使用 Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix, pacman, winget 安装 todoman

项目链接

• 主页
• 仓库
• 上游文档
• 软件包管理器页面

命令和别名

• todo

项目历史

The official README says Todoman is now part of the pimutils project and hosted on GitHub. It describes the tool as a simple CLI task manager whose todos are individual .ics files matching the vdir specification, with support for common todo fields such as summary, description, location, due date, and priority.

The official changelog begins at v2.0.0 and records a mature Python CLI over several major versions. Version 2.0.0 added porcelain output for integrations, configuration validation, due filtering, and persisted todo IDs. Version 3.0.0 added friendlier dates, start filtering, location support, JSON porcelain output, and packaging changes. Version 4.0.0 changed configuration files to plain Python to remove an unmaintained config dependency.

Later releases show continued maintenance for Python and packaging ecosystems: shell completions, Python 3.10/3.11/3.12 support, pyproject.toml, dropped obsolete dependencies, category support, fish completions, and the removal of an old bin/todo wrapper when setuptools entry points became fast enough.

采用历史

Todoman's adoption is closely tied to pimutils and vdirsyncer. The README explicitly names CalDAV synchronization through vdirsyncer, and the batch input shows packaging in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Nix, and other package systems.

The package is aimed at users who want the Taskwarrior or todo.txt style of command-line task management while keeping data in interoperable calendar/task files. Its docs emphasize Unix-like systems and do not support Windows.

使用方式

A typical setup points Todoman at a directory of vdir-style .ics files, often synchronized from a CalDAV server by vdirsyncer. Users then create, edit, list, complete, and inspect tasks with the todo command while other calendar clients can still see the underlying VTODO data.

The changelog's porcelain and JSON output work matters for scripts and status-bar integrations, while the plain Python config introduced in v4.0.0 keeps configuration inspectable and package-friendly.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

Todoman is significant to package nerds because it composes with other small Unix PIM tools instead of becoming a monolithic app. It treats tasks as standards-based files, works with CalDAV sync, lives in the pimutils family, and is packaged across many Unix distributions.

It also provides a bridge between CLI task systems and standards-based personal information management: the user gets local files and terminal commands, while the data remains compatible with iCalendar and CalDAV.

时间线

• v2.0.0: Added porcelain output, config validation, due filtering, and persisted todo IDs.
• v3.0.0: Added friendlier time display, start filtering, location support, JSON porcelain output, and packaging changes.
• v4.0.0: Switched configuration files to plain Python and dropped the configobj dependency.
• v4.2.0: Added full category support.
• v4.3.0: Added Python 3.11 support and moved to pyproject.toml.
• v4.7.0: Added fish completions, a lists command, JSON list color fields, and dropped Python 3.9 support.

Related projects

• vdirsyncer is named by the README as the common CalDAV synchronization companion.
• pimutils is the project family that also hosts related personal information management tools.

来源

• https://github.com/pimutils/todoman#readme
• https://github.com/pimutils/todoman/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst
• https://todoman.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
• source_facts.package-manager