Quickstart

The Ultralist CLI is a simple and very fast task management system for the command-line. It is rooted in the Getting Things Done philosophy, popularized by David Allen. I am a huge fan of GTD and I use it every day. I was looking for a lightweight task management system that I could use somewhere where I am all the time - the terminal! Thus, Ultralist was born.

Ultralist is easy to understand, is open-source, and follows the unix philosphy of being a simple tool that does one job very well.

Installing Ultralist

Ultralist is written in Go, which means it’s ultra-portable. It’s already in many package managers.

• Mac OS: brew install ultralist (for Homebrew) or port install ultralist (for MacPorts)
• Arch Linux: yay install ultralist
• FreeBSD: pkg install ultralist
• Other systems: Get the correct ultralist binary by visiting the releases page on Github.

Building on your own

Simply run go get github.com/ultralist/ultralist.

Create your first list

1. Create a new list in a directory.

➜ ultralist init

The above will create a .todos.json file in the directory you’re in.

2. Add a task to your list.

➜ ultralist add some important task for the +project due tom
todo 1 added.

Then, show the task you just added:

➜ ultralist list
all
1  [ ]  tomorrow    some important task

3. Mark your task completed.

Once you’ve completed your task, mark it completed:

➜ ultralist c 1
todo completed.

Then, list your tasks again. You’ll see the task has been marked as completed:

➜ ultralist l
all
1  [x]  tomorrow    some important task

3. Archive your task.

At the end of the day, reflect upon how amazingly productive you were, and archive your completed task.

➜ ultralist ar 1
todo archived.

Contratulations, you’ve mastered about 70% of ultralist! There are many more features to know. Read on for a full breakdown.