3 stable releases
1.0.2 | Feb 5, 2023 |
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1.0.1 | Jan 28, 2023 |
#2872 in Command line utilities
5.5MB
1.5K
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Arenta
A terminal-based daily task management tool with minimal overhead.
Demo
Features
- Complete CRUD support of daily tasks with intuitive syntax
- Visualized task schedule with colorful timeline
- A single executable binary and naturally terminal based
- Retentiveness by storing tasks in local file
Install
Several alternatives:
- Recommended:
cargo install arenta
cargo install --git https://github.com/Gusabary/Arenta.git
- Download binary from Release page and put it into
$PATH
- Clone the repo and build from source
Usage
Use arenta -h
to show help messages and arenta -v
to check the version.
Use arenta
to start an interactive session, in which you could manage daily tasks easily.
Task Definition
Task is the core concept in Arenta, which consists of description, planned start/complete time, actual start/complete time and status.
The description and time part could be set and edited with Arenta commands, while the status is managed by Arenta in such rules:
planned start | planned complete | actual start | actual complete | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Backlog | unset | unset | unset | unset |
Planned | set and later than now | set | unset | unset |
Overdue | set and earlier than now | set | unset | unset |
Ongoing | set / unset | set / unset | set | unset |
Complete | set / unset | set / unset | set | set |
Command Syntax
The interactive session accepts valid Arenta commands:
-
Type in
n
ornew
to create a new task in an interactive way:arenta> n description: a new task how to arrange this task > start immediately put in backlog plan to...
-
Type in
s
orstart
plus a task index to start it:arenta> s 0 task 0 started
-
Type in
c
orcomplete
plus a task index to complete it:arenta> c 0 task 0 completed
-
Type in
ls
orll
with[date_filter]
and[flags]
to list all tasks in specified date range.ll
will render a visualized timeline as well, in which the planned period is represented as-
while actual period is=
[date_filter]
is in format of<op><date>
<op>
could be<
,<=
,>
,>=
or empty, which indicates==
. Note that forll
,<op>
must be empty.<date>
could take format ofmm-dd
,yyyy-mm-dd
or just an integer, which indicates offset to today.
[flags]
could containb
orv
b
flag to display backlog tasks as wellv
flag to display in verbose mode
# list today's tasks > ls # list tomorrow's tasks with timeline > ll +1 # list all historical tasks in verbose mode > ls <0 v # list yesterday's tasks including backlog and timeline in verbose mode > ll -1 bv
-
Type in
h
orhelp
to show the complete usage of all Arenta commands
Todos
- [usability] make the Arenta interactive session more shell-like, e.g. can use up arrow key to pop up last command
- [scalability] take a more scalable approach to save all tasks to local file
- [customizability] expose some settings as configurable, e.g. length of timeline, color of status, task display pattern, etc.
License
Dependencies
~6–18MB
~162K SLoC