Does LocalPM work offline or across devices?

LocalPM runs entirely in your browser and saves to your device, which affects both offline use and syncing.

Offline use

After you've opened LocalPM once while online, it works fully offline, including opening or reloading the page. LocalPM caches itself in your browser to make this possible. Changes are saved to your browser as you make them, since nothing is sent to a server.

While you're disconnected, an Offline badge appears in the LocalPM toolbar. Your changes keep saving as usual.

You can also install LocalPM as an app on a computer, Android device, iPhone, or iPad. See How do I install LocalPM and use it offline? for the steps, and for how the installed app's data relates to your browser's.

Using more than one device or browser

Your data lives in one browser profile on one device. That means:

• Projects created on your laptop won't appear on your phone or another computer.
• Projects in one browser (for example Chrome) won't appear in another (for example Firefox or Edge), even on the same computer.
• Separate browser profiles have separate data.
• On iPhone and iPad, LocalPM added to the Home Screen keeps its own data, separate from Safari.

There's no automatic sync. To move your projects, select Backup and Export all data (JSON) in the old browser, then import that file in the new one. After that, each browser keeps its own separate copy. See Can I back up or export my LocalPM data?.

The practical approach is to choose one browser on one device as your LocalPM "home" and use it consistently.

Sharing with your team

LocalPM is a single-user tool. There's no way to invite teammates or share a live project. Some ways teams work around this:

• One person, such as the scrum master, owns the board and shares their screen during standups and planning.
• Share summaries, such as sprint goals, retro action items, or a screenshot of Reports, through your usual team channels.

If you've reached the point where you need real-time collaboration, read When your project outgrows LocalPM and what to do about it.

Phones and tablets

LocalPM works in mobile browsers, and you can drag cards on the Kanban board by touch: press and hold a card briefly, then drag it. See How do I move cards on a touchscreen?