Termux:Tasker
by Tarek Sander · GPL-3.0-only · open source
A plugin that lets automation apps such as Tasker run your Termux scripts, so a shell script can react to a time, a place, a notification or any other trigger.
Needs:Termux from F-Droid · Tasker or similar · Android 5.0+
2113 Apps is independent, not affiliated with or endorsed by Tarek Sander. Official sources: termux.com · source code on GitHub.
- Version
- 0.9.0
- Size
- 2.9 MB
- Requires
- Android 5.0+
- Updated
- 2025-09-05
Screenshots
Introduction
Termux:Tasker connects Termux to automation apps. Tasker is the best known, but the plugin works with other apps that host Tasker-style plugins. The automation decides when something happens; your Termux script decides what.
Setting it up
- Install it from the same source as your Termux.
- Put your scripts in
~/.termux/tasker/. - Give the automation app permission to run commands in Termux. For Tasker: Settings → Apps → Tasker → Permissions → Additional permissions → Run commands in Termux environment. Without this, no plugin command runs at all.
- In Tasker, add an action, choose Plugin, then the Termux plugin, and pick your script. It runs in the background by default, or in a new terminal session if you choose.
Scripts in ~/.termux/tasker/ need nothing more. Running programs from anywhere else requires turning on allow-external-apps in Termux’s properties file, and the README warns against that if you’ve given the run-commands permission to an app you don’t fully trust.
Good to know
- By default a command times out after 10 seconds, and the output handed back to Tasker is cut to 100 kilobytes.
- F-Droid flags it NonFreeDep: it’s meant to be used with Tasker, which is a paid, closed-source app.
- It has no native code; the file is 2.9 MB and runs on Android 5.0 and later.
- It only works with a Termux from the same source; our Termux plugins guide explains why. The Google Play version of Termux doesn’t offer a Tasker plugin yet.
What’s inside the APK
Trackers
No code matching the Exodus Privacy tracker signatures.
Native code
Pure Java/Kotlin, so it runs on any CPU.
Android versions
Built for Android 9 (target API 28).
Permissions
0 of them need your approval first.
Flagged by F-Droid:
- NonFreeDep: Depends on a non-free app or library.
Granted at install (1)
Low-risk permissions Android grants automatically, plus any we have not classified.
- VIBRATE
Defined by other apps (1)
Permissions that belong to another app or to this app itself.
- com.termux.tasker.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
More Information
- Package name
- com.termux.tasker
- Version
- 0.9.0 (build 1002)
- File size
- 2.9 MB (2,892,038 bytes)
- Requires
- Android 5.0 or later
- Category
- System Tools
- License
- GPL-3.0-only
- Developer
- Tarek Sander
- Source code
- github.com/termux/termux-tasker
- Released
- Sep 5, 2025
- Signed by
- F-Droid, which built this APK from the published source code. Because the key is F-Droid’s, it won’t install over a copy from Google Play or GitHub (or the other way round) without uninstalling first.
- Signer SHA-256
- 228fb2cfe90831c1499ec3ccaf61e96e8e1ce70766b9474672ce427334d41c42
- File SHA-256
- f8cd889f9987759bcaeb68b8a8ba337085b5938b97a5cd9f05a4e610d411ef5e
- Checked
- , against the F-Droid index · how we check · verify it yourself
Common questions
Is this APK the official Termux:Tasker release?
It is F-Droid’s build rather than the developer’s own: F-Droid compiled Termux:Tasker 0.9.0 from the published source code and signed it with its own key. Its SHA-256 matches F-Droid’s signed index. Because the key is F-Droid’s, it won’t install over a copy from Google Play or GitHub without uninstalling first.
What Android version does Termux:Tasker need?
Android 5.0 or later (API level 21). Version 0.9.0 is built for Android 9 (target API 28). Pure Java/Kotlin, so it runs on any CPU.
Can Termux:Tasker access the internet?
No. The APK doesn’t request Android’s internet permission, so the app can’t go online by itself. In total it declares 2 permissions, and none of them needs your approval first.
Does Termux:Tasker contain trackers?
No known trackers: our scan of version 0.9.0 found no code matching the Exodus Privacy tracker signatures. The scan covers known tracker libraries; it doesn’t show what data the app itself sends.
Is Termux:Tasker open source?
Yes. Termux:Tasker is released under the GPL-3.0-only licence, and its source code is published at https://github.com/termux/termux-tasker.
Recent releases
| Version | Released | Size | Requires |
|---|---|---|---|
| v0.9.0 · this download | Sep 5, 2025 | 2.9 MB | Android 5.0+ |
| v0.6.0 | Feb 23, 2022 | 2.3 MB | Android 7.0+ |
| v0.5 | Dec 9, 2020 | 1.4 MB | Android 7.0+ |
Versions currently kept in the F-Droid repository. We host and check only the newest one. Full changelog.
