# Install dooit with Homebrew, apk, Nix

TUI todo manager. Version 3.3.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-13. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#dooit.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:dooit
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install dooit
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add dooit
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dooit from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#dooit
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/do/dooit/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:dooit
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.3.4
- **Source summary:** TUI todo manager
- **Homepage:** <https://dooit-org.github.io/dooit/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/dooit-org/dooit>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-13T10:24:50Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- dooit (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.3.4
## Project history and usage

Dooit is a Python terminal user interface todo manager. It focuses on interactive task management, Vim-like keybindings, topic-separated todo lists, theming, and Python-based customization.

### Project history

The public dooit-org/dooit repository was created in April 2022. Its README presents the project as a customizable TUI todo manager and points users to the project wiki for installation and configuration.

The project progressed from early 0.x tags to 1.0 and later 3.x releases. GitHub release metadata shows 3.3.4 published in November 2025, and repository metadata shows continued activity into 2026.

### Adoption history

Dooit found a home in the terminal productivity niche: it is distributed through PyPI and appears in Unix package-manager ecosystems such as Homebrew, Alpine, and Nix. Its README also links a Discord community and screenshots of user-customized configurations.

### How it is used

Users launch `dooit` to manage todo lists interactively in the terminal. The README highlights keybinding help with `?`, topic-separated lists with branching, and customization through a Python config file and companion Dooit Extras configurations.

### Why package nerds care

Dooit is package-nerd interesting as part of the wave of polished terminal productivity applications distributed like developer tools. It is a Python TUI app with themes, extras, package-manager support, and release artifacts rather than a simple script.

### Timeline

- 2022: The public GitHub repository is created.
- 2022: Early 0.x tags appear in the current repository.
- 2025: Release metadata shows the 3.3.x series.
- 2026: GitHub metadata shows continued repository activity.

### Related projects

- Related projects include Dooit Extras, smassh, other Python terminal UI todo managers, PyPI, and terminal productivity tools using Vim-like interaction patterns.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/dooit-org/dooit#readme>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/dooit-org/dooit>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/dooit-org/dooit/releases>
- <https://pypi.org/pypi/dooit/json>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dooit>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - dooit: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/do/dooit/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - dooit - 3.3.3-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dooit from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | TUI todo manager | https://dooit-org.github.io/dooit/
- apk - dooit-pyc - 3.3.3-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dooit-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for dooit | https://dooit-org.github.io/dooit/


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dooit.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/dooit.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph