After having productively used taskwarrior for about 6 months in late 2018, I decided to write an alternative due to a few fundamental things that I did not like about taskwarrior:
* syncing requires hosting a taskwarrior server
* the task table rendering was (and still is) broken[1]
* I wanted full markdown notes for each task
I wrote dstask[2] in go. I've been using it dozens (hundreds?) of times a day for a year and a half now, maintaining and adding important features as I went. After having used it for such a long time I now feel it's ready to feature on HN!
I've tried my best to make the documentation as useful and possible -- see the readme file for the install guide, tips and screenshots.
It's stable for day-to-day use and has 90% of the features I need. A notable exception is recurring tasks -- coming soon.
Very nice! Got it working on WSL and will have a look. Been looking for some utility to manage my tasks other than a piece of paper.
Thanks for sharing this
`dtask`-related `dtime` (timewarrior) may be a good idea to bind tasks with time-tracking; perfect for project-tracking. Another huge plus would be its extensibility. Taskwarrior has tons of tools used to integrate/extend beyond its core functionality. Great job. I'll start using it right away.
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* the task table rendering was (and still is) broken[1]
* I wanted full markdown notes for each task
I wrote dstask[2] in go. I've been using it dozens (hundreds?) of times a day for a year and a half now, maintaining and adding important features as I went. After having used it for such a long time I now feel it's ready to feature on HN!
I've tried my best to make the documentation as useful and possible -- see the readme file for the install guide, tips and screenshots.
It's stable for day-to-day use and has 90% of the features I need. A notable exception is recurring tasks -- coming soon.
For more background on why I wrote it, see: https://callanbryant.co.uk/blog/dstask-a-taskwarrior-alterna...
Thanks for reading and I'd really appreciate feedback.
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[1]: https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/taskwarrior/issues/2... [2]: https://github.com/naggie/dstask
But it looks nice, will check it out!
Thanks!