TaskLine – Task Manager CLI

A full-stack task management app with shared workspaces and per-user task isolation.

• Backend: FastAPI + SQLModel (hosted on Render)
• Database: PostgreSQL on Neon (persistent cloud DB)
• Frontend: Terminal-based CLI (Python, requests)

Features

• User registration and login with JWT authentication
• Secure password hashing (argon2)
• CRUD tasks per user, with priority and status
• Shared workspace management with members & task tracking
• Persistent login per device
• Terminal-friendly CLI with scrolling, highlighting, and workspace views

Results

Installation – CLI

From release:

Download the taskline binary and place it in ~/.local/bin. Make it executable.

chmod +x ~/.local/bin/taskline.bin         
taskline.bin

From Repo

1. Clone the repo

git clone git@github.com:MemoritiK/TaskLine.git
cd TaskLine

2. Install CLI

chmod +x taskline.sh
./taskline.sh install

• Adds taskline command to ~/.local/bin (ensure it’s in your PATH)
• Automatically creates a virtual environment and installs requests

3. Run the CLI

taskline

• First run: register a user
• Then login to manage tasks and workspaces

4. Uninstall CLI

./taskline.sh uninstall

Backend

• Hosted on Render → accessible via cloud
• API endpoints (base URL provided by Render)
• Handles authentication, tasks, and workspace management

Users only need the CLI; no need to run backend locally.

Database

• Neon PostgreSQL for persistent, multi-user task storage
• CLI and backend connect to the same DB, ensuring shared data across all users

CLI Commands Overview

• taskline → launches terminal UI
• Full task CRUD, workspace management, session persistence
• Highlights high-priority tasks, dims completed ones
• Pagination & scrolling supported

Tech Stack

• Backend: FastAPI, SQLModel, PostgreSQL (Neon)
• Frontend: Python CLI with curses
• Authentication: JWT, Argon2 password hashing