--- title: I finally found a productivity tool my non-technical... description: Plainspace is a lightweight, open-source shared workspace tool designed for casual group coordination without requiring sign-ups or onboarding. It offers a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-finally-found-a-productivity-tool-my-non-technical-friends-will-actually-use-7ljltwz0n twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I finally found a productivity tool my non-technical friends will actually use | daily.dev og:description: Plainspace is a lightweight, open-source shared workspace tool designed for casual group coordination without requiring sign-ups or onboarding. It offers a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-finally-found-a-productivity-tool-my-non-technical-friends-will-actually-use-7ljltwz0n og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7ljLTwz0N.png og:image:alt: I finally found a productivity tool my non-technical friends will actually use og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I finally found a productivity tool my non-technical friends will actually use **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Plainspace is a lightweight, open-source shared workspace tool designed for casual group coordination without requiring sign-ups or onboarding. It offers a simple checklist, scratchpad, polls, and time-slot picker — all accessible via a shareable link in any browser. It can be used via the free hosted version at plainspace.org or self-hosted with Docker. The tool is ideal for non-technical users and informal group planning like household chores, event coordination, or group gift voting, filling the gap between heavy project management tools and scattered group chats. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is Plainspace and how do I self-host it? Plainspace is an open source, MIT-licensed shared-page tool from the Super Productivity organization, hosted on GitHub. It can be used free at plainspace.org entirely in the browser, or self-hosted via Docker Compose with about three commands, plus a reverse proxy for TLS and optional SMTP configuration for login codes. It offers checklists, a scratchpad, polls, and time-slot pickers for group coordination without requiring participants to sign up or install anything. _daily.dev surfaces lightweight self-hosted tools like this for developers weighing Docker-based alternatives to heavier apps._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I replaced my to-do app with this open-source tool, and I'm never going back](https://daily.dev/posts/i-replaced-my-to-do-app-with-this-open-source-tool-and-i-m-never-going-back-sc22hutqi) · XDA Developers · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#self-hosting](https://daily.dev/tags/self-hosting) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-finally-found-a-productivity-tool-my-non-technical-friends-will-actually-use-7ljltwz0n) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I finally found a productivity tool my non-technical friends will actually use","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-finally-found-a-productivity-tool-my-non-technical-friends-will-actually-use-7ljltwz0n","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-finally-found-a-productivity-tool-my-non-technical-friends-will-actually-use-7ljltwz0n"},"datePublished":"2026-07-31T22:00:41.665Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T20:07:16.081Z","description":"Plainspace is a lightweight, open-source shared workspace tool designed for casual group coordination without requiring sign-ups or onboarding. 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