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24 alternatives to Tascli, a command line based (human) task and record manager

I've created tascli to solve a need of simple activity tracker including task and record in local CLI. It's available via cargo and brew tap. It's simple, the API is minimal and without complex usage patterns. It supports both task and records and treat them separately (task have deadlines, records are point in time) It doesn't run any background processes. It is small (compiled sizes <2MB) It is fast (<5ms on each command on a normal computer&#x2F;github workflow host). It stores activities into a local sqlite db file. Looking for new features requests too!

Tascli is a command-line tool for managing tasks and records directly in the terminal. Installed via Cargo, it offers a lightweight alternative to graphical task managers for developers and command-line users who… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 2 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.

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