# Rusty Notes
[](https://crates.io/crates/rusty-notes)
A simple local Web-UI Notebook using Markdown.

## Install & Setup
```
$ cargo install -f rusty-notes
```
You need to a one-tiime setup setup like:
```
$ git clone https://github.com/mitnk/rusty-notes
$ cd rusty-notes
$ make setup DIR=~/rusty-notes
```
This will make a notebook for your at `~/rusty-notes`, you can make more
markdown notes under this directory. Sub-directories will be treated as
categories.
You can change the root directory, see "run server" section below.
## Run Server
```bash
export RUSTY_SERVER_ADDR=127.0.0.1:7777
export RUSTY_DIR_NOTES="$HOME/rusty-notes"
export RUSTY_DIR_TEMPLATES="$HOME/rusty-notes/static/templates"
nohup rusty-notes > /tmp/rusty-notes.log &
```
## Why this is useful?
So that you have a local Markdown notebook tracked and backed up with Git. And
simply run `rusty-notes` behind Nginx for a straightforward blogging system,
eliminating the need for a static HTML builder.