taskbook is a keyboard-driven terminal application for managing tasks and notes.
This Rust implementation of taskbook provides a text user interface for organising work from the command line, while remaining compatible with the original project’s data format and workflow.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Organises tasks and notes into boards for structured command-line workflows.
- Supports priority levels, progress tracking, starring, filtering, and search.
- Includes timeline, journal, and archive views for reviewing activity and restoring deleted items.
- Lets you edit notes in an external editor and access commands directly from the interface.
- Offers preset themes including Catppuccin variants and a high-contrast mode, with support for custom RGB colours.
- Uses the same data directory and format as the original Node.js version for straightforward migration.
Website: github.com/taskbook-sh/taskbook
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Developer: taskbook-sh
License: MIT License
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