Caps-Log (Captain’s Log) is a small, terminal-based journaling tool.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Daily entries saved as Markdown files.
- Sections and tags for organizing entries (level 1 headers for sections, unordered lists starting with ‘*’ for tags) Log Entry Tags and Sections.
- Two menus for navigating sections and tags.
- Browse tags under a specific section or all tags.
- Calendar view highlighting dates with mentions of selected tags or sections, providing a visual representation of habits and activities.
- Calendar view highlighting dates with log entries, allowing you to see when you wrote something.
- Calendar view highlighting dates with annual events, such as birthdays and holidays, allowing you to see when you have an event coming up.
- Open log entries in your preferred editor using $EDITOR environment variable.
- Primitive remote storage feature using a git repository with a remote for pushing and pulling data.
- Scratchpad feature for quick note-taking without creating a new log entry.
- Encrypted logs using AES encryption algorithm for added security.
Website: github.com/NikolaDucak/caps-log
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Developer: Nikola Dućak
License: MIT License
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