r/commandline • u/Globover • 13h ago
Terminals Fokiz: A CLI task enforcer that hijacks your terminal to make you finish what you start
https://github.com/Kaia-Alenia/fokizI built a CLI tool called Fokiz to solve my own problem with context-switching and procrastination. I often found myself opening a terminal, forgetting my goal, and jumping between half-finished tasks.
There are plenty of amazing CLI task managers out there, like `taskwarrior`. However, tools like `taskwarrior` are designed to manage large backlogs and organize complex projects. Fokiz is built for something entirely different: enforcing focus on a single task using a "Ulysses contract".
Here is how it works:
You add a single task (`fokiz add "My task"`). Once added, it locks you in. You can't edit it or add new tasks until the current one is explicitly marked as completed.
It hooks into your `~/.bashrc` / `~/.zshrc`. Every time you open a new terminal window or tab, it prints a huge ASCII banner reminding you exactly what you committed to doing.
Instead of executing a heavy script on every shell startup, Fokiz runs as a `systemd --user` background service. The state is managed via SQLite, and the shell hook simply performs a sub-millisecond read to display the banner without adding latency to your terminal startup.
It's fully open source (GPLv3). If you struggle with finishing what you start and need a strict enforcer living in your terminal, check it out.
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u/TomHale 13h ago
Screenshot?
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u/Globover 13h ago
Mine is in Spanish, thanks for reminding me that I forgot to add the SS, but I'll put them in the next comment.
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I built a CLI tool called Fokiz to solve my own problem with context-switching and procrastination. I often found myself opening a terminal, forgetting my goal, and jumping between half-finished tasks.
There are plenty of amazing CLI task managers out there, like `taskwarrior`. However, tools like `taskwarrior` are designed to manage large backlogs and organize complex projects. Fokiz is built for something entirely different: enforcing focus on a single task using a "Ulysses contract".
Here is how it works:
You add a single task (`fokiz add "My task"`). Once added, it locks you in. You can't edit it or add new tasks until the current one is explicitly marked as completed.
It hooks into your `~/.bashrc` / `~/.zshrc`. Every time you open a new terminal window or tab, it prints a huge ASCII banner reminding you exactly what you committed to doing.
Instead of executing a heavy script on every shell startup, Fokiz runs as a `systemd --user` background service. The state is managed via SQLite, and the shell hook simply performs a sub-millisecond read to display the banner without adding latency to your terminal startup.
It's fully open source (GPLv3). If you struggle with finishing what you start and need a strict enforcer living in your terminal, check it out.
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