Tasks.md
A self-hosted, file based task management board that supports Markdown syntax.
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Still maintained? Slowing: no commits in the last 90 days, last push Mar 2026.
Comparisons in Task Management & To-do Lists: Jira alternatives, Asana alternatives, Todoist alternatives, Trello alternatives.
At a glance
Tasks.md quick facts
- Health score
- 56/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 2,213
- Last commit
- 8 months ago (Mar 2026)
- Latest release
- 3.3.0, Mar 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Tasks.md scores 56/100, #20 of 26 in Task Management & To-do Lists: 0 commits in the last 90 days earn 0.0 of 35 points, the latest release (3.3.0, 8 months ago) earns 22.4 of 25, 2,213 stars add 13.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 35.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 0.0 / 35
0 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 22.4 / 25
3.3.0 released 8 months ago
- Stars 13.4 / 20
2.2k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 6
- Last 12 months
- 8 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #20 of 26 tools in Task Management & To-do Lists by health , between HamsterBase Tasks (#19) and Focus Flow (#21) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | 3.3.0 · 8 months ago |
| Stars | 2,213 |
| Open issues | 18 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | BaldissaraMatheus/Tasks.md ↗ |
Tasks.md vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Tasks.md (Task Management & To-do Lists), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planka | 96 | 13k | ⊘ Proprietary | 2 days ago |
| Donetick | 94 | 2.7k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| tududi | 94 | 3.5k | MIT | yesterday |
| 4ga Boards | 91 | 732 | MIT | yesterday |
| Kanboard | 86 | 9.9k | MIT | today |
| Tasks.md (this tool) | 56 | 2.2k | MIT | 8 months ago |
Tasks.md: common questions
Is Tasks.md still maintained?
Tasks.md had 0 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 8 months ago; the latest tagged release, 3.3.0, is from 8 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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