If TaskLite isn't your cup of tea, maybe one of the other free task managers fits the bill:

Name Description Buku Store and manage your bookmarks from the command line CommitTasks Combination between git commit and todo list Eureka CLI tool to input and store ideas without leaving the terminal Ff A distributed note taker and task manager git-pending Git plugin to list TODO, FIXME, … comments in a repository Org mode Notes and todo lists powered by an Emacs based plain-text system Pomoday Keyboard only task management web app Smos Purely functional semantic tree-based editor (like Org mode) Taskbook Tasks, boards & notes for the command-line habitat Taskell Command line Kanban board / task management Taskwarrior Command line task management Todo.txt Simple and extensible shell script for managing a todotxt file Toodles Project management from the TODO's in your codebase Tracli Command line app that tracks your time Ultralist Open source task management system for the command line Unfog A simple CLI task and time manager Yokadi Command line oriented, SQLite powered todo list Eagle Minimalistic todo app for command line

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