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Focus Bridge

Catch the thought. Find your way back.

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Focus Bridge is a free, open-code idea for people with ADHD who juggle a lot of projects. Type a thought into one box and get back to work. It sorts the thought for you, nudges you gently, and helps you find your place again. Your data stays on your computer.

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Focus Bridge was an idea one of the founders never took to market or tested.

What it does

A free “where was I?” app for people with ADHD.

One-box capture

Hit a hotkey, type the thought, done. A floating launcher (pill or icon, small, medium or large) stays ready, and you can change the hotkeys.

Quiet sorting

Thoughts sort themselves into Areas and Projects. Anything it is unsure about waits in an Unsorted tray.

Gentle reminders

Reminders you can snooze, plus one big Pause button for when it is too much.

Five themes

EWD, Light, Console, Wireframe and Windows 11.

Stays out of the way

Close it to the tray and have it start with Windows.

Your data stays local

Everything lives on your computer.

Import and export

Back up to JSON, or use an editable six-sheet Excel workbook to bring data in and out.

Free and open-code

Licensed under AGPL-3.0.

Status: Available (open-code desktop app). Platforms: Windows and Mac desktop first. Web and phones later.

Screens

A look inside

Focus Bridge home screen with project cards, each showing one next step, the last action and what it is waiting on, plus a floating Catch a thought button
Illustrative. Re-entry cards · sample data
Unsorted Thoughts list where each uncertain capture can be filed into an area like Work, Clients or Home with one click
Illustrative. Unsorted tray · sample data
Settings with the five theme choices, launcher size and position, and editable capture and Pause hotkeys with a conflict warning
Illustrative. Launcher and hotkeys · sample data
Workbook import preview listing each row as unchanged, created, updated or rejected before any change is applied
Illustrative. Excel import preview · sample data
Focus Bridge settings screen in the Light theme
Illustrative. Light theme · sample data
Focus Bridge settings screen in the Windows 11 theme
Illustrative. Windows 11 theme · sample data

The story

I’m one of the founders. I have ADHD, a day job with too many hats, and a company I’m starting on the side. I’m great at starting things. Keeping track of them is the hard part. So I built a simple app to help me find my way back.

Read the long version

At work I'm the sales manager, the IT person, the marketing person and the developer. On the side, I'm starting my own company. If you have ADHD, you know how it goes: every project looks like the best one ever, right up until a newer one shows up.

At one point I had about a dozen projects going. Each had its own tools, notes, tabs and half-done to-do list. Starting things was easy. Keeping track was not. I'd spend the first half hour of a work session just figuring out where I left off.

Then friends and family saw what I was building. "Can you make me one?" Sweet, and also more projects.

So I did the most ADHD thing possible. I started another project, one meant to tame all the others. The rules were simple, because I knew I wouldn't follow hard ones:

  • One box. Everything goes in the same place. No deciding where it goes first.
  • One next step. Each project gets one small action, not a checklist to feel guilty about.
  • One big Pause button. When it's too much, everything stops. Coming back puts you right where you were.

That's Focus Bridge. It's free and open-code, and your data stays on your computer. I built it for my own chaos. If it helps you too, that's the best outcome.

Thanks for being here. Hit Pause whenever you need to.

John Stephens, Founder, Everything Windows and Doors

Focus Bridge was an idea one of the founders never took to market or tested. It is provided as is, with no warranty. It is not medical advice or a treatment for ADHD.

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Made by Everything Windows and Doors. Focus Bridge™.