nodetake

A minimal CLI tool for taking notes directly from your terminal, organized as markdown files.

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Features

• Quickly add timestamped notes
• Search notes by keyword
• View today’s notes
• Save quick ideas separately
• Notes saved as Markdown (.md)
• Organized by date and category
• Perfect for developers and terminal-lovers

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Installation

npm install -g nodetake

Make sure you have Node.js installed.

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Usage

Add a note

nodetake add "Fixed login bug for admin route"

Find a note

nodetake find login

View today’s notes

nodetake today

Save a quick idea

nodetake idea "Auto-generate form UI from JSON schema"

List all saved notes

nodetake list

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Notes Storage

All notes are stored in a hidden .nodetake/ folder inside your current working directory.

Example structure:

.nodetake/
  ├── 2025-07-10.md
  ├── 2025-07-11.md
  ├── ideas.md

You can version-control this folder or back it up to your cloud!

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Why notecli?

Because sometimes, opening Notion or VSCode to jot down a line is just... too much.

• Stay in your coding flow
• Capture thoughts instantly
• Markdown format = easily portable and readable
• Works well with Git, VSCode, and any Markdown viewer

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🛠 Future Plans

• Cloud sync (Dropbox, Google Drive)
• Weekly summary view
• Password-protected notes
• Calendar-based view
• Git commit hook integration

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Contributing

PRs are welcome! Feel free to submit ideas, bugs, or improvements.

To contribute:

git clone https://github.com/shax26/notecli.git
cd notecli
npm install

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License

MIT License — do whatever you want with it!

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Author

Made with ❤️ by Shahadat Jaman
For feedback or ideas: open an issue or DM me on GitHub.

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Links

• NPM Package
• GitHub Repo