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Taskell

Command-line kanban board stored in Markdown

Project Management & Tasks Archived ★ 1.8k stars Easy setup BSD-3-Clause

This project is archived. Upstream development has stopped, so expect no new features or security fixes. Consider an actively maintained project management & tasks alternative.

Taskell is an open-source command-line kanban board application that stores boards as Markdown files. It offers a keyboard-driven terminal interface for managing personal task lists.

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Key features

  • Terminal kanban board
  • Markdown file storage
  • Keyboard-driven
  • No database needed

Strengths

  • Released under the BSD-3-Clause license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Active community (1.8k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Haskell

Is Taskell secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Taskell's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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