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 Taskwarrior 1.9.x demonstrating colored themes | |
| Original author(s) | Paul Beckingham |
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| Developer(s) | Paul Beckingham, Tomas Babej, Renato Alves, Federico Hernandez, Wim Schuermann, Johannes Schlatow, Cory Donnelly, Scott Kostyshak, Dirk Deimeke, David J Patrick |
| Initial release | 3 June 2008; 16 years ago (2008-06-03) |
| Stable release | 3.3.0 
/ 19 December 2024; 13 days ago (19 December 2024) |
| Preview release | 3.0.0 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Windows (Cygwin), Linux, Mac OS X, BSD |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Task management, Time management |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | taskwarrior |
Taskwarrior is an open-source, cross platform time and task management tool, used to keep track of and handle tasks. It uses a command-line interface, although since its inception, graphical user interface wrappers have also been created.
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. The authors offer an accompanying tool called Timewarrior for tracking time spent on projects. Configuration allows e. g. to define recurring breaks such as lunch time. The documentation notes that "Timewarrior focuses on accurately recording time already spent, whereas Taskwarrior looks forward to work that is not yet done."
Taskwarrior's source code is a free and open-source software and can be either compiled from source code to run on a variety of architectures and operating systems, or installed as a binary, which is available on many Linux distribution binary repositories.
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
- Issue 124 of the UK Linux Format magazine (November 2009) featured Taskwarrior in its Hot Picks section.
- RadioTux Talk #137 (July 2011, German) chose Taskwarrior as Hot Pick
- FLOSS Weekly dedicated episode 175 (July 2011) to Taskwarrior
- Linux Voice featured a tutorial on Taskwarrior
See also
References
- "Release 3.3.0". 19 December 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- Taskwarrior Git Repository
- "Taskwarrior - What's next?".
- About Taskwarrior, Archived April 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- Todo.txt Future-proof task tracking in a file you control
- "News: Timewarrior 0.9.5 Alpha Release".
- "Timewarrior - Work Week". taskwarrior.org. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18.
- "Timewarrior - Backdating". taskwarrior.org. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18.
- "Issue 124 (November 2009) - Power up Linux!". www.linuxformat.com.
- "Talk #137: Daumenkino 3% schneller | RadioTux".
- FLOSS Weekly 175, TWiT.TV
- Saunders, Mike (September 2014). "FOSSpicks: Taskwarrior 2.3.0" (PDF). Linux Voice (6): 69. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-09-09.
