pimterry/notes

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

1321 stars · 81 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A shell-based command line tool for taking notes as plain markdown text files in a folder. It glues together your own editor and file-syncing solution, adding commands to create, search, and manage notes without any proprietary format or lock-in.

Use cases

• take notes from the terminal in markdown
• keep notes as plain text files synced with dropbox
• quickly create and search notes from the command line
• avoid vendor lock-in with note-taking apps
• edit notes with vim or any editor I choose
• manage a folder of notes with tab completion in bash or zsh

When to choose

• you live in the terminal and want fast note creation and lookup
• you want notes as portable plain-text markdown files you own
• you already have a sync service and a favorite text editor
• you want a lightweight unix-style tool instead of a bloated app

When to avoid

• you want a graphical or mobile note-taking UI
• you need rich formatting, attachments, or web clipping
• you prefer an all-in-one app with built-in sync
• you need collaborative editing features

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

cli markdown file-system developer-tools developer-tools text-editors files cli cross-platform note-taking shell-script unix-philosophy plain-text zsh sync-friendly no-lock-in command-line linux macos

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