xwmx/nb

Health v2 · maintenance only

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8377 stars · 253 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

nb is a command-line and local web note-taking, bookmarking, archiving, and knowledge base application implemented as a single portable shell script. It stores notes as plain text (Markdown, Org, LaTeX, AsciiDoc) with Git-backed versioning and syncing, tagging, wiki-style linking, full-text search, encryption, and Pandoc-based import/export.

Use cases

• take plain text notes from the command line
• manage bookmarks with local full-text search
• build a zettelkasten knowledge base with wiki-style links
• version and sync notes with git
• encrypt private notes and bookmarks
• convert notes between markdown, org, latex, and other formats
• keep todos and tasks alongside notes

When to choose

• you want plain-text, future-proof notes stored in standard formats
• you live in the terminal and use editors like Vim, Emacs, or VS Code
• you want git versioning and syncing built in without extra setup
• you need a portable single-script tool with no heavy dependencies
• you want a local, distraction-free bookmark manager with cached page content

When to avoid

• you need rich WYSIWYG editing or mobile apps
• you require real-time multi-user collaboration
• you prefer GUI-first note apps like Notion or Obsidian with plugin ecosystems
• you need a database-backed system with structured queries

Facets

application · maturity stable

search-engine documentation markdown file-system cli gui security version-control plugin-system developer-tools self-hosted files windows cli self-hosted cross-platform note-taking bookmarks zettelkasten plain-text git-sync pandoc knowledge-base shell-script archiving vim vscode command-line linux macos

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