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charmbracelet/skate

A personal key value store 🛼 observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/charmbracelet/skate · Go · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

66/100

  • Activity 97
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 1934
  • days_rel: 545
  • days_push: 18
  • n_releases_24m: 1

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1824 stars · 50 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Skate is a personal key-value store accessed from the command line, written in Go by Charmbracelet. It supports storing and retrieving text and binary data, with list filtering and multiple named databases.

Use cases

  • store snippets from the terminal
  • save key value pairs in a cli
  • remember small bits of data across shell sessions
  • store binary blobs like images from the command line
  • pipe key value data into shell scripts

When to choose

  • you want a simple, fast local key-value store for shell workflows
  • you need to persist text or binary data without a full database
  • you like Charm's terminal tooling ecosystem

When to avoid

  • you need cloud sync between machines (removed as of v1.0.0)
  • you need queries beyond simple key lookup and listing
  • you need concurrent multi-user access or a network service

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

database cli developer-tools developer-tools windows cli cross-platform key-value-store charmbracelet personal-database go command-line linux macos

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
charmbracelet/skatemain66

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="charmbracelet/skate")

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