1. 0 Gluefreak

   I'm fearful about this feature overcomplicating the program. There are already good tools such as Basecamp for group task mgmt. I'd prefer to see todoist focus on the individual.

2. 3 jnunemaker

   I don't want to see it become a team based task manager but the ability to share a list or two with another user would be really handy.

3. 0 golgo32

   I agree with the above comments.

4. 0 Gluefreak

   Maybe an RSS feed for individual task lists?

5. 2 KosciaK

   Sharing a project between a group of other todoist users would be great

6. 3 amix Admin

   Who would you present this information to? Your boss? On a site? Or?

7. 1 oxiris

   Agree on first two comments.
   @amix: I'd share it with my team (i head a small dept in creative field)
   Maybe multiuser account could be a solution (with indication who added a particular task)

8. 3 amix Admin

   Collaboration could be added in ways that won't affect single-user usage of Todoist. I just want to know how many would be interested in multiple-user account Todoist?

9. 1 chrismjohnson

   Different users organize Todoist lists differently. So collaboration where lists can be shared either publicly or with specific users would be preferred over having multiple-user accounts.

10. 1 phrontist

    I'd like the ability to make some projects publicly viewable. I spend a lot of time updating users on what I'm planning to develop next and what's been completed recently... I'm already recording that, and it would be nice to be able to expose that information.

    As far as other collaboration features - making a project "shared" is the model that makes most sense to me.

11. 1 DivinoAG

    I think that probably the simplest way to do this would be similar to how Google Docs or Google Notebook work. You just chose to share with some users a single project (or project group), and they see all the tasks just like a local project. Maybe ordering could be kept as a local parameter to allow each user to chose how to see the tasks.

12. 1 DivinoAG

    Also, you could maybe create a new format (like "@" for tags and "!" for priority), to delegate tasks for specific users. Nothing fancy, just a way to see what tasks belong to you specifically, if you want. As Oxiris said, Todoist could set that to your name when you create the task, or you can set to others.
    Or we can just use common tags for that as well.

13. 0 mark

    Clearly this is going to be popular, but personally speaking it would be of no use to me, and would clearly involve quite a lot of new coding. I feel such time could be better spent on other features.

14. 3 mattski

    Collaboration would make todoist more useful at work, but I would also use it for personal projects. For example, a shared shopping list, or organising a party.
    Sharing projects between separate accounts is better than having a single multi-user account.

15. 3 mmilosav

    This is the main reason why we are currently considering a move away from todoist and towards RTM which does support this feature

16. 0 philipmarkevans

    from a personal perspective (as opposed to business/ corporate) this is useful. I already share my user account and password with my wife so she can add and update items on shared to do lists such as holiday prep, birthday activity, shopping lists etc. i'm not sure how you improve on this - managing privacy/ authorisation issues would complicate an otherwise wonderfully simple but powerful tool

17. 3 sbr

    I think that it would be great if I can share projects. Now I have one list for me and different lists with the same ToDos for my Projects and teams.

18. 3 iisjreg

    The only thing I can think of, is refreshing the page if another user updates a list you're already looking at. An age old problem of file locking / live updates. Obviously I'm sure you could come up with a solution, if not already.

19. 3 domulys

    take a look at TRAC before you implement this:

    http://trac.edgewall.org/

    it might give you some ideas...

20. 3 greenbox

    I would like to use todoist in my small office, to maintain shared todo lists for projects. So sharing projects like google calendar shares calendars would be great. Adding a field for ownership/responsibility for the task would be important.

21. 1 ashyanbhog

    google's approach to sharing seems to be good, but then you can look at this as a opportunity to innovate,

    Google calendar integration is marked as planned, if thats done, users can use shared calendars without needing a specific feature in todoist.

22. 1 DivinoAG

    @ ashyanbhog: That would only solve the sharing of due dates for dated tasks. For me, the most important is being able to track what tasks are not complete, even those without due dates. You wouldn't get that info with shared calendars.

23. 3 iisjreg

    ...and not everybody wants to use Google's calendar.

24. 3 cesarcastro

    I just would like to be able to assing resources to todos. I dont mind sharing my login as long as I know who is working on what and currently there is no way to do this unless I add the resource name to the front of the todo. The best feature of Todoist is that it is simple to use, I just would like to be able to assing tasks.

25. 3 mclois

    If Todoist would have the possibility of assigning the task to an user, and/or sharing projects, it would be just what I need.
    We are moving to Google Apps, and we need an on-line task manager. I like Todoist, but most of users in my office need to delegate tasks.
    I can emulate assigning tasks to another user with tags, and linking tasks with e-mails, but it is easy forget to tag a delegated task.

26. 3 zee

    So how long are we talking to implement this Amir...? :)

27. 3 hipitihop

    Some people here are concerned that this will overcomplicate things. I think that depends on how it is implemented and it does not need to be fancy. For example, my partner and I both use todoist, but there are certain items or even just at project level which I would like to flag with her userid to it share with her. She would simply see that project I created as one of hers. No need for more

28. 0 r2cosmin

    First, I think we should note the difference between collaboration and publication. As I understand it, this feature request is about collaboration.
    From a collaboration point of view I think hiptihop is right. Being able to have "common" projects is more than enough. There is no need even for marking who did what changes. This can be handled by the users as they like it through tags.

29. 1 TylerRick

    I agree with hipitihop and r2cosmin -- the ability to share a project with other users (grant them read/write access to the project) would be a great start and is all we NEED.
    Other ideas (like the ability to see who created a task) might be NICE but aren't strictly necessary for this feature to be useful.
    It would be nice to no longer need a separate login for my personal and work projects/lists.

30. 1 TylerRick

    That's collaboration. For those interested in the ability to PUBLISH their tasks, check out http://todoist.uservoice.com/pages/general/suggestions/8227 (Ability to mark tasks Public and publish them (public feed)).

31. 2 Arnoud Engelfriet

    What I would like is basically the ability to see someone else's task list so that I can see how busy they are.

32. 0 tomwill

    There are soooo many group project management tools out there. I am desperate for a simple tool with hierarchies that helps me organize my life without forcing me into some silly system created by people who are already organized. Todoist is the closest I've seen. Please don't overcomplicate it.

33. 1 chrismjohnson

    @tomwill: If the collaboration are implemented in a the way that other features in Todoist are implemented I don't think it will be a case of being forced into a system. If implemented, there are ways that can leave it very open, flexible, and optional.

34. 1 gwpl

    I believe it's hard work, but it's worth, case can make ToDoIST much more popular.

    I think opensource developers are able to make tools for synchronizing ToDoIST lists using todoist API.

35. 3 rml

    We use a Task Management sys for projects. Todoist allows me much greater freedom to organize myself and housekeeping tasks for myself & others on the team. These tasks do not warrant overpopulating our formal/client task sys. Beside, Todoist is a lot easier to use!
    That said I would love to be able to share/allocate/assign entries to team members rather than the current printout and deliver.

36. 3 benhum

    I like this idea - the ability to share lists/projects wouldn't impact those who don't want to use this feature, but would take Todoist to a whole new level for those of us that see the need for collaboration as important (it's the reason why I still use RTM in my office).

37. 3 takto

    I dont need to be stoweboyd
    http://www.stoweboyd.com/message/2007/09/todoist-and-hud.html
    to tell it loudly: COLLABORATION please.. no more buttons like "inprogress" etc.. just ability to create teams working on tasks..

38. 0 maxkir

    http://checkvist.com has some collaboration, though it has much less feature rich than todoist.

39. 0 scdlsam

    My group already uses todoist as project management.

    We all access the same account. Our group leader adds tasks for us and we check them off as we complete them.

40. 3 ergamiac

    Simply adding the ability to share at the project level would would be enough for me to leave my Wrike account behind. I agree that it can be implemented in a way that it doesn't complicate the UI for users who don't need to share.

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