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; 15 years ago (2008-06-03)
Stable release
3.0.0[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 24 March 2024; 16 days ago (24 March 2024)
Preview release
3.0.0
Repository
Written inC++[2]
Operating systemWindows (Cygwin), Linux, Mac OS X, BSD
Available inEnglish
TypeTask management, Time management
LicenseMIT License
Websitetaskwarrior.org

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.[3]

According to its author, Taskwarrior was created "to address layout and feature issues"[4] in the Todo.txt applications popularized by Gina Trapani.[5] The authors offer an accompanying tool called Timewarrior for tracking time spent on projects.[6] Configuration allows e. g. to define recurring breaks such as lunch time.[7] The documentation notes that "Timewarrior focuses on accurately recording time already spent, whereas Taskwarrior looks forward to work that is not yet done."[8]

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.[citation needed]

Accolades

See also

References

  1. ^ "Release 3.0.0". 24 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  2. ^ Taskwarrior Git Repository
  3. ^ "Taskwarrior - What's next?".
  4. ^ About Taskwarrior, Archived April 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Todo.txt Future-proof task tracking in a file you control
  6. ^ "News: Timewarrior 0.9.5 Alpha Release".
  7. ^ "Timewarrior - Work Week". taskwarrior.org. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18.
  8. ^ "Timewarrior - Backdating". taskwarrior.org. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18.
  9. ^ "Issue 124 (November 2009) - Power up Linux!". www.linuxformat.com.
  10. ^ "Talk #137: Daumenkino 3% schneller | RadioTux".
  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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