Tracks
Web-based application to help you implement David Allen’s Getting Things Done™ methodology.
Little to no recent activity. Treat as unmaintained until proven otherwise.
Commit activity more than 31% of tracked projects; popularity more than 38%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 1.2k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v2.7.1 · 25 Jul 2024 |
| Repo updated | 3 Aug 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Built with | Ruby |
Is Tracks actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 103 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 2 of them.
Activity is cooling: commits are down 94% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.
The last tagged release, v2.7.1, is over 2 years old. If you deploy, expect to build from the default branch rather than a stable tag.
Tracks ranks #22 of 26 tracked task management & to-do lists projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What Tracks actually does
Tracks is a web-based task management tool designed to support David Allen's Getting Things Done productivity workflow. It allows you to organise actions by contexts, projects, and timeframes to manage personal workloads.
Best fit: It suits individuals who strictly follow the Getting Things Done methodology and prefer a dedicated web application for their lists.
Worth knowing: The project's low maintenance health score indicates that you may encounter unpatched bugs, security vulnerabilities, or a lack of modern updates.
Deployment notes
As a Ruby application, it typically requires a database such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination, and persistent storage for user data.
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