no task, and up to ten of your tasks start one on that task.
• Open Projectous brings the window forward.

How do I start and stop timers from the Windows system tray?#

On Windows the same P icon sits in the system tray by the clock. If you cannot see it, look under the arrow that shows hidden icons. Right click it for the same menu as on a Mac, with Timers and Start a timer on. A left click opens the Projectous window.

Windows does not show the time beside the icon. Point at the icon instead, and its tooltip shows the running task and how long it has run.

Everything else about timers, from correcting them to reviewing them, is in Time tracking.