{"repo":"nickjj/notes","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/nickjj/notes","clone":"git clone https://github.com/nickjj/notes.git","description":"A zero dependency shell script that makes it really simple to manage your text notes.","language":"Shell","stars":156,"topics":["notes","note-taking","shell","shell-script"],"license":"MIT","category":"productivity","readme_excerpt":"Notes A zero dependency POSIX compliant shell script that makes it really simple to manage your text notes. Instead of trying to impose a whole bunch of rules and syntax requirements, this tool does its best to get out of your way. It tries to do everything possible so that if you're working in a terminal, you can save whatever text you want into a file. This could come from typing a sentence out, pasting something from your clipboard or saving the output of a program. Demo Video Updates to the notes script since this video - v0.2.0 scopes the notes files per month instead of per day. This differs from what's in the video at the 4:00 mark. - v0.1.0 matches exactly what's in this video. Design Goals and Philosophy I've been keeping track of my notes in plain text files since 2001. I always felt like when it comes to jotting down notes it was always best to do everything possible to keep friction low. That means not worrying about specific file types, formatting, tagging, check boxes, syntax rules and a bunch of other things that delay you from getting something out of your head and into a document. Text is amazing for notes because: - You can use grep and friends to search through it later - Even with notes dating back from 2001, I'm only using 1.5mb of disk space - It's really easy to back up and sync to other devices using Drop Box or similar tools Since it's unstructured text you can use this tool for whatever type of note taking you want. You can keep track of general thou","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/nickjj","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/nickjj/notes/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}