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CLI and local web plain text note‑taking, bookmarking, and archiving with linking, tagging, filtering, search, Git versioning & syncing, Pandoc conversion, + more, in a single portable script.

18 mentions on Hacker News by 15 people: 1 story, 17 comments · first 2020-10-07 · latest 2023-06-16

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  1. I use [nb]( https://github.com/xwmx/nb ). It's a CLI tool (easy to write a GUI for if you want one) that is fast, uses Git to version control things, and handles more than just bookmarks. I sync across computers using Dropbox.
    comment by Code-Monki · 2023-06-16 · in Ask HN: What's a good, privacy focused bookmark manager?
  2. Should be doable with nb - https://github.com/xwmx/nb#-bookmarks Each bookmark is saved as a markdown file so syncing is straightforward. I mainly use it with the command line interface but you can also use a UI running in the browser.
    comment by NightlyNorth · 2022-11-11 · in Pinboard vs. Raindrop
  3. Actually, the repository contains also Go implementation: https://github.com/xwmx/nb/tree/master/nb.go
    comment by toppy · 2022-10-11 · in Command line and local web note‑taking, bookmarking, archiving application
  4. I like nb[0] which is obviously super different in approach but similar in intent. [0] https://github.com/xwmx/nb
    comment by whiskeytuesday · 2022-08-12 · in Curio – Notebook application for note-taking and research
  5. …search, Git versioning & syncing, Pandoc conversion, + more, in a single portable script.]( https://github.com/xwmx/nb )
    comment by 97-109-107 · 2022-06-11 · in Show HN: LinkWarden – A self-hosted bookmark and archive manager
  6. what Sonse feature comparing with https://github.com/xwmx/nb ?
    comment by garryeyye · 2022-05-07 · in Show HN: Sonse, a note-taking CLI for plaintext enthusiasts
  7. NB does exactly this: https://github.com/xwmx/nb
    comment by pokstad · 2022-03-02 · in Write plain text files
  8. Something like this, yes: nb ⌘ https://github.com/xwmx/nb Do an `nb $URL` in the CLI and `nb` will save the data as a markdown file in a collection managed by `git`. You can then e.g. `nb search` to find what you're looking for, or `nb…
    comment by kseistrup · 2021-12-04 · in Show HN: Irchiver, your full-resolution personal web archive
  9. …(if readability CLI is installed it will make a local text copy of the page you're bookmarking): https://github.com/xwmx/nb It's AGPL'ed.
    comment by kseistrup · 2021-10-17 · in Obsidian – A knowledge base from a local folder of plain text Markdown files
  10. I use nb https://github.com/xwmx/nb for both bookmarks and notetaking. nb <link> downloads a copy of the link and stores it along with the bookmark. All notes (and consequently bookmarks and their contents) are stored as plain-text…
    comment by msravi · 2021-07-27 · in A Unix-style personal search engine and web crawler for your digital footprint
  11. I use nb ( https://github.com/xwmx/nb ) and sync to gitlab. The best part of nb, is that you can bookmark a url, and nb will keep a copy of the page with the bookmarked url. So if the page disappears later, you still have a copy with your…
    comment by msravi · 2021-06-17 · in Note Taking in 2021
  12. I recommend 'nb' ( https://github.com/xwmx/nb ) CLI and local web plain text note‑taking, bookmarking, and archiving with linking, tagging, filtering, search, Git versioning & syncing, Pandoc conversion, + more in a single portable script.
    comment by hyb · 2021-06-17 · in Note Taking in 2021
  13. Seems similar to nb. https://github.com/xwmx/nb
    comment by makeworld · 2021-02-22 · in Show HN: Note, my simple command-line note taking app
  14. nb seems like a souped-up version of this tool, and a few others mentioned in the thread. https://github.com/xwmx/nb
    comment by makeworld · 2020-12-04 · in How I Manage My Random Daily Notes
  15. Have you checked out nb at https://github.com/xwmx/nb ?
    comment by I_complete_me · 2020-10-25 · in A simpler approach to bookmarks
  16. …impressive piece of work, but a lot of the reason for that length is just a lot of repetition, e.g. https://github.com/xwmx/nb/blob/master/nb#L10423
    comment by dmd · 2020-10-07 · in Show HN: CLI plain-text notes & bookmarks with Git, sync, encryption, and more
  17. I am surprised to see there are 3,365 commits of this project with a 5-year gap: https://github.com/xwmx/nb/graphs/contributors Perhaps there are some interesting stories that the author would like to tell?
    comment by ontouchstart · 2020-10-07 · in Show HN: CLI plain-text notes & bookmarks with Git, sync, encryption, and more