topydo mit Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage
• Upstream-Dokumentation
• Paketmanager-Seite

Befehle und Aliase

• topydo

Projektgeschichte

The project sits in the todo.txt ecosystem rather than inventing its own database format. The README says its CLI was originally inspired by Gina Trapani's todo.txt CLI, while topydo adds native support for extensions such as due dates, start dates, dependencies, recurring items, sorting, grouping, aliases, and stable text-based identifiers.

The official documentation is published as a TiddlyWiki-style site, matching the project's hacker-friendly niche: a single-file text-task workflow with command references, configuration tiddlers, output format notes, and UI documentation.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The input package facts show topydo packaged across Homebrew, Debian, MacPorts, Nix, and Ubuntu, which is broad for a console todo.txt tool. That distribution pattern reflects adoption by users who want a portable plain-text task file but prefer a richer Python CLI/TUI than the original shell-oriented todo.txt tools.

Wie es verwendet wird

Typical use is to install with pip3, then run topydo in one of three interfaces: direct CLI commands, topydo prompt for a command loop, or topydo columns for a vim-like text UI with customizable columns. The README emphasizes that the todo.txt file remains compliant and can still be processed by other todo.txt tools.

Package nerds tend to care about topydo because it keeps the durable artifact as plain text while offering scriptable outputs such as iCalendar, JSON, and Graphviz Dot. That makes it useful for terminal-first personal workflows, backups, sync, and small automations without adopting a hosted task service.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

topydo is a representative package-manager-friendly productivity CLI: Python-based, plain-text-first, and interoperable with the wider todo.txt format. Its significance is strongest for users who value editable files, Unix-style tool chaining, and terminal UI ergonomics.

Zeitleiste

• Project docs: Official README presents topydo as a todo.txt-compatible application with CLI, prompt, and column modes.
• Package adoption: Input package facts list Homebrew, Debian, MacPorts, Nix, and Ubuntu packages.
• Current docs: Official documentation is published at topydo.github.io/topydo as a TiddlyWiki containing command, configuration, output, and UI topics.

Related projects

• The README links the todo.txt format and Gina Trapani's todo.txt CLI as direct context, and also references bram85/todo.txt-tools.

Quellen

• https://github.com/topydo/topydo#readme
• https://topydo.github.io/topydo
• source_facts.package-manager