Task Master AI
Task management system for AI-driven development with Cursor and Claude.
Agent, MCP and tool libraries npm MIT WITH Commons-Clause
How Task Master AI is used
Task Master AI is a dependency in 19 of the 6,208 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned, too few to describe it from them alone. Our scan also samples projects by dependency (Solana 2,661, Ethereum and EVM 1,496, 3D and games 2,818, agent frameworks and SDKs 10,983); counting those, it appears in 25 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. Projects that use it most often also use Jest (28.0%), dotenv (40.0%), Axios (28.0%). It is more common in projects set up for Roo Code (7.2%) than for GitHub Copilot (0.2%).
Task Master AI popularity over time
Gid Score 41: downloads 20, use in agent projects 31, GitHub stars 67, downloads trend 62 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with Task Master AI
| Jest | 28.0% of Task Master AI projects · 4.4× more than average |
|---|---|
| dotenv | 40.0% of Task Master AI projects · 2.6× more than average |
| Axios | 28.0% of Task Master AI projects · 3.7× more than average |
| Testing Library | 32.0% of Task Master AI projects · 3.2× more than average |
| cmdk | 24.0% of Task Master AI projects · 3.8× more than average |
| React Hook Form | 28.0% of Task Master AI projects · 3.1× more than average |
| Tailwind CSS Animate | 24.0% of Task Master AI projects · 3.5× more than average |
| Upstash Redis | 20.0% of Task Master AI projects · 13.2× more than average |
From all 25 projects in our scan that use Task Master AI, including the dependency samples.
By coding agent
| Cursor | 0.7% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 3.3% of projects set up for it |
| Roo Code | 7.2% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Task Master AI as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install task-master-ai |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (13), Next.js (4), Rust (3), Python (3) |
| Example projects | avivl/claude-007-agents, dutradotdev/mcp-portal-transparencia, vltansky/cursor-chat-history-mcp |
Alternatives to Task Master AI
In our scan, none of the most used tools in Agent, MCP and tool libraries does the same job as Task Master AI: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
More in Agent, MCP and tool libraries: Model Context Protocol SDK (JavaScript) Model Context Protocol SDK (Python) FastMCP (Python) LangChain LangGraph LangChain.js Mastra Agent Client Protocol SDK