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, Dirk Deimeke, Scott Kostyshak, Renato Alves, Wim Schuermann, Tomas Babej |
| Initial release | 3 June 2008 |
| Stable release | 2.5.1
/ 24 February 2016 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++[1] |
| 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 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.[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
- Issue 124 of the UK Linux Format magazine (November 2009) featured Taskwarrior in its Hot Picks section.[9]
- RadioTux Talk #137 (July 2011, German) chose Taskwarrior as Hot Pick[10]
- FLOSS Weekly dedicated episode 175 (July 2011) to Taskwarrior[11]
- Linux Voice featured a tutorial on Taskwarrior[12]
See also
References
- ^ Taskwarrior Git Repository
- ^ https://taskwarrior.org/docs/start.html
- ^ About Taskwarrior, Archived April 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Todo.txt Future-proof task tracking in a file you control
- ^ http://taskwarrior.org/news/news.20160620.html
- ^ http://taskwarrior.org/docs/timewarrior/workweek.html
- ^ http://taskwarrior.org/docs/timewarrior/backdated.html
- ^ Task 2.0.0 NEWS file
- ^ http://www.linuxformat.com/archives?issue=124
- ^ http://blog.radiotux.de/2011/07/14/talk-137-daumenkino-3-schneller/
- ^ 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.