What is aven?

aven is a local-first task manager for humans and coding agents. It is built as a personal, power-user task system: one overview across projects, task capture from wherever work appears, first-class agent workflows, workspace isolation, and a polished terminal UI.

Why aven?

• Offline-first, repo-independent storage. Tasks live in a local SQLite database, not in tracked files inside each repo. Task capture and agent updates stay independent from git state, branches, worktrees, and checkouts.
• Optional self-hosted sync. Keep the local-first workflow and make the same tasks available across laptops, agents, and other devices through a server you control.
• Projects map to repos. Each repository becomes a project by default, created on demand when you add its first task.
• Agent-first CLI, human-first TUI. Agents get token-efficient output, stable refs, and commands for capturing follow-up work, updating tasks, and preserving context from AI coding agents. Humans get a polished, keyboard-first TUI with project views, filters, sorting, task detail, undo, mouse support, and command palette.
• Stable task refs. Stable, unique Jira-style refs like APP-7KQ9 work offline and show the task’s project at a glance.
• Workspaces are first class. Personal and work tasks can share the same tool without sharing the same visible task universe.
• Markdown-native tasks. Tasks carry Markdown descriptions and append-style notes, so context stays with the task.
• Fast capture from anywhere. Natural-language task intake, tmux popup capture, and agent-friendly commands make it easy to add tasks.