Taskwarrior
Taskwarrior is a free, open-source notes and writing app for Windows, macOS and Linux. Taskwarrior - Command line Task Management. It has 6,138 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. Its source code is on GitHub at GothenburgBitFactory/taskwarrior.
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About Taskwarrior
Taskwarrior is a command line task list management utility with a multitude of features, developed as a portable open source project with an active and quite vast ecosystem of tools, hooks and extensions.
Install Taskwarrior
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Is Taskwarrior free and open source?
Yes. Taskwarrior's source code is public on GitHub under the MIT license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Taskwarrior?
Homebrew: brew install task. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: v3.5.0).
Is Taskwarrior still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 26, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.