Terminotes

Terminotes is a simple note-taking application that runs in the terminal.

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Why Terminotes?

I'm full against the idea of using a note-taking application that requires me to create an account or sign in. I don't want my notes to be stored on a server somewhere. I want them to be stored locally on my machine. That's why I created Terminotes. It's a simple note-taking application that runs in the terminal and stores notes locally on your machine. No need to create an account or sign in.

Also I code on my tablet or phone, and my keyboard is connected, and I need to add a super fast note without opening a browser or an app that requires a lot of resources (And time to open).

So Terminotes is a simple solution for me, and I hope it will be for you too. A very simple terminal app but with the idea of being fast and easy to use.

Instalation

Windows

Download the latest release from the releases page and unzip it, then run the installer.

Custom build

Custom build in Windows

go build -o terminotes.exe ./src/main.go
mv terminotes.exe ../package
cd package
Compress-Archive -Path terminotes.exe, install.bat, uninstall.bat -DestinationPath terminotes_installer.zip

Once you have the terminotes_installer.zip file, you can do whatever you want with it.

MVP

• Create notes with a title and content (body) in the terminal
• List all notes
• View a note by its title
• Delete a note by its title
• Search for notes by title or content
• Export notes to a JSON file
• Import notes from a JSON file
• Configuration file to store the notes file path
• An option to clear all notes
• A help message
• Notes storage in JSON!
• Multiline notes support (Title and content)
• [Required] A CLI
• [Required] An easy Windows installer
• [Optional] Animation when adding, deleting, or viewing a note (I'm not sure about this one)
• [Optional] A GUI (I'm not sure about this one too)
• [Future] A book to store notes in different categories
• [Future] A reminder system
• [Future] Tags for notes
• [Future/Optional] Connection to a cloud service (Like Firebase) to store notes
• [Future] Sync notes between devices
• [Future] Encryption for notes
• [Future] Password protection for notes
• [Future] Markdown support

MVP Usage

• tn add to add a note with only content (The title will be the first line of the content)
• tn add -t "Title" to add a note with a title and no content
• tn add -c "Content" to add a note with no title and only content
• tn add -t "Title" -c "Content" to add a note with a title and content
• tn add -m to add a note with a multiline content (The title will be the first line of the content) (The content will be added line by line until you type [end] in a new line)
• tn add -t "Title" -m to add a note with a title and multiline content (The content will be added line by line until you type [end] in a new line)
• tn add -c "Content" -m to add a note with no title and multiline content (The content will be added line by line until you type [end] in a new line)
• tn add -t "Title" -c "Content" -m to add a note with a title, content, and multiline content (The content will be added line by line until you type [end] in a new line)
• tn list to list all notes
• tn view -id {id} to view a note by its title
• tn delete -id {id} to delete a note by its title (A cursor selection will be shown to select the note if there are multiple notes with the same title)
• tn search -q "Query" to search for notes by title or content
• tn help to show the help message
• tn export to export all notes to a JSON file
• tn import to import notes from a JSON file