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Habit tracking for geeks. Version 0.14.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#harsh.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install harsh

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add harsh

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · harsh · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#harsh

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ha/harsh/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Habit tracking for geeks

Commands and aliases

  • harsh

history

Project history and usage

Harsh Taskmaster is Daryl Manning's minimalist Go command-line habit tracker, built around editable text files, daily prompts, todo urgency, statistics, and long-range consistency graphs.

Project history

Manning publicly released Harsh on May 26, 2020 after using the Rust program habitctl and finding that project no longer active. He kept its simple text-file and Seinfeld-chart ideas, rewrote the concept in Go to reduce build and installation friction, and added skips, warnings, score fixes, and corrected sparklines.

The project continued beyond its initial release series. By 2026 it supported habit end dates for long-range records, structured JSON output for agents and scripts, filtering, statistics, notes and amounts, and shell completions while retaining human-editable storage.

Adoption history

The launch shipped Homebrew and Snap installation plus cross-platform binaries. The current README adds Arch AUR, DEB, RPM, APK, Go installation, and a one-line installer; supplied metadata also records Homebrew, Alpine, and Nix packaging.

How it is used

`harsh ask` records today's habits, `harsh log` renders the last 100 days, and `harsh todo` shows pending habits with urgency. Users own and can directly edit the `habits` and append-only `log` text files, relocate them with `HARSHPATH`, and request structured output with `harsh log --json`.

Why package nerds care

Harsh is a durable example of Unix-style personal software: a single Go binary, plain-text state, scriptable JSON, shell completions, and broad binary/package-manager distribution. It is both interactive enough for daily use and transparent enough for backups, Git, editors, and data analysis.

Timeline

  • 2020: Harsh is released as open source on May 26 with Homebrew, Snap, and binary installation.
  • 2020: v0.8.1 begins the recorded GitHub release series.
  • 2026: End dates and longer-range habit tracking are documented by the maintainer.
  • 2026: v0.14.5 is released in June.

Related projects

  • habitctl supplied the core text-file and consistency-graph inspiration for Harsh.
  • Emacs org-habits was evaluated by the author but rejected as too complex for his intended workflow.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for harsh. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.config/harsh/habits~/.config/harsh/log
Windows
%APPDATA%\harsh\habits%APPDATA%\harsh\log

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
harshexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.14.5
manager updated2026-07-27
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:harsh
Version0.14.5
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/wakatara/harsh
Repositoryhttps://github.com/wakatara/harsh
Last updated2026-07-27T14:32:23+02:00
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

harsh

nix profile install nixpkgs#harsh
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Harsh
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ha/harsh/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

harsh 0.8.31-r21

Habit tracking for geeks

https://github.com/wakatara/harsh

sudo apk add harsh
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: harsh
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Harsh
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: harsh from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

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