---
title: Quick Start
description: Launch taskwarrior-tui and get to a usable keyboard workflow quickly.
---

1. Install `taskwarrior` and `taskwarrior-tui`.
2. Run:

   ```bash
   taskwarrior-tui
   ```

3. Use Vim-like keys to navigate your task list. Press `?` for more information.

_Tip_: alias `tt` to `taskwarrior-tui`.

Add the following to your shell profile such as `~/.bashrc` or `~/.zshrc`:

```bash
alias tt="taskwarrior-tui"
```

![](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1813121/89620056-4ed64200-d84c-11ea-9153-9e08bc26d3b4.gif)

If startup fails or the UI feels slow, continue to [Troubleshooting](./troubleshooting/).
