Things 3 CLI

Use things to read your local Things database (inbox/today/search/projects/areas/tags) and to add/update todos via the Things URL scheme.

Setup

• Check if already installed: which things (if it returns a path, skip installation)
• Install (Homebrew): brew install ossianhempel/tap/things3-cli
• Install (Go, recommended for Apple Silicon): GOBIN=/opt/homebrew/bin go install github.com/ossianhempel/things3-cli/cmd/things@latest
• Optional: set THINGSDB (or pass --db) to point at your ThingsData-* folder.

Things auth token

Update operations require an auth token. You should set THINGS_AUTH_TOKEN in your shell profile (e.g., ~/.zshrc) to persist it.

Read-only (DB)