Asana, Monday, and Jira are built for big teams — and heavy because of it. Koru gives one person a fast, private view of their own work and what they've handed off, with no setup and no per-seat sprawl.
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You don't need to run a company in software — you need a clear view of your own work and what you've delegated. Koru does that one thing, fast, and keeps it all on your machine. It even works offline; see our offline task manager page.
No company-wide project machinery you don't need. Koru gives you a tight, fast view of your own tasks and what you've delegated.
Every change saves instantly to a local file on your disk. Nothing waits on a server, nothing syncs to the cloud, and it works offline.
One view for your own work, one for everything you've handed off across people and departments — without running the whole org.
| Koru | Asana | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | One person running their own work — and a team's | Large teams collaborating across an org |
| Where your data lives | A local file on your PC | Asana's cloud |
| Speed | Instant — no server round-trips | Every action waits on the server |
| Setup | About a minute, no configuration | Onboarding, projects, and admin first |
| Pricing | $9.99/mo flat, single seat | Per-seat, climbs with your team |
| Works offline | Yes | No |
If you're an individual or a team lead who needs a fast, private view of your own work and what you've delegated — without running a whole organization in software — yes. Koru is deliberately lighter than Asana: it focuses on one person's work and the tasks they've handed off, not company-wide project management.
Koru runs entirely on your computer instead of the cloud, so it's instant and private — your data stays in a local file and never syncs to a server. It's a flat single-seat price rather than per-seat, and there's no setup or onboarding before you can start.
Koru is a fresh, local workspace and doesn't connect to your Asana account — by design, nothing syncs to the cloud. You can import a team list from a .csv or .json file to get started quickly, then add your tasks in Koru.
Koru is $9.99/month or $99.99/year for a single seat, with a free 30-day trial. There's no per-seat pricing that grows as you add people.
Koru is currently a desktop app for Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Yes. Your tasks, notes, files, and team list stay in a local file on your own computer and are never transmitted to us or any third party.
Download Koru and start a free 30-day trial. No setup, no per-seat pricing, and your data stays on your PC.
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