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brew install taskline

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overview

Package summary

Tasks, boards & notes for the command-line habitat

Project links

Commands and aliases

tl

history

Project history and usage

Taskline is a terminal task, board, and notes application distributed as a CLI named tl. Its README emphasizes simple syntax, board and timeline views, local atomic JSON storage, optional Firestore storage, and terminal-first task management.

Project history

The README says Taskline was heavily inspired by taskbook and was rewritten because the author wanted missing features and a more modern approach. The changelog records a v1.0.1 complete rebuild in TypeScript and later additions such as customizable colors, localization, humanized dates, logging, time logging, and a git storage module.

Adoption history

Official install instructions cover Yarn, npm, and Snapcraft. The source facts list a Homebrew formula, putting Taskline in both JavaScript-package and Unix package-manager distribution channels.

How it is used

The tl command manages tasks, notes, boards, archive/restore, search, priorities, due dates, moving items between boards, and list views. The README documents ~/.taskline.json for configuration and ~/.taskline/storage for JSON data storage.

Taskline is aimed at users who want a self-contained terminal task system rather than a Taskwarrior extension.

Why package nerds care

Taskline is interesting to package nerds as a Node-era terminal productivity app: a global npm/yarn CLI, a Snap package, and a Homebrew formula wrapped around a local-file task database with optional cloud storage.

Timeline

v1.0.1: Complete rebuild in TypeScript.
v1.1.0: Colors become customizable in .taskline.json.
v1.2.0: Humanized dates and localization added.
v1.4.0: Time logging feature added.
v1.5.0: Git storage module added.
v1.6.0: GitHub releases page lists v1.6.0 as the latest release.

Related projects

taskbook is named in the official README as the project that heavily inspired Taskline.
Firestore is documented by the README as an optional storage module for syncing tasks across devices.

Sources

https://github.com/perryrh0dan/taskline#readme
https://github.com/perryrh0dan/taskline/blob/master/changelog.md
https://github.com/perryrh0dan/taskline/releases
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security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.taskline.json

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`tl`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version1.6.0

manager updated2026-06-22

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/perryrh0dan/taskline

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/perryrh0dan/tasklinenone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:taskline
Version	1.6.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/taskline
Homepage	https://github.com/perryrh0dan/taskline
Repository	https://github.com/perryrh0dan/taskline
Upstream docs	https://github.com/perryrh0dan/taskline#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://registry.npmjs.org/@perryrh0dan/taskline/-/taskline-1.6.0.tgz
Last updated	2026-06-22T14:06:26-07:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	node
Bottle	available (on all)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	taskline
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

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source trail

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Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/taskline.yml

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