Task/issue tracking system with command-line interface

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Are the any task tracking systems with command-line interface?

Here is a list of features I'm interested in:

Simple task template
Something like plain-text file with property:type pairs, for example:

description:string  
some-property:integer required

command line interface
for example:

// Creates task
<task tracker>.exe -create {description: "Foo", some-property: 1}   
// Search for tasks with description field starting from F
<task tracker>.exe -find { description: "F*" }

XCopy deployment
It should not require to install heavy DBMS
Multiple users support
So it's not just a to-do list for a single person

What kind of task do you mean? Bug-Tickets and Feature-Requests? — buhtz, Mar 18 '18 at 21:30

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 30 '20 at 19:30

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Ditz is a simple, light-weight distributed issue tracker designed to work with distributed version control systems like darcs and git.

Ditz: http://web.archive.org/web/20121212202849/http://gitorious.org/ditz

Also cloned here: https://github.com/jashmenn/ditz

edited May 30 '20 at 19:30

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answered Oct 17 '08 at 07:33

almost what I want. but datamodel is not extensible – aku Oct 23 '08 at 02:42
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The link is dead. Does it moved somewhere? – buhtz Mar 18 '18 at 21:46

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 17 '08 at 10:19

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Interesting idea; the closest thing I have heard of is todo.txt.

Alternatively, you could roll your own by just using a database (e.g. sqllite) and SQL. Optionally, write a wrapper script that parses your plain-text file and command-line options, and generates the corresponding SQL.

answered Sep 17 '08 at 10:19

Peter Hilton

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My understanding is that you can't use todo.txt on different projects. Seems like it requires you to store the location (TODO_DIR="path/to/todofile") of your single todo.txt in a centralized todo.cfg file. Or? – Henrik Sep 21 '10 at 23:11

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 17 '08 at 14:24

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Have you seen ticgit. It sounds like it might do just what you guys are after.

answered Sep 17 '08 at 14:24

Matt

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Interesting thing, I'll take a closer look – aku Sep 17 '08 at 23:35
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Here is a link to the *current* (summer2014) active fork: https://github.com/jeffWelling/ticgit – AdrieanKhisbe Jul 09 '14 at 13:22

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 14 '20 at 23:57

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Erlangs Ticket System

Created by Peter Högfeldt in 1986. This is the ticket system that was used in the Erlang distribution.

Source: Joe Armstrong's blog

edited Jan 14 '20 at 23:57

Flux

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 29 '08 at 22:54

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I've abused the cal and calendar commandline tools regularly for this type of task.

answered Oct 29 '08 at 22:54

Jasper Bekkers

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 21 '10 at 21:51

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ciss issue tracker is a simple commandline tool for managing your ISSUES.txt file.

answered Sep 21 '10 at 21:51

Henrik

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Ciss looks dead. – buhtz Mar 18 '18 at 21:53

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 17 '08 at 10:22

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http://roundup.sourceforge.net/

answered Sep 17 '08 at 10:22

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 17 '08 at 10:25

@Peter Hilton,

I'm going to create such system. So I'm wondering whether such system exists. General idea is to keep it as simple as possible: command line utility to manage tasks & simple server wit REST interface. I used dozen different task tracking system and come to conclusion that I don't need fancy UI. It should be like Subversion - you can happily work with command-line based svn.exe

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Feb 25 '10 at 13:39

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Have a look at Pitz and Bugs Everywhere.

answered Feb 25 '10 at 13:39

Offe

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Both links are dead. – buhtz Mar 18 '18 at 21:54

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Apr 08 '10 at 00:23

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I use org-mode with emacs in terminal mode (emacs -nw).

answered Apr 08 '10 at 00:23

taltman

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Feb 11 '19 at 06:12

We have used a few tools earlier. We now use a GitHub private repository to maintain various developer TBD lists (as .md files) and issue tracking because of the following advantages:

Developers are already using GitHub and they don't need to learn anything new.
Developers can use whatever tool they are comfortable with to maintain TBD list; command line or graphical editors, GitHub web interface or plenty of mobile clients
Markdown support
Reliable backup
Merging and revision history
Flexible file organization for different projects and modules

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Sep 17 '08 at 10:25

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Fogbugz has a Command Line Client.

answered Sep 17 '08 at 10:25

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Nope, fogbugz is to heavy, I'm looking for something like svn – aku Sep 17 '08 at 10:31
That's been deprecated. Came here looking for something like [this](https://developers.kilnhg.com/Code/FogBugz/Group/FogBugzPy/File/README.txt?rev=tip), turns out the replacement is exactly what I was looking for. – yurisich Feb 08 '13 at 15:29

Task/issue tracking system with command-line interface

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Erlangs Ticket System

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