# Install dstask with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix Git-powered personal task tracker. Version 1.0.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:dstask ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install dstask ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install dstask ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: office/dstask/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add dstask ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dstask from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#dstask ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ds/dstask/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:dstask - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.0.1 - **Source summary:** Git-powered personal task tracker - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - dstask (cli) - dstask-import (cli) - dstask (alias) - dstask-import (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.0.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/naggie/dstask - Upstream latest detected: v1.0.1 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage dstask is a single-binary terminal task and notes manager that stores personal tasks in a Git repository. It belongs to the terminal productivity lineage around Taskwarrior, todo.txt, password-store style Git sync, and plain-text-ish personal data. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in December 2018. The README frames dstask as similar to Taskwarrior, but with Git-based synchronization instead of a special sync protocol and with one Markdown note page per task. The project kept a deliberately personal scope: the README calls collaboration a non-feature and points users to other systems for multi-person projects. Its features instead center on contexts, task notes, URL opening, shell completions, import tools, and Git-backed undo and sync. ### Adoption history dstask has been packaged beyond its upstream releases, with the README listing Homebrew, Nix, Arch AUR, and FreeBSD packages. Homebrew packages the GitHub release tarball and records version 1.0.1 in 2026. The release history shows a long pre-1.0 life from early v0.x tags through a 1.0 release in November 2025 and v1.0.1 in January 2026, which is typical for small terminal productivity tools that mature through steady personal use. ### How it is used Users create or clone a `~/.dstask` Git repository for task data, then use commands such as `add`, `next`, `done`, `note`, `context`, `sync`, and `git`. The tool can import GitHub issues or Taskwarrior tasks. Because storage and sync are just Git, dstask is attractive to users who already trust command-line merge conflict resolution and want portable task state without a dedicated service. ### Why package nerds care dstask matters to package nerds because it is a clean example of the single static binary plus Git repository pattern: simple install surface, no server, no database daemon, and data that can move across machines with normal Git tooling. It also demonstrates a familiar package-manager niche: a small alternative to a better-known tool, in this case Taskwarrior, optimized around one strong opinion rather than a broad collaboration platform. ### Timeline - 2018-12: The dstask GitHub repository is created. - 2020-11: GitHub releases show the v0.23 series. - 2025-11: GitHub releases show the 1.0 release. - 2026-01: Homebrew and GitHub releases package v1.0.1. ### Related projects - Taskwarrior is the main comparison point and migration source named by the README. - password-store is named by the README as an inspiration for Git-powered sync and undo. - GitHub Issues can be imported through dstask's import tool. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** dstask - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - dstask: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ds/dstask/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - dstask - 1.0.1-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dstask from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Personal task tracker designed to help you focus | https://dstask.org/ - apk - dstask-bash-completion - 1.0.1-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dstask-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for dstask | https://dstask.org/ - apk - dstask-fish-completion - 1.0.1-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dstask-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for dstask | https://dstask.org/ - apk - dstask-import - 1.0.1-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dstask-import from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Import tool for dstask | https://dstask.org/ - apk - dstask-zsh-completion - 1.0.1-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dstask-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for dstask | https://dstask.org/ - MacPorts - dstask: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: office/dstask/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Productivity CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated productivity category metadata from av.db. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [todo-txt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/todo-txt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, task-management, todo. - [todoman](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/todoman/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, task-management, todo. - [ultralist](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ultralist/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, task-management, todo. - [pter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, task-management. - [taskline](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/taskline/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, task-management. - [taskopen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/taskopen/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, task-management. - [tasksh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tasksh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, task-management. - [taskwarrior-tui](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/taskwarrior-tui/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, task-management. - [topydo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/topydo/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, management, productivity, task, task-management. - [ttdl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ttdl/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, management, productivity, task, task-management. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dstask.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/dstask.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph