Priorities for Basecamp 5

Adds the missing priority feature to Basecamp 5. Organize tasks by importance and never lose track of what matters most.

Priorities for Basecamp 5 adds the priority management feature that's missing from app.basecamp.com. Tag every to-do as High, Medium or Low, then see, filter, sort and re-prioritise across every list, board and project — without leaving Basecamp. WHAT YOU GET 🏷 Priority labels Color-coded HIGH / MED / LOW / NONE badges on every to-do and Card Table card. Appear automatically throughout Basecamp once you've set a priority. ✅ Priority selector on every form Set the priority while creating a new to-do or card, when editing one, or with a single click on the detail page. Works with Basecamp's native rich text (Lexxy) editor. 🔍 Filter by priority On any to-do list, todoset or Card Table, narrow down to just the items at the priority level you need. Counter shows how many items match. 👤 Filter by assignee (NEW in v2) Right next to the priority filter, a dropdown lets you focus on a specific person — Everyone, Unassigned, or any teammate present on the page. Combines with the priority filter. 📋 "My tasks by priority" view A new tab next to "My tasks / with dates / Stuff I've assigned" (inside Basecamp's "My Tasks" panel) that regroups your entire backlog by priority (High → Medium → Low → None), sub-grouped by project and list with the native star/circle icons. Drag any item between priority sections to re-prioritise it. ↕ Sort by priority On any to-do list or Card Table, sort items by Date-then-Priority or Priority-then-Date. Your preference syncs across devices. 💾 Save the order in Basecamp (NEW in v2.5) Sorting is normally just your own view. On a Card Table you can now save it: one click writes that order back into Basecamp itself, so the board reads top-down by importance for everyone — including teammates who don't have the extension. Cards on hold are ordered within On hold, and the Done column is left alone. ✈️ Offline reading for Card Tables (NEW in v2.5) Basecamp renders every page on the server, so with no connection there's nothing to read — not even a cached copy. Turn this on, pick the boards you want kept, and they're saved — columns, priorities, assignees with their real photos, due dates, steps and full comment threads — then rendered from a page built to look like the board itself, not a report about it, and that never touches the network once saved. Off by default, and nothing is stored until you click "Save offline" on a specific board. 📊 Priority progress Each to-do list header shows a quick High/Med/Low breakdown next to Basecamp's completion count. 📁 Tidy up your folders (NEW in v2.3) Optional setting: when you open a folder on the Basecamp home screen, the projects inside it are listed starred-first and alphabetically — starred A to Z, then the rest A to Z. Off by default, one toggle in the popup, applies instantly, and your home screen layout is never touched. ⚡ Instant on second visit Priorities are cached locally so labels appear instantly on subsequent loads. A background refresh keeps them up to date so changes by teammates show within a couple of seconds. HOW IT WORKS Priorities are stored inside each to-do's own description field using a small tag (e.g. [PRIORITY: High]) at the top. Because the data lives in Basecamp itself, it syncs across every device and every teammate automatically — no external servers, no separate database, no extra accounts. This means: if your colleague installs the extension too, they see the same priorities you set. If they don't, the tag is just invisible text at the top of the to-do's notes. Card order works differently, and on purpose. When you save a Card Table's order, Basecamp's own stored order changes — the same thing that happens when you drag a card by hand. So the board reads by priority for the whole team, whether or not they run the extension. PRIVACY • Runs only on app.basecamp.com • Does NOT collect or transmit any personal data • Stores only your own preferences and copies of your own data: the sort order, the folder-sorting toggle and the offline-reading toggle in Chrome's synced extension storage; a cache of the priority labels and, if you turn on offline reading, a copy of the boards you pick, in local Chrome storage on your machine • Nothing is ever sent anywhere — offline copies stay on your computer and are deleted when you turn the board off • Uses your existing Basecamp session — no extra logins, no API keys Open source. MIT licensed. COMING FROM BASECAMP 3? The previous version of this extension targeted 3.basecamp.com and is no longer published here. If you still use Basecamp 3, the v1 build remains available in the source repository under legacy/. SUPPORT Found a bug or want a feature? Open an issue on GitHub. Like the extension? Buy me a coffee from the popup!