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24 alternatives to Tax

The Prompt Task Manager

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Tax launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Taskbook▲229
Like Trello but for the Terminal
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
2
Tax, the Prompt Task List▲6
CLI Task List Manager. Contribute to netgusto/tax development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
3
Taskr▲431
A simple task manager app for macOS
2018 · gettaskr.vercel.app · its alternatives →
4
Session manager and task runner for tmux written in Go▲23
Session manager and task runner for tmux. Start your development environment within one command. - ivaaaan/smug
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
5
Tasks.txt▲147
Plain text task manager for macOS
Jul 2026 · taskstxt.app · its alternatives →
6
One Task X▲252
One task today > ten half-done
2025 · onetaskx.com · its alternatives →
7
PopTask▲299
Light menu bar task manager for quickly capturing tasks
Mar 2026 · poptask.bar · its alternatives →
8
Task Manager for ClickUp▲190
Manage all your ClickUp tasks in one go.
2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
9
Run – Easily manage and invoke small scripts and wrappers▲107
Task runner that helps you easily manage and invoke small scripts and wrappers - TekWizely/run
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
10
Shpool, a Lightweight Tmux Alternative▲323
shpool is a terminal session persistence tool developed internally at google to support remote workflows, which we have open sourced.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
11
Prompt▲259
The command line for the real world
2016 · its alternatives →
12
Taskstax▲12
A task manager that works the way you do
2025 · its alternatives →
13
Todo▲95
A simple command line todo list manager
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
14
Taskware▲86
Manage tasks, projects & time from command line.
2015 · its alternatives →
15
todo.tax▲70
Get shit done or get taxed
2019 · todotax.grant.codes · its alternatives →
16AI
An infinitely nested task manager where progress bubbles up to the top▲126
2020 · discotask.com · its alternatives →
17
tmuxp – session manager for tmux▲109
Session manager for tmux. Load, freeze, and convert tmux sessions through YAML/JSON configuration files. Powered by libtmux. Quickstart Install and run your first command. Quickstart CLI Reference ...
2017 · tmuxp.git-pull.com · its alternatives →
18
Lightweight time-management CLI tool▲72
Lightweight time management CLI tool . Contribute to liviu-/ding development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
19
Tmux plugin manager▲73
Tmux Plugin Manager. Contribute to tmux-plugins/tpm development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
20
TaskList For Microsoft Teams▲76
A task manager for your team ✅
2019 · its alternatives →
21
Dwm.tmux – a dwm-inspired window manager for tmux▲101
Hey, HN! With all recent agentic workflows being primarily terminal- and tmux-based, I wanted to share a little project I created about decade ago. I've continued to use this as my primary terminal "window manager" and wanted to share in case others might find it useful. I would love to hear about other's terminal-based workflows and any other tools you may use with similar functionality.
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
22
Taskio▲67
URL based task management extension
2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
23
agent-manager▲102
The fastest workflow for developing with AI
Aug 2026 · agent-manager.dev · its alternatives →
24
Ten Hands▲71
One place to run your command line tasks
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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