Task

Task is an open source, command-line, TODO list manager.

Here you will find information on how to acquire, build, configure, use and become proficient with the task program.

More documents are being written, and will be added here.

Alternatively, watch the task movie which illustrates many of task's features.

Get the Latest Stable Release

Source:	task-1.6.0.tar.gz
Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Intel-only:	task-1.6.0.pkg
Debian package: (Thanks to Richard Querin):	task_1.6.0-1_i386.deb
Git - get the whole source and history:	http://github.com/pbeckingham/task

New in version 1.6.0 (?)

Added support for new "append" command that adds more description text to an existing task.
Added support for the "weekdays" recurrence, which means a task can recur five times a week, and not on weekends (thanks to Chris Pride).
UTF8 text is now supported in task project names, tags and descriptions.

(Find out what was new in prior versions)

Troubleshooting

Task has been built from source and tested in the following environments:

OS X 10.4 Tiger
OS X 10.5 Leopard
Fedora Core 8
Fedora Core 9
Fedora Core 10
Ubuntu 7 Feisty Fawn
Ubuntu 8 Hardy Heron
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
Solaris 10
Cygwin 1.5.25-14

If you have difficulties building task, have found a bug, have a suggestion for improvement, or a feature request, please send mail to task@beckingham.net.

Take a look at the troubleshooting guide for tips and workarounds to problems.