Taskwarrior is an

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, cross platform

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and

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tool, used to keep track of and handle tasks. It uses a

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, although since its inception,

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wrappers have also been created. Taskwarrior uses concepts and techniques described in ''

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'' 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

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. 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

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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 ''

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'' magazine (November 2009) featured Taskwarrior in its Hot Picks section. *

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Talk #137 (July 2011, German) chose Taskwarrior as Hot Pick *

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dedicated episode 175 (July 2011) to TaskwarriorFLOSS Weekly 175
TWiT.TV * ''

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'' featured a

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on Taskwarrior

References

External links

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GitHub
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