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Kairo

Kairo is a fast, keyboard-first terminal task manager in Go with offline-first SQLite, Git sync, fuzzy search & Lua plugins.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source (MIT)

Alerts

  • Discontinued

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Homebrew
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The GitHub repository was archived in July 2026.

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Features

Properties

  1.  Support for Themes
  2.  Privacy focused
  3.  Local-First

Features

  1.  Works Offline
  2.  Command line interface
  3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  4. Git icon  Git Support
  5.  No registration required
  6.  No Tracking
  7.  Recurring Tasks
  8.  Ad-free
  9.  Export to CSV
  10.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
  11.  Task Automation
  12.  Tui
  13.  Keyboard Navigation
  14. JSON icon  Export to JSON
  15. Google Gemini icon  Google Gemini Integration
  16. Git icon  Git integration
  17.  Built-in AI Assistant

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  •  15 Forks
  •  0 Open Issues
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What is Kairo?

The terminal task manager for developers who live in their editor. No browser tabs. No subscriptions. No mouse. Just your tasks — exactly where your brain already is.

Features:

  • Genuinely Fast: Sub-millisecond fuzzy search. Vim bindings (j/k/gg/G). Natural language deadlines like tomorrow 10am or next friday. Full keyboard control — you never touch the mouse.
  • Nested Tasks & Hierarchy: Organize work into deep hierarchies. Nest tasks via the Parent field in the editor, collapse/expand with Space, and export/import with full structure preserved — across JSON, CSV, Markdown, and plain text.
  • Recurring Tasks: Tasks reappear automatically on a schedule. Weekly (mon,wed,fri) or monthly (15). When completed, Kairo generates the next instance immediately with a smart due-date preview.
  • Your Data, Locally: SQLite with WAL mode. Fully offline. Optional Git-backed sync — no backend, no account, no lock-in. Export to JSON, CSV, Markdown, or plain text on demand.
  • Interactive Stats Dashboard: Press s to open a next-gen "Command Center". Visualize your Productivity DNA, track real-time momentum, and get behavioral insights like "You complete 73% more tasks at night". Fully animated, keyboard-driven, and deeply insightful.
  • AI — Optional, Never Intrusive: Gemini integration (gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview / gemini-2.5-flash-lite / gemini-2.0-flash-lite). Toggle with ctrl+a. Create and manage complex recurring tasks with natural language. Invisible until you need it.
  • Beautiful by Default: 32 built-in themes with edge-to-edge background coverage. Live switching with t. Bento-style layout. Real-time Markdown preview (ctrl+p). Cinematic create/complete/delete animations — or disable them entirely in config.toml.
  • Extensible to the Core: A Lua plugin system hooks into task events. A headless CLI API enables full scripting. An MCP server opens Kairo to AI agents — with complete support for recurring schedules and nested hierarchies.