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Install omnifocus with Homebrew Cask
Scheduling application focusing on organisation. Version 4.9.3 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Scheduling application focusing on organisation
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Project history and usage
OmniFocus is The Omni Group's structured personal task manager, built around capturing actions, organizing projects, and presenting the work relevant to a particular context or time.
Project history
OmniFocus started as a collection of OmniOutliner scripts inspired by David Allen's Getting Things Done method before becoming a native Mac application. The Omni Group subsequently brought it to successive Apple platforms and the web.
OmniFocus 4 rebuilt and unified the interface across supported Apple devices using SwiftUI while preserving the project's core model of inbox capture, projects, actions, tags, perspectives, forecasting, and review.
Adoption history
OmniFocus moved from a Mac application to iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple Vision Pro, the web, and a unified cross-device interface. Omni Sync Server and WebDAV support made its database portable across devices.
The application became closely associated with Getting Things Done workflows, while retaining enough flexibility for other personal productivity methods. Long-term users also built automation around AppleScript, Shortcuts, URL schemes, Mail Drop, and Omni Automation.
How it is used
Capture unprocessed tasks in the Inbox, organize them into projects with tags and dates, and work from built-in or custom perspectives such as Forecast, Flagged, Nearby, and Review.
Synchronize through Omni Sync Server or another supported WebDAV server when using multiple devices. The application can also be automated with Shortcuts, URL schemes, Mail Drop, AppleScript on Mac, and Omni Automation.
Why package nerds care
OmniFocus is a canonical Mac power-user application: it combines a native outline-based interface with a structured task database, keyboard-heavy workflows, deep automation, and encrypted synchronization.
For package enthusiasts, its Homebrew Cask availability makes a traditionally commercial Mac application reproducible in workstation bootstrap scripts. Its lineage from OmniOutliner scripts is also a distinctive example of an internal automation evolving into a standalone product.
Timeline
- 2000s: OmniFocus began as a set of OmniOutliner scripts and became a native Mac application.
- 2008: OmniFocus expanded to iPhone during the early App Store era.
- Later releases added iPad, Apple Watch, web, Apple Vision Pro, and cross-platform automation support.
- 2023: OmniFocus 4 introduced a modernized unified interface across Apple platforms.
Related projects
- OmniOutliner supplied the outlining environment in which the earliest OmniFocus scripts were developed.
- Omni Sync Server and compatible WebDAV servers synchronize OmniFocus databases.
- Omni Automation provides cross-platform JavaScript automation across Omni Group applications.
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- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-11-04
manager version4.9.3
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus/
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:omnifocus |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.9.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/omnifocus |
| Homepage | https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus/ |
| Upstream docs | https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus/ |
| Source archive | https://downloads.omnigroup.com/software/macOS/15/OmniFocus-4.9.3.dmg |
| SHA-256 | 4c0f7f1783c5f30be99b0c48c8a57df70e58652878edbf801a968640fb7cec3f |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | omnifocus |
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| Auto Updates | yes |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
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