Taskwarrior
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 Taskwarrior 1.9.x demonstrating colored themes. | |
| Original author(s) | Paul Beckingham |
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| Developer(s) | Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez, David J Patrick, John Florian, Cory Donnelly, Johannes Schlatow |
| Initial release | June 3, 2008 |
| Stable release | 2.2.0 / April 7, 2013 |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Task management, Time management |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | http://taskwarrior.org |
Taskwarrior is an open-source, cross platform time and task management tool. It has a command-line interface rather than a graphical user interface.
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.[citation needed]
According to its author, Taskwarrior was created "to address layout and feature issues"[1] in the Todo.txt applications popularized by Gina Trapani.[2]
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, etc.) [3]
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.
Accolades
- Issue 124 of the UK Linux Format magazine (November 2009) featured Taskwarrior in its Hot Picks section.[4]
- RadioTux Talk #137 (July 2011, German) chose Taskwarrior as Hot Pick[5]
- FLOSS Weekly dedicated episode 175 (July 2011) to Taskwarrior[6]