# Install ultralist with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix

Simple GTD-style task management for the command-line. Version 1.7.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:ultralist
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ultralist
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install ultralist
```

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

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ultralist
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:ultralist
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ultralist>
- **Version:** 1.7.0
- **Source summary:** Simple GTD-style task management for the command-line
- **Homepage:** <https://ultralist.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/gammons/ultralist>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://ultralist.io/docs/basics/concepts>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/gammons/ultralist/archive/refs/tags/1.7.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- ultralist (cli)
- ultralist (alias)

## Build dependencies

- go

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.7.0
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/gammons/ultralist
- Upstream latest detected: 1.7.0 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## Project history and usage

Ultralist is a command-line task manager for technical users, built around Getting Things Done concepts such as due dates, projects, contexts, statuses, and recurrence.

### Project history

The project presents itself as an open source, CLI-first task management system. Its README emphasizes speed, a low-friction terminal workflow, and an optional hosted Ultralist Pro service for syncing, web, mobile, Slack, and API integrations.

### Adoption history

Ultralist's own installation instructions show the tool crossing the usual package-nerd channels: Homebrew and MacPorts on macOS, AUR on Arch Linux, FreeBSD packages/ports, GitHub release binaries, and Go installation from source.

### How it is used

In practice it is used as a terminal todo system for people who want richer GTD features than a plain todo.txt file while still keeping the command line as the primary interface. Its documented .todos.json format also makes it inspectable and script-friendly.

### Why package nerds care

Ultralist matters in the package-manager niche as a small Go CLI productivity tool with prebuilt release artifacts and multiple Unix packaging paths, rather than as a large ecosystem dependency.

### Timeline

- 2016: Early GitHub tag 0.2.0 appears in the official repository history.
- README era: Official installation documents Homebrew, MacPorts, AUR, FreeBSD packages/ports, release binaries, and Go source installation.

### Related projects

- The README explicitly compares Ultralist with todo.txt and Taskwarrior, positioning it in the CLI todo and GTD-tool family.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/gammons/ultralist/tags?per_page=100>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gammons/ultralist/main/README.md>
- source_facts.package-manager


## 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:** ultralist
- **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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - ultralist: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ul/ultralist/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - ultralist: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: office/ultralist/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [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.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [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.
- [dstask](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dstask/) - 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.
- [todoist-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/todoist-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, task-management.
- [todoist-cli-go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/todoist-cli-go/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, task-management.
- [topydo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/topydo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, task-management.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ultralist.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ultralist.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