Taskmaster is a terminal application combining a simple todo list with time tracking controls. It allows users to maintain a short list of tasks while monitoring the time spent working and resting.
The application uses separate stopwatches for focus time and break time. Users can start a focus session and switch between the two counters as they alternate between working and taking breaks.
A todo list is displayed alongside the timers. Tasks can be added, edited, removed or marked as completed using keyboard commands, making the application suitable for simple workflows that do not require a separate graphical task manager.
Taskmaster also provides an integrated help display and supports suspending the application. Its focus is on immediate session management rather than more elaborate project scheduling or historical reporting.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Track focused working time using a stopwatch.
- Maintain a separate stopwatch for break periods.
- Switch between focus and break timers using keyboard controls.
- Pause the currently active stopwatch.
- Display accumulated focus and break durations.
- Create new todo items within the terminal interface.
- Edit and remove existing tasks.
- Mark completed tasks with strikethrough formatting.
- Navigate the todo list using keyboard shortcuts.
- Toggle an integrated command help display.
- Suspend and resume the application while accounting for elapsed time.
- Adapt the displayed todo list width to the terminal window.
Website: github.com/jamesNWT/taskmaster
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Developer: James Wilcox
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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