# Install ultralist with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix

Simple GTD-style task management for the command-line. Version 1.7.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#ultralist.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:ultralist
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ultralist
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install ultralist
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: office/ultralist/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ultralist
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:ultralist
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.7.0
- **Source summary:** Simple GTD-style task management for the command-line
- **Homepage:** <https://ultralist.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/gammons/ultralist>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ultralist (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.7.0
## Project history and usage

Ultralist is a command-line task manager for technical users, built around Getting Things Done concepts such as due dates, projects, contexts, statuses, and recurrence.

### Project history

The project presents itself as an open source, CLI-first task management system. Its README emphasizes speed, a low-friction terminal workflow, and an optional hosted Ultralist Pro service for syncing, web, mobile, Slack, and API integrations.

### Adoption history

Ultralist's own installation instructions show the tool crossing the usual package-nerd channels: Homebrew and MacPorts on macOS, AUR on Arch Linux, FreeBSD packages/ports, GitHub release binaries, and Go installation from source.

### How it is used

In practice it is used as a terminal todo system for people who want richer GTD features than a plain todo.txt file while still keeping the command line as the primary interface. Its documented .todos.json format also makes it inspectable and script-friendly.

### Why package nerds care

Ultralist matters in the package-manager niche as a small Go CLI productivity tool with prebuilt release artifacts and multiple Unix packaging paths, rather than as a large ecosystem dependency.

### Timeline

- 2016: Early GitHub tag 0.2.0 appears in the official repository history.
- README era: Official installation documents Homebrew, MacPorts, AUR, FreeBSD packages/ports, release binaries, and Go source installation.

### Related projects

- The README explicitly compares Ultralist with todo.txt and Taskwarrior, positioning it in the CLI todo and GTD-tool family.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/gammons/ultralist/tags?per_page=100>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gammons/ultralist/main/README.md>
- source_facts.package-manager


## 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 - ultralist: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ul/ultralist/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - ultralist: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: office/ultralist/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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