Lanework — Support
One person makes Lanework, and that same person answers your email. Here are the questions that come up most; if yours isn't below, just write to me.
Frequently asked questions
Where are my boards stored?
Wherever you put them. A board is a .lanework
package — a folder Finder treats as a single document — and you
choose its location: a local folder, your own iCloud Drive,
Dropbox, a git repository, or anywhere else you keep files.
Lanework needs no account and no sign-in to open, create, or edit
a board.
Can I edit a card outside the app?
Yes — that's the point. Every card is a plain index.md file with YAML frontmatter and a Markdown body. Edit it in any
text editor, rename or move files in Finder, or manage boards
with git, and Lanework picks up the change immediately the next
time the app is open. Frontmatter keys the app doesn't recognize
are preserved verbatim, in their original order.
How do I open Show Package Contents on a board?
In Finder, right-click (or Control-click) a .lanework board and choose Show Package Contents — that
reveals the underlying folder tree of columns and cards.
Double-clicking the package itself opens the board in Lanework.
How do drag and drop and reflow work?
Drag a card within a column or into another one and the board reflows live around a shadow placeholder showing exactly where it will land. Drag a whole column from its title bar. You can also drag cards or columns between two open boards — Lanework moves the underlying files on disk, even across volumes.
What does the inspector show?
Select a card, column, or board and the inspector's Card / Column / Board tabs show typed controls for colors, icon, and other fields Lanework understands, plus a plain-text body editor. Any frontmatter it doesn't recognize is listed read-only. Select more than one item and the inspector switches to batch editing.
Does Lanework sync between Macs?
Not on its own — there's no built-in sync service. Put a board's folder in iCloud Drive, Dropbox, or another syncing service and it stays in sync the same way any of your files do, through that provider, never through a server of mine.
What are the requirements?
Lanework is a native Mac app and requires macOS 26 or later.
Still stuck?
Found a bug, have a question, or wish for a feature? Email [email protected] — I read everything personally. Tell me what happened and, if it's about a specific board, what its columns and cards looked like, and I'll help.