macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install vitlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install vitMacPorts ports tree · office/vit/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install vit with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper
Full-screen terminal interface for Taskwarrior. Version 2.3.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add vitAlpine Linux edge package indexes · vit · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install vitDebian stable package indexes · vit · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install vitFedora Rawhide package metadata · vit · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#vitnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/vi/vit/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S vitArch Linux sync databases · vit · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install vitopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · vit · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Full-screen terminal interface for Taskwarrior
Project links
Commands and aliases
- vit
history
Project history and usage
VIT, short for Visual Interactive Taskwarrior, is a full-screen terminal interface for Taskwarrior. It gives Taskwarrior users a curses-style task list with vi-like navigation, customizable key bindings, colorized columns, themes, formatters, and integrations with Taskwarrior reports.
Project history
VIT predates the current vit-project GitHub organization. The Taskwarrior site announced VIT 1.2 beta1 in February 2014 as a Taskwarrior front end with user-defined shortcuts, external-command integration, improved prompt navigation, and Taskwarrior-oriented key changes. VIT 1.2 was released in April 2014, with Scott Kostyshak listed as the contact, and reached Homebrew in June 2014.
The current README preserves the project's older lineage with a tribute to Steve Rader, saying vit is preserved, maintained, and continued because of his work. The modern 2.x repository was created in September 2016 and moved VIT into a Python 3-era codebase. Its GitHub releases show v2.0.0 in September 2019, v2.1.0 in February 2021, v2.2.0 in April 2022, v2.3.0 in April 2023, and v2.3.4 in March 2026.
Adoption history
VIT's adoption follows Taskwarrior's own power-user community. It became attractive to users who liked Taskwarrior's data model and command-line flexibility but wanted a persistent, keyboard-driven overview for day-to-day task triage.
The June 2014 Taskwarrior news item announcing Homebrew availability is a useful adoption marker: it put VIT into the macOS package-manager path alongside Taskwarrior itself. Later Linux distribution packages extended the same pattern for users who wanted a packaged TUI rather than a custom script around `task`.
How it is used
A typical user runs `vit` to open a full-screen view over Taskwarrior's task database, then uses vi-like movement, commands, filters, and report views to inspect and modify tasks. The README recommends `vit --help`, in-application `:help`, and customization through the VIT user directory.
Customization is central to VIT's niche. The 2.x customization documentation says VIT looks for a user directory via `VIT_DIR`, `~/.vit`, or an XDG config directory, and supports custom config.ini settings, themes, formatters, keybindings, external refresh hooks, and Taskwarrior configuration overrides.
Why package nerds care
VIT matters to package nerds because it is a classic terminal productivity companion package: not the task database itself, but the TUI that makes the database comfortable for daily use. Its design keeps Taskwarrior as the source of truth while giving users a fast, scriptable, no-mouse interface.
It also documents the evolution of Taskwarrior's ecosystem from core CLI to separately packaged tools. The package sits beside newer TUIs, but remains historically important as one of the long-running visual interfaces for Taskwarrior.
Timeline
- 2013: Steve Rader, credited by the project as an important collaborator, died in May.
- 2014: VIT 1.2 beta1 announced in February; VIT 1.2 released in April; Homebrew availability announced in June.
- 2016: Current vit-project/vit repository created.
- 2019: v2.0.0 released for the modern Python-based line.
- 2021: v2.1.0 released.
- 2022: v2.2.0 released.
- 2023: v2.3.0 released.
- 2026: v2.3.4 released.
Related projects
- VIT is tightly coupled to Taskwarrior. Related tools in the same ecosystem include Taskwarrior hooks, Taskserver, Timewarrior, tasksh, and newer Taskwarrior TUIs such as taskwarrior-tui.
Sources
- https://api.github.com/repos/vit-project/vit
- https://api.github.com/repos/vit-project/vit/releases?per_page=10
- https://github.com/vit-project/vit
- https://github.com/vit-project/vit/blob/2.x/CUSTOMIZE.md
- https://taskwarrior.org/news/news.20140220/
- https://taskwarrior.org/news/news.20140406/
- https://taskwarrior.org/news/news.20140607/
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 2 runtime dependencies.
Recommended review
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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
$VIT_DIR/config.ini~/.vit/config.ini$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vit/config.ini
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
vit | 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 version2.3.4
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/vit-project/vit
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/vit-project/vitnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:vit |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.3.4 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/vit |
| Homepage | https://github.com/vit-project/vit |
| Repository | https://github.com/vit-project/vit |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/vit-project/vit#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/1c/11/5a62bb49c3f5086d0e3eb85cb66eae9c2cc49123b9eb9dadfa032ea9c67a/vit-2.3.4.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | python@3.14, task |
| 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 | vit |
| 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 |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
vit 2.3.3-1
full-screen terminal interface for Taskwarrior
https://github.com/vit-project/vit
sudo apt install vit- Section: utils
- Architecture: all
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vit
Nix95%
vit
nix profile install nixpkgs#vit- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vit
Ubuntu apt95%
vit 2.3.2-1
full-screen terminal interface for Taskwarrior
https://github.com/vit-project/vit
sudo apt install vit- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: all
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vit
apk95%
vit 2.3.2-r2
Lightweight, fast, curses-based front end to Taskwarrior
https://github.com/vit-project/vit
sudo apk add vit- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: vit
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vit
apk95%
vit-pyc 2.3.2-r2
Precompiled Python bytecode for vit
https://github.com/vit-project/vit
sudo apk add vit-pyc- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: vit
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vit
dnf95%
vit 2.3.4-2.fc45
Visual Interactive Taskwarrior full-screen terminal interface
https://github.com/scottkosty/vit
sudo dnf install vit- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: vit
- 3 dependencies
- 5 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vit
pacman95%
vit 2.3.4-1
Terminal interface for Taskwarrior with Vim key bindings and colorization
https://github.com/vit-project/vit
sudo pacman -S vit- License: MIT
- Architecture: any
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vit
zypper95%
vit 2.3.4-1.1
Visual Interactive Taskwarrior full-screen terminal interface
https://github.com/scottkosty/vit
sudo zypper install vit- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: vit
- 6 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vit
MacPorts95%
vit
sudo port install vit- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vit
source trail
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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