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Task Coach

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What Task Coach is

Task Coach is a free, open-source task manager for personal tasks and composite to-do lists. Tasks can contain descriptions, priorities, dates, reminders, and daily, weekly, or monthly recurrence, with support for subtasks. List or tree views can be filtered, sorted, and arranged into user-defined categories. The desktop application records time spent, supports task budgets, and reports effort by day, week, month, or another period. Users can create tasks by dragging messages from Outlook, Thunderbird, Claws Mail, or Apple Mail. Files, email messages, and URLs can be attached to tasks, notes, and categories. Tasks, notes, effort, and categories export to HTML and CSV; effort also exports to iCalendar/ICS. Tasks and notes can synchronize through a Funambol server. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android under GNU GPL version 3.

Who it suits

Task Coach suits people managing personal or composite tasks who need reminders, recurring items, categories, or effort tracking. It is available across desktop systems and Android.

What it does well

  • Free and open source
  • Recurring tasks and reminders
  • Desktop effort tracking
  • Email drag-and-drop task creation
  • HTML and CSV exports

What to know first

  • Android version is not supported by Task Coach
  • Download pages warn of bugs
  • Regular backups are advised

Plans

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Task CoachDesktop task manager · open sourceFree

As taskcoach.org lists them, read 12 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.

Verdict

Task Coach combines detailed personal task organization with desktop time tracking and export options at no cost. Android users should note that its separately developed Android version is not supported by Task Coach.

Facts from Task Coach's own pages

Android support
The Android version is separately developed and Task Coach says it does not support that version. · taskcoach.org, 12 Oct 2026
Attachments and mail
Users can create tasks by dragging email from Outlook, Thunderbird, Claws Mail, or Apple Mail, and attach files, email messages, or URLs to tasks, notes, and categories. · taskcoach.org, 12 Oct 2026
Backup advice
The download pages warn that the software contains bugs and advise users to back up their work regularly, especially before upgrading. · taskcoach.org, 12 Oct 2026
Effort tracking
The desktop app tracks time spent on tasks, supports task budgets, and displays effort by period, day, week, or month. · taskcoach.org, 12 Oct 2026
Export and sync
Tasks, notes, effort, and categories can be exported to HTML and CSV; effort can also be exported to iCalendar/ICS, and tasks and notes can be synchronized via a Funambol server. · taskcoach.org, 12 Oct 2026
File format
The Task Coach file format (.tsk) is XML. · taskcoach.org, 12 Oct 2026
License
The site identifies the license as GNU General Public License version 3. · taskcoach.org, 12 Oct 2026
Organization
Tasks can be viewed as a list or tree, filtered, sorted, and assigned to user-defined categories. · taskcoach.org, 12 Oct 2026
Platforms
The desktop edition is listed for Windows, Mac, Linux, and BSD; an Android edition is also listed separately. · taskcoach.org, 12 Oct 2026
Purpose
Task Coach is an open source todo manager for personal tasks and todo lists, designed for composite tasks. · taskcoach.org, 12 Oct 2026
Support
The site offers free support by email, support request tracker, and bug tracker, and also lists a FAQ and mailing list. · taskcoach.org, 12 Oct 2026
Task details
Tasks can have descriptions, priorities, dates, reminders, and daily, weekly, or monthly recurrence. · taskcoach.org, 12 Oct 2026

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