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 Release

Source:	task-1.4.2.tar.gz
Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Intel-only:	task-1.4.2.pkg
Debian package: (Thanks to Richard Querin):	task_1.4.2-1_i386.deb

New in version 1.4.2 (9/12/2008)

"task undo" can now retract a "task done" command, provided no reports have been run.
Task now correctly sorts on entire strings, instead of just the first character (thanks to Andy Lester).
Task now uses dashes (-----) to underline column headings when color is disabled (thanks to Vincent Fleuranceau).

(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
Ubuntu 7 Feisty Fawn
Ubuntu 8 Hardy Heron
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.