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A Dedicated Issue Tracker for Maintainers #

Issuenator is built specifically for open source maintainers who need to track issues across multiple repositories without drowning in GitHub notifications.

Smart Dashboards #

Issuenator organizes your issues into purpose-built dashboards:

  • Inbox - New issues on your repos plus issues with updates that need triage
  • Watching - Issues you’ve explicitly chosen to keep an eye on
  • My Issues - Issues you authored, automatically tracked
  • Assigned - Issues assigned to you (hidden when empty)
  • Inactive - Open issues with no activity for a configurable number of days
  • Ignored - Issues you’ve dismissed from your attention
  • Tagged - Cross-repository view filtered by your custom tags
  • Archived - Closed issues kept for reference
  • Per-Repository - Filter any dashboard to a single repo, or view a dedicated repo-specific dashboard

Visual Scanning #

Designed for quick triage, not endless reading:

  • Repository color bars for instant recognition
  • Bold comment counts when there are new comments
  • Background color shifts for issues with updates
  • “New” badges on freshly created issues
  • GitHub label colors preserved
  • Author avatars and assignee display

Issue Details #

When you need to dive deeper:

  • Full issue metadata (author, assignees, labels, milestone, reactions)
  • Linked Pull Requests with their current state
  • Markdown-rendered description
  • Complete comment thread with reactions
  • Collapsible already-viewed comments
  • Quick actions: Watch, Ignore, Flag, Tag

Private Tags #

Organize issues your way without touching GitHub:

  • Create custom tags with 8 color options
  • Apply tags manually or automatically via filters
  • Tags stay completely local - never synced to GitHub
  • View all tagged issues across repos in one place
  • Visually distinct from GitHub labels

Use Cases

  • Tag issues from specific authors as VIP
  • Privately tag “Won’t Do” where you can’t publicly say that for Reasons
  • Tag issues related to specific features to get a view of how features impact work across repositories

Automatic Filters #

Set up rules to categorize incoming issues:

  • Filter by author, title, body text, repository, or labels
  • Actions: Ignore, Watch, Apply tag, Flag as important
  • Combine multiple conditions with Any/All/None logic
  • Rules apply automatically when issues are fetched

Bring your favorite agent #

Share your issue context with your favorite agent. You can have your agent read GitHub, but it doesn’t know what you care about. That info lives in Issuenator; your applied local-only tags, what you’ve chosen to ignore, and what you’ve already seen.

Enable the Agent Server to let your preferred agent use MCP tools to help you manage your issues:

  • Catch up faster: your agent can summarize new unread activity for you
  • Plan around your priorities: your agent can see your local-only tags and flags related to issue priority, and you can collaborate around what to work on next
  • Spend less time on triage: let your agent apply tags, flag important issues, or propose filters for patterns it spots
  • Hand off the admin: tell your agent to watch repositories or issues you care about

Agent Server is off by default, or read-only if you want to share your context with agents without letting them make changes. In write mode, destructive changes wait for your approval, and you can decide whether to apply or revert smaller changes that your agent makes.

Bulk Operations #

When you need to process many issues at once, bulk operations mode lets you work efficiently.

How It Works

  • Press Cmd+B to enter bulk operations mode
  • Click issues to select them (selection count displays in the toolbar)
  • Choose an action: Tag, Archive, Watch, Ignore, or Flag
  • All selected issues are updated at once

Use Cases

  • Tag all issues related to a release
  • Archive a batch of resolved issues
  • Ignore a flood of bot-generated issues
  • Watch all issues from a new contributor

Bulk operations respect dashboard context. You’ll only see actions that make sense for the current view.

Smart Lifecycle Management #

Issues move through your dashboards intelligently:

  • Configurable inactive threshold (issues with no activity)
  • Relationship-based archive timing (different rules for each dashboard)
  • Auto-reactivation when inactive issues get new activity
  • @mentions automatically un-ignore ignored issues

Background Sync #

Stay up to date without manual refreshing:

  • Automatic fetching at configurable intervals
  • Per-repository frequency overrides
  • Manual fetch available anytime
  • Efficient incremental updates via GitHub GraphQL API

Per-Repository Settings #

Customize behavior for each repo:

  • Custom display names and colors
  • Override archive and inactive thresholds
  • Adjust fetch frequency
  • Configure label display priority

Native macOS Experience #

Issuenator is built specifically for Mac using Apple’s SwiftUI framework, not a web app wrapped in Electron.

What This Means for You

  • Fast, responsive interface that feels like a native Mac app
  • Respects your system preferences (light mode, dark mode, accent colors)
  • Full VoiceOver and accessibility support
  • Efficient memory and battery usage
  • Works offline with locally stored data

No Subscription, No Account #

Unlike many developer tools, Issuenator is a one-time purchase with no recurring fees. You don’t need to create an Issuenator account. Just add your GitHub token and start organizing.

  • Buy once, own forever
  • No account registration required
  • No usage limits or feature tiers
  • All your data stays on your Mac