Original author(s) Written in C++ | Development status Active | |
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Developer(s) Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez, David J Patrick, John Florian, Cory Donnelly, Johannes Schlatow, Dirk Deimeke, Scott Kostyshak, Renato Alves, Wim Schuermann, Tomas Babej Initial release 3 June 2008; 8 years ago (2008-06-03) Stable release 2.5.1 / 24 February 2016; 12 months ago (2016-02-24) | ||
Taskwarrior is an open-source, cross platform time and task management tool. It has a command-line interface rather than a graphical user interface.
Contents
- Availability
- Typical Workflow
- Adding a task
- Listing Tasks
- Marking a task as completed
- Creating a task with due dates recurrences and tags
- Syncing
- Accolades
- References
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.
According to its author, Taskwarrior was created "to address layout and feature issues" in the Todo.txt applications popularized by Gina Trapani.
With Timewarrior the authors offer an accompanying tool to track time spent on projects. Configuration allows e. g. to define recurring breaks such as lunch time. The documention notes that "Timewarrior focusses on accurately recording time already spent, whereas Taskwarrior looks forward to work that is not yet done."
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, etc.)
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 taskMarking 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.