jrnlc – plain-text terminal journal

jrnlc is a personal project built to be simple, fast, and predictable. It stores journal entries in a plain-text file and focuses on minimalism rather than features. No database, no cloud sync — just text on disk.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

• Local (directory specific) and global journals.
• Add journal entries from command-line arguments or stdin
• Optional tags for entries
• Display entries using ranges
• Uses the tag of the last entry for the new entry, unless a specific tag is passed
• Filter entries by time (–before, –after)
• Atomic file writes (write-to-temp + rename)
• Plain-text, human-readable storage format
• Config file to store journal path and color codes
• Optional ANSI colorized output (configurable)
• Compatible with Unix tools like grep, less, echo etc.

Website: github.com/manjunathamajety/jrnlc
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Developer: Manjunatha Sarma Majety
License: MIT License

jrnlc is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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