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TaskLite

Productivity tool and CLI to manage tasks and projects

Project Management & Tasks ★ 291 stars Easy setup AGPL-3.0

TaskLite is an open-source command-line task manager backed by an SQLite database. It supports tags, priorities, due dates, and notes for organizing work from the terminal.

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Key features

  • CLI task manager
  • SQLite backed
  • Tags and priorities
  • Due dates and notes

Strengths

  • Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Written in Haskell
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM

Is TaskLite secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for TaskLite'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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