Description

Quirk is a command line utility for tracking good and bad habits.

Installation

$ gem install quirk

Then configure your habits in a plaintext file:

$ quirk -e
mile-run: monday, wednesday, thursday ; comments start with semi-colons
walk-dog: everyday

By default, all this does is edit the ~/.quirk file. You can configure which file to use by setting the environment variable QUIRKFILE.

When you've done something, mark it with:

$ quirk -m mile-run

To see a single habit (green days are good, red is bad):

$ quirk -c mile-run
      Jan 2012
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7
 8  9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31

Looking for a specific year?

$ quirk -c mile-run -y 2011

See all of your current streaks:

$ quirk
17 mile-run
 3 walk-dog

Habits are stored in plaintext in ~/.quirk. You can use quirk -e to add/remove entries. Habits start on the day of the first mark by default.

2012/01/01 walk-dog

The first line means you walked the dog on 1/1. You can specify the first/last day for a habit using the ^/$ prefixes:

2012/01/01 ^walk-dog
2012/01/30 $walk-dog

This means I'll start on 1/1 and end on 1/30, it's just a temporary goal for 1 month.