Taskwarrior
Shares rank 7 of 14 task managers by recommenders
Free command-line task manager that people recommend for its integration with other tools and its intuitive feel, though critics find its CLI-only interface and hardcoded features limiting.
Free command-line task manager that people recommend for its integration with other tools and its intuitive feel, though critics find its CLI-only interface and hardcoded features limiting.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 64%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Command-line interface limits usability
“I've used taskwarrior in the past but it's CLI interface which is fine for simpler tasks”
Comment from 1 Mar 2026 in “Obsidian Sync now has a headless client” “it only offers an inaccessible interface”
Comment from 8 Mar 2026 in “CLI RSS/Atom feed reader inspired by Taskwarrior, synced using Git” Hardcoded features, limited flexibility
“There are plenty of good tools like taskwarrior, but their features are hardcoded”
Comment from 1 Feb 2026 in “Task engine VM – for tasks with executable instructions (progress update)” “It has some rough edges, and lacks a lot of flexibility.”
Comment from 13 Jun 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On?”
Other task managers people recommend
The four most recommended other task managers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beads by Steve Yegge | 79 | 55 | 59% | 11 | 3 mo4 owners | — |
| Apple Reminders | 15 | 16 | 48% | 11 | — | — |
| Paca | 14 | 2 | 88% | 2 | — | — |
| Todoist | 13 | 7 | 65% | 7 | — | — |
| TaskwarriorThis page | 9 | 5 | 64% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
12 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“felt it was insufficient for agentic era in many ways”
“I've tried task warrior, and todoist, and in the end I just keep going back to a straight text file I edit.”
“It has some rough edges, and lacks a lot of flexibility.”
“i actually really love using it and find it largely intuitive”
“it only offers an inaccessible interface”
“I've used taskwarrior in the past but it's CLI interface which is fine for simpler tasks”
“There are plenty of good tools like taskwarrior, but their features are hardcoded”
“the task warrior android or mobile eb apps app on mobile are really a bit of a UX nightmare compared to the cli interface”
“They also revamped the sync server not long ago to be less janky than the old one.”
“The main thing I've appreciated is integration with various tools”
“The benefit is most LLMs already understand Taskwarrior.”
“I don't want to do SSL setup so I can have my tasks on two computers.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.