One Thing

Put your most important task or goal in the menu bar. Its presence there will help remind you without being annoying.

Features

• Display a single task or goal permanently in your menu bar
• Support for Markdown styling (bold, italic, strikethrough) and links
• Drag & drop text directly onto the menu bar item
• Share extension and system service support
• Shortcuts app integration for automation
• Custom URL scheme for scripting (one-thing:?text=...)
• Optional history tracking to keep a dated log of previous entries
• Free and native macOS app

Tips

• Press return/esc or click the menu bar item to close the edit window
• Click the menu bar item while pressing shift to clear the text
• Right-click the menu bar item to quit the app quickly
• If the text is truncated, hover over it to see the full text in a tooltip

Integrations

One Thing can be integrated with various apps and tools:

• Reminders app: Show latest due reminder
• Things: Show the first todo in the "Today" list
• Raycast commands available
• Node.js API and command-line tool for advanced users