TaskCookerTaskCookerFREE & OPEN-SOURCE DESKTOP APP
TaskCooker is a desktop app for delegating work to AI agents: coding, research, writing, anything you can shape into a task. You manage tasks, subtasks, and projects with their own contexts. TaskCooker manages the agents, directories, and worktrees.
macOS (Apple Silicon) · Windows x64 · Linux builds from source on GitHub
MIT-licensed · Built with TypeScript, React, Rust & Tauri · Works with the AI subscriptions you already pay for
I was running 20 to 40 terminal tabs across different worktrees. Burned out, anxious, staring blankly at the screen trying to remember where I was with each task. There had to be a better way to get things done in the agentic world.
Mark, creator of TaskCooker
TaskCooker is that better way. It’s free, it’s open source, and it runs on any AI subscription you already have, like Claude Code.
HOW IT WORKS
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Describe what needs doing, the way you’d brief a colleague.
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Codex, Claude Code, anything with a CLI — whatever subscription you already have.
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The task gets its own worktree, so an agent can’t destroy your whole app.
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Agents report back through task states. Nothing finishes silently.
FEATURES
THE BOARD
Break work into subtasks and see where each one stands at a glance
Filter out the tasks agents are working on in one click, so the board only shows what needs your attention
Park the tasks agents can’t crack in Blocked, so you know exactly which ones need a talented human developer’s hand
THE PANTRY
Every project keeps its own context
Open projects in separate windows, and run more than one project per folder
Subprojects combine different folders and contexts in one place
SEPARATE BURNERS
One click puts a task in its own worktree
Track what’s merged; commit and merge on the spot
Open a worktree in your terminal or IDE to inspect changes
Run that worktree’s dev site alongside the others
Editable journals and statuses keep a running record of every task. Agents report back through states like Ready to Test, Needs Feedback, and Blocked, so nothing finishes silently. Tag tasks your way.
Built-in terminal plus MCP and CLI integration. Runs today’s coding agents, and the harnesses nobody has invented yet.
Open as many terminals as a task needs. Each one is attached to its task, so you always know which shell belongs to which piece of work.
Open a task’s worktree in Cursor. Keep your current skills and dotfiles. The built-in terminal runs anything you can type.
Run the dev site of your current worktree next to your other worktrees. Create custom actions for anything you repeat. The power is yours.
Find out whether prompting is actually faster than doing it yourself. Adjust tracked time or add manual entries. Subtask time rolls up automatically.
Actively developed — new features and fixes ship daily
Free, open source, MIT — built for you, by people like you. Completely agent-friendly code
TIME TO COOK
Line up a hundred tasks.
Nuke them all.
Serve the masterpiece.
Ship it.
TaskCooker is free. If it saves your sanity, support development onKo-fi.