Differences to Taskwarrior
General
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Simpler
Taskwarrior has several redundant features and unnecessarily re-implements shell features like aliases. -
More Robust & Stable
Taskwarrior is plagued by numerous bugs due to its unnecessary complexity and non-optimal choice of programming languages. TaskLite's simple structure and Haskell's excellent correctness guarantees, however, yield a stable and robust piece of software. -
Faster
Haskell plus SQLite delivers excellent performance. Check out the section about performance for a simple benchmark. -
More Powerful
As all tasks are stored in an SQLite database, so you can use the most daring SQL queries to extract hidden insights. E.g. What is the average completion time for a task created on Monday tagged "sprint7" created by user "john-evil"?Furthermore, extensive tooling is available for SQLite to supercharge your TaskLite installation. For example Datasette as an instant REST API, or DB Browser for SQLite to view, manipulate, and plot your tasks in a GUI.
Other 3rd party tools to edit SQLite databases are:
Command Comparison
| TaskWarrior | TaskLite | Description & Differences |
|---|---|---|
| add | add | Add a new task |
| annotate | note | Add a note / comment / annotation to a task |
| append | - (edit) | Append words to a task description |
| calc | - | Expression calculator |
| config | config | TL only displays it, TW allows modification |
| context | - | Manage contexts. TL uses tags instead. |
| count | count | Count the tasks matching a filter |
| delete | trash | Mark a task as deletable |
| denotate | unnote | Remove an annotation from a task |
| done | do | Complete a task |
| duplicate | duplicate | Clone an existing task |
| edit | edit | Launch your text editor to modify a task |
| execute | - | Execute an external command |
| export | ndjson | Export tasks in NDJSON instead of JSON format |
| help | help | Show high-level help, a cheat-sheet |
| import | import | Additionally to JSON supports Email files (.eml) |
| log | log | Record an already-completed task |
| logo | - | Show the Taskwarrior logo |
| modify | - (edit) | Modify one or more tasks |
| prepend | - (edit) | Prepend words to a task description |
| purge | delete | Completely remove task, rather than just change status |
| start | start | Start working on a task, make active |
| stop | stop | Stop working on a task, no longer active |
| synchronize | - | Syncs tasks with Taskserver |
| undo | - | Revert last change |
| version | version | Version details and copyright |
| active | - | Started tasks |
| all | all | Pending, completed and deleted tasks |
| blocked | - | Tasks that are blocked by other tasks |
| blocking | - | Tasks that block other tasks |
| completed | done | Tasks that have been completed |
| list | open | Pending tasks |
| long | - | Pending tasks, long form |
| ls | - | Pending tasks, short form |
| minimal | - | Pending tasks, minimal form |
| newest | new | Most recent pending tasks |
| next | head | Most urgent tasks |
| oldest | - | Oldest pending tasks |
| overdue | overdue | Overdue tasks |
| ready | ready | Pending, unblocked, scheduled tasks |
| recurring | recurring | Pending recurring tasks |
| unblocked | - | Tasks that are not blocked |
| waiting | waiting | Hidden, waiting tasks |
| burndown.daily | - | Burndown chart, by day |
| burndown.monthly | - | Burndown chart, by month |
| burndown.weekly | - | Burndown chart, by week |
| calendar | - | Calendar and holidays |
| colors | - | Demonstrates all supported colors |
| columns | - | List of report columns and supported formats |
| commands | help | List of commands, with their behaviors |
| diagnostics | - | Show diagnostics, for troubleshooting |
| ghistory.annual | - | History graph, by year |
| ghistory.monthly | - | History graph, by month |
| ghistory.weekly | - | History graph, by week |
| ghistory.daily | - | History graph, by day |
| history.annual | - | History report, by year |
| history.monthly | - | History report, by month |
| history.weekly | - | History report, by week |
| history.daily | - | History report, by day |
| ids | - | Filtered list of task IDs |
| information | info | All attributes shown |
| projects | projects | List of projects (project in TL = active tag) |
| reports | help | List of available reports |
| show | config | Filtered list of configuration settings |
| stats | stats | Filtered statistics |
| summary | projects | Filtered project summary |
| tags | tags | Filtered list of tags |
| timesheet | - | Weekly timesheet report |
| udas | - | Details of all defined UDAs |
| uuids | - | Filtered list of UUIDs |
| _aliases | - | List of active aliases |
| _columns | - | List of supported columns |
| _commands | - | List of supported commands |
| _config | - | List of confguration setting names |
| _context | - | List of defined context names |
| _get | - | DOM accessor |
| _ids | - | Filtered list of task IDs |
| _projects | - | Filtered list of project names |
| _show | - | List of name=value configuration settings |
| _tags | - | Filtered list of tags in use |
| _udas | - | List of configured UDA names |
| _unique | - | List of unique values for the specified attribute |
| _urgency | - | Filtered list of task urgencies |
| _uuids | - | Filtered list of pending UUIDs |
| _version | - | Task version (and optional git commit) |
| _zshattributes | - | Zsh formatted task attribute list |
| _zshcommands | - | Zsh formatted command list |
| _zshids | - | Zsh formatted ID list |
| _zshuuids | - | Zsh formatted UUID list |
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| random | Show a random open task