Task management is fundamentally straightforward and yet workflow specific enough that I recommend everyone just spend a few hours building their own tools at this point.

Beads is a nightmare.

I started off with the original beads and it was definitely a nightmare. However I would recommend using https://github.com/Dicklesworthstone/beads_rust - it's a much simpler implementation of the same concept, without all the random extra stuff thrown on to support Gas Town.