terminotes

A minimal, low-friction terminal note-taker and key-value logging utility backed by a local SQLite database. Formatted strictly for stdout pipeline streaming.

I built this tool to step away from messy, unorganized local text files and learn the Rust ecosystem. If you live inside your terminal and just want a lightweight tool that dumps thoughts straight to persistent disk without context-switching, this is it.

Installation

cargo install terminotes

Usage

Append a note

tn "verify systemd configuration files before reboot"

Tag a note category

Append any standard double-dash flag to index the note automatically under a custom group:

tn "investigate asynchronous warp frameworks" --idea

Stream history

tn list

View all defined categories

tn tags

Local Storage Footprint

No tracking, no telemetry, and no messy config root spam. Everything lives inside a local SQLite binary (terminotes.db) mapped safely to your platform's unified environment data path:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/terminote/
• Linux: ~/.local/share/terminote/

Code Contributions

This is a beginner project milestone. The implementation is lightweight, but if you inspect the raw source and discover un-idiomatic error patterns, sub-optimal indexing, or logic that could be safely refactored, feel free to submit a PR or open an issue. Feedback from senior developers is highly valued.