| Taskwarrior | |
|---|---|
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 Taskwarrior 1.9.x demonstrating colored themes | |
| Original author | Paul Beckingham |
| Developers | Renato Alves, Tomas Babej, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez, Dustin J. Mitchell, David J Patrick, Wilhelm Schuermann |
| Release | 3 June 2008 |
| Stable release | 3.4.2[1] 
/ 21 October 2025 |
| Written in | C++, Rust[2] |
| Operating system | Windows (Cygwin), Linux, Mac OS X, BSD |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Task management, Time management |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | taskwarrior |
| Repository | |
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
editTaskwarrior comprises three main commands: add, list, and done. All other functionality – recurrences, tags, priorities, etc. – are optional.
Adding a task
edit$ task add Pick up keys to the new apartment
Created task 1.
Listing Tasks
edit$ 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
edit$ 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
edit$ task add Mow the lawn project:Lawnwork due:tomorrow recur:biweekly +home
Created task 1.
Syncing
editWhen used in conjunction with Taskserver, can sync tasks into the cloud, and indirectly with other clients/devices.[citation needed]
Accolades
edit- 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
edit
References
edit- ^ "Release 3.4.2". 21 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ 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.
