tarea

tarea is a very small command‑line task manager written in Rust.
Tasks are stored in a local SQLite database (~/.tarea/tasks.db) with UUID primary keys.

Install

Install directly from crates.io:

cargo install tarea

Or, from the project directory:

cargo install --path .

Build

git clone https://github.com/marcelarie/tarea.git
cd tarea
cargo build --release

Usage

# list tasks
tarea

# add a task
tarea Finish report -d "due tomorrow"

# remove the database (confirmation required)
tarea --delete-database

Display

• Each task shows an 8‑character UUID prefix, status ([p] pending, [d] done, [s] standby), the (optionally truncated) name, and the creation timestamp.
• Long names are cut after 70 characters and suffixed with ....

Bugs

• When running --show it uses the id of the --all list not the pending default list
• Improve is_due_soon, should work differently

Todo

• Add a new task
  • With uuid
  • With description
  • With creation date
• Print tasks
  • Print a list of all the tasks
    • Print only pending if no arg is passed
  • Print specific status
  • Print one task
• Change task status
  • to done
  • to pending
  • to standby
• Add due date
  • Show due date in red color when its close
• Show small graph of task

Nice to haves

• Encrypt task db
• Backup db remotly
• Sync DB with remote machine

Core features

• Edit a task
  • Change name or description
  • Update due date
• Delete / archive a task
  • Soft‑delete to an archive table
  • Permanently purge archived tasks
• Tagging / categories
  • Assign multiple tags per task
  • Filter or list by tag
• Search / fuzzy‑search tasks
• Sort options
  • By creation date
  • By due date
  • By name
• Recurring tasks
  • Daily / weekly / monthly cadence
• Import / export
  • JSON
  • CSV / TSV
  • Markdown checklist
• Bulk operations
  • Mark several tasks done at once
  • Delete multiple tasks

UX / CLI niceties

• Shell completions for Bash/Zsh/Fish
• Config file (~/.tarea.toml) for defaults (colors, DB path, truncation length)
• Natural‑language due‑date parsing (“in 3 days”, “next Friday”)
• Auto‑paginate long task lists (less‑style)
• Interactive mode / simple TUI (via crossterm or ratatui)
• Clipboard copy of task ID / content

Automation & notifications

• Local notifications when a task is due
• Optional e‑mail or webhook reminders
• Cron helper to print today’s pending tasks at login

Data & statistics

• Weekly productivity summary (tasks completed per day)
• Burn‑down chart for tasks with due dates
• “Streak” counter for consecutive days with at least one completion

Security & reliability

• Multi‑profile support (separate DB per project)
• End‑to‑end encrypted remote sync (e.g. with age + rclone)
• Automatic versioned backups with retention policy
• Integrity check / vacuum command