install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install taskopen

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install taskopen

MacPorts ports tree · office/taskopen/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install taskopen

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · taskopen · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#taskopen

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ta/taskopen/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Tool for taking notes and open urls with taskwarrior

Project links

Commands and aliases

taskopen

history

Project history and usage

taskopen is a Taskwarrior companion CLI for opening, editing, and executing annotations such as files, URLs, and note links attached to tasks. Its README describes it as an enhancement to Taskwarrior rather than a standalone task manager.

Project history

The README and wiki say taskopen began as a simple wrapper script for Taskwarrior annotations and evolved into a customizable tool. The 2.0 planning wiki explains that the original monolithic Perl script had become hard to extend and that the rewrite aimed for a clearer CLI, clearer configuration, modular structure, and new use cases.

The NEWS file records 1.x improvements around taskwarrior compatibility, arbitrary attributes/UDAs, helper scripts, TASKOPENRC, and taskopen 2.0.0 beta changes including a move from Perl to Nim, a new command-line interface, a new config syntax, label-based actions, and colored output.

Adoption history

The wiki records an AUR package as early as 2013. The source facts list Homebrew, Fedora/dnf, MacPorts, and Nix packages, showing the tool's spread through Taskwarrior-oriented Unix package channels.

How it is used

Typical usage is to annotate a Taskwarrior task with a file path, web link, URI, or a note marker, then run taskopen with a task ID or Taskwarrior filter. taskopen determines actionable annotations and can open one, present a menu, or batch-run matching actions.

Configuration is central to taskopen's model. Official docs list TASKOPENRC, XDG config, ~/.config/taskopen/taskopenrc, and ~/.taskopenrc as lookup locations, and describe arbitrary regex-based actions and hooks.

Why package nerds care

taskopen is significant in CLI culture because it shows Taskwarrior's ecosystem style: small companion programs that compose with task annotations, shell commands, desktop openers, and text notes instead of adding everything to the core task binary.

Timeline

2013-02-25: Official wiki Packages page records an AUR package.
taskopen 1.0.1: Adds environment variables for customizable commands, Cygwin support, examples, auto-attaching annotations, and arbitrary Taskwarrior attributes/UDAs.
taskopen 1.1.5: Adds TASKOPENRC environment variable.
2021-03-16: Official rewrite rationale page documents limitations of the monolithic Perl script.
2021-03-26: Official 2.0 wiki page documents goals for the rewrite.
taskopen 2.0.0 beta: Moves from Perl to Nim and introduces a new CLI and config syntax.

Related projects

Taskwarrior is the required base tool and taskopen's core integration point.
Alan Bowen's tasknote is named in the README as inspiration for default notes.

Sources

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 6 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 1 build 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: $TASKOPENRC$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/taskopen/taskopenrc~/.config/taskopen/taskopenrc~/.taskopenrc

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`taskopen`	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 version2.0.3

manager updated2026-06-13

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv2.0.3

https://github.com/jschlatow/taskopen

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:taskopen
Version	2.0.3
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/taskopen
Homepage	https://codeberg.org/jschlatow/taskopen
Repository	https://github.com/jschlatow/taskopen
Upstream docs	https://github.com/jschlatow/taskopen#readme
License	GPL-2.0-only
Source archive	https://github.com/jschlatow/taskopen/archive/refs/tags/v2.0.3.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-13T00:39:03Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	task
Build dependencies	nim
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

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

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

taskopen

nix profile install nixpkgs#taskopen

normalized package name match
Matched by: Taskopen

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ta/taskopen/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

dnf95%

taskopen 1.1.5-13.fc44

Script for taking notes and open urls with taskwarrior

https://github.com/ValiValpas/taskopen

sudo dnf install taskopen

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: noarch
Source Package: taskopen
5 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Taskopen

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: taskopen from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

MacPorts95%

taskopen

sudo port install taskopen

normalized package name match
Matched by: Taskopen

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: office/taskopen/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/taskopen.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install taskopen with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix