Taskwarrior

Taskwarrior is an open-source, cross platform time and task management tool, used to keep track of and handle tasks. It has a command-line interface rather than a graphical user interface.

Taskwarrior
Taskwarrior 1.9.x demonstrating colored themes.
Original author(s)Paul Beckingham
Developer(s)Paul Beckingham, Tomas Babej, Renato Alves, Federico Hernandez, Wim Schuermann, Johannes Schlatow, Cory Donnelly, Scott Kostyshak, Dirk Deimeke, David J Patrick
Initial release3 June 2008 (2008-06-03)
Stable release
2.5.3 / 4 January 2021 (2021-01-04)
Repository
Written inC++[1]
Operating systemWindows (Cygwin), Linux, Mac OS X, BSD
Available inEnglish
TypeTask management, Time management
LicenseMIT License
Websitetaskwarrior.org

Taskwarrior uses concepts and techniques described in Getting Things Done by David Allen, but is paradigm-agnostic in that it does not require users to adhere to any given life-management philosophy.[2]

According to its author, Taskwarrior was created "to address layout and feature issues"[3] in the Todo.txt applications popularized by Gina Trapani.[4]

With Timewarrior, the authors offer an accompanying tool to track time spent on projects.[5] Configuration allows e. g. to define recurring breaks such as lunch time.[6] The documention notes that "Timewarrior focusses on accurately recording time already spent, whereas Taskwarrior looks forward to work that is not yet done."[7]

Availability

Taskwarrior's source code is freely available and can be compiled and run on a variety of architectures and operating systems, or installed using binaries obtained with common package management tools: (apt, Fink, yum, dnf, pkgng, pkg_add, etc.)[8]

Typical Workflow

Taskwarrior comprises three main commands: add, list, and done. All other functionality – recurrences, tags, priorities, etc. – are optional.

Adding a task

 
$ task add Pick up keys to the new apartment
Created task 1.

Listing Tasks

 
$ task list
ID Project Pri Due Active Age    Description                      
1                        4 secs Pick up keys to the new apartment
1 task

Marking a task as completed

 
$ task 1 done
Completed 1 'Pick up keys to the new apartment'.
Marked 1 task as done.

Creating a task with due dates, recurrences, and tags

 
$ task add Mow the lawn project:Lawnwork due:tomorrow recur:biweekly +home
Created task 1.

Syncing

When used in conjunction with Taskserver, can sync tasks into the cloud, and indirectly with other clients/devices.

Accolades

See also

References
  1. Taskwarrior Git Repository
  2. https://taskwarrior.org/docs/start.html
  3. About Taskwarrior, Archived April 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Todo.txt Future-proof task tracking in a file you control
  5. http://taskwarrior.org/news/news.20160620.html
  6. http://taskwarrior.org/docs/timewarrior/workweek.html
  7. http://taskwarrior.org/docs/timewarrior/backdated.html
  8. Task 2.0.0 NEWS file
  9. http://www.linuxformat.com/archives?issue=124
  10. http://blog.radiotux.de/2011/07/14/talk-137-daumenkino-3-schneller/
  11. FLOSS Weekly 175, TWiT.TV
  12. Saunders, Mike (September 2014). "FOSSpicks: Taskwarrior 2.3.0" (PDF). Linux Voice (6): 69. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-09-09.
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