nb is a command line and local web note‑taking, bookmarking, archiving, and knowledge base application with:
- plain text data storage,
- encryption,
- filtering, pinning, #tagging, and search,
- Git-backed versioning and syncing,
- Pandoc-backed conversion,
- [[wiki-style linking]],
- terminal and GUI web browsing,
- inline images,
- todos with tasks,
- global and local notebooks,
- organization with folders,
- customizable color themes,
- extensibility through plugins.
nb creates notes in text-based formats like Markdown, Org, LaTeX, and AsciiDoc, can work with files in any format, can import and export notes to many document formats, and can create private, password-protected encrypted notes and bookmarks. With nb, you can write notes using Vim, Emacs, VS Code, Sublime Text, and any other text editor you like, as well as terminal and GUI web browsers.
nb is also a powerful bookmarking system featuring:
- locally-served, text-centric, distraction-free bookmark browsing in terminal and GUI web browsers,
- local full-text search of cached page content with regular expression support,
- convenient filtering and listing,
- Internet Archive Wayback Machine snapshot lookup for broken links,
- tagging, pinning, linking, and full integration with other nb features.
This is free and open source software.
Website: github.com/xwmx/nb
Support:
Developer: William Melody
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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