clin is a terminal note management application inspired by Obsidian.
It provides a compact TUI environment for creating, editing, browsing, searching, and organising Markdown notes. The application supports Obsidian-style workflows including vaults, wikilinks, graph visualisation, canvas files, templates, themes, and optional per-note encryption, while keeping resource usage low and the interface keyboard friendly.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Provides a terminal interface for managing Markdown notes, folders, tags, pinned notes, and trash.
- Includes a built-in editor with undo and redo, mouse support, line numbers, Markdown preview, and external editor integration.
- Offers a graph view for visualising note connections created with wikilinks.
- Supports Obsidian-compatible .canvas files with text, file, link, and group nodes.
- Includes templates, themes, Git-based backups, configurable keybindings, OCR paste, and per-note encryption.
Website: github.com/reekta92/clin-rs
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Developer: reekta92
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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| Glues | Vim-inspired TUI note-taking app |
| TUI-Journal | Terminal-based journaling and note-taking application |
| Rucola | Terminal-based markdown note manager |
| Frogmouth | Markdown browser for the terminal |
| FuzPad | Minimalistic note management solution |
| clin | Terminal note management application inspired by Obsidian |
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