Releases

In-app AI Chat — ask anything about your board

A new Chat tab turns Anoka into a conversational assistant that knows your whole workspace: open tasks, projects, statuses and meeting transcripts. Ask a question, get a live answer.

Added

• AI Chat tab with streaming — A new Chat screen lets you talk to an AI assistant that has full context of your board: tasks, projects, column statuses and saved transcripts. Ask things like "What's still open in the design project?" or "How many tasks are overdue?" and get answers that stream in word-by-word as the model responds. Works with whichever AI provider you have configured in Settings — Claude, OpenAI, DeepSeek, Ollama or any local model.

Fixed & improved

• Recording is more reliable — Starting a recording twice in quick succession no longer causes any issues; only one recording starts regardless of how fast you click.
• No duplicate tasks from a double-click — Adding tasks to the board and extracting tasks from a transcript are both protected against double-clicks, so you'll never end up with duplicate cards.
• Your credentials are stored more safely — API keys and tokens you enter in Settings are now saved in a more secure way.
• Clearer feedback when a transcript produces no tasks — If the AI doesn't find any actionable items in a transcript, the app now shows a clear, accurate message instead of a misleading one.
• Column editing is more robust — Renaming and reordering board columns behaves more predictably and no longer gets out of sync.

Board power-ups, a redesigned interface & the transcript tray

This release adds serious depth to your board — subprojects, filters, custom column colors — while cleaning up the interface you spend the most time in. The transcript experience is rebuilt from scratch, and two long-standing annoyances are fixed for good.

Added

• Subprojects with active/inactive state — Projects can now contain subprojects. Any project or subproject can be marked active or inactive; parked work is dimmed in the app and skipped by AI agents so they stay focused on what matters now.
• Board filters — A new Filters button on the board (with an active-count badge and a popover) lets you filter cards by priority, type, due date and assignee. This release also adds a Type field to tasks, per-task assignees, and a team-members list in Settings to power the assignee filter.
• Customizable board columns with colors — Add, rename, reorder, color and delete board columns directly from Settings. Each column displays its color on the board; tasks in a deleted column are automatically moved to the first available one.
• Email notifications for comment replies — When asking a question on the website you can optionally leave a private email address; when the team replies you receive an email with the full thread and the new reply. The address is stored privately and never shown publicly.

Improved

• Record is now a transcript tray — The Record screen is rebuilt as a dedicated transcript tracking list: a capture zone at the top (active recording or import only, which clears automatically after transcribing) and a tray below listing all your saved transcripts with source, status, a task-count badge, search and filters. An inline panel lets you view, edit and extract tasks from any transcript. Recording history is merged in here, so you never see a previous call's transcript while recording a new one.
• Redesigned task detail view — A cleaner task drawer with a copyable task ID, grouped sidebar fields, comment avatars, and the delete action moved to the footer. Better accessibility throughout.
• Cleaner Projects screen — The projects editor now opens in a modal; the main view is the project list, and row actions (edit, delete, add subproject) appear on hover to reduce visual noise.
• A flatter, cleaner interface — Action buttons across the app are now compact icons with tooltips, and inputs use a flatter, borderless style for a more focused look.
• Better discoverability — The website now includes rich metadata, social cards, structured data, a sitemap and clean URLs (/docs, /blog, /help) so Anoka.ai is easier to find via search engines and AI assistants.

Fixed

• No more blank screen when importing PDF transcripts — Importing a PDF transcript could crash the app and blank the entire window. PDF parsing is now stable and a single library error can no longer take down the app.
• No more duplicate tasks from a double-click — The transcript tray's "Add to board" button is now guarded while it processes, so an impatient double-click no longer creates duplicate tasks or an incorrect task count.

Automatic meeting detection, transcript import & threaded comments

Anoka now notices when a meeting starts and asks if you want to transcribe it — no manual setup. You can also bring in transcripts from other tools, and comments now support threaded replies to keep discussions organized.

Added

• Automatic meeting detection (macOS) — Anoka watches for your microphone becoming active in any app (Zoom, Meet, Teams…) and shows a small prompt offering to start transcribing. One click to begin; dismiss it if you don't need it. No more forgetting to hit record.
• Import existing transcripts — already have a transcript from another tool? Bring it into Anoka and extract tasks from it. Supports plain text (.txt), captions (.vtt), Word documents (.docx) and PDFs (.pdf).
• Threaded comments & replies — reply directly to a comment on any task so conversations stay in context, not in a flat list.
• Help page — a new community Q&A page on the website where you can ask questions and get answers from other users.

Quality & reliability fixes

A handful of targeted fixes that make the board and settings behave more predictably.

Fixed

• Board filter resets automatically — deleting a team member who was set as the board's assignee filter now immediately shows all cards again, instead of leaving the board stuck on a filter that no longer matches anyone.
• Settings stay in sync on failure — if saving a settings change (team members, board columns, language or theme) fails, the app now surfaces a clear error message and reverts the interface to match what is actually saved, rather than silently appearing to apply a change that did not persist.
• MCP integration is more reliable — the built-in server that connects Anoka to AI assistants now handles edge cases more gracefully, including ambiguous item names and project structure, so automations are less likely to return unexpected results.

Windows & Linux install support

Anoka is now easy to install on Windows and Linux — no more "coming soon".

Added

• Full Windows install guide: download anoka-win-x64.zip from the home page, unzip, and run Anoka.exe — portable, no installer required. Includes a note on the SmartScreen first-run prompt.
• Full Linux install guide: download anoka-linux-x86_64.AppImage, chmod +x, and run. One command, no dependencies.

First public release

Anoka.ai is live: record meetings, transcribe with Whisper, and let AI turn them into kanban tasks — local-first.

Added

• Kanban board with projects, priorities, due dates and per-task comments.
• Meeting recording (microphone + system audio) with transcription via OpenAI/Groq/Whisper or 100% local (Speaches).
• AI task extraction (Claude, OpenAI, DeepSeek, Ollama) with per-project context.
• Connectors to ClickUp, Jira and GitHub Issues.
• MCP server so AI assistants can read and create tasks.
• Light/dark themes, English/Spanish, and an installable PWA website with docs.

Improved

• Better accessibility and keyboard navigation across the app.
• Privacy and security improvements.