Command Line Notes App (CLI, Tags, Full-text Search)

A fast CLI notes app in pure Node.js

A command-line notes manager: create, search, edit and export notes with tags, categories, accent-insensitive full-text search and atomic JSON storage. Zero runtime dependencies.

What's included

• Full CRUD — add, list, show, edit, delete
• Tags + categories — organize notes
• Full-text search — multi-term, accent-insensitive, ranked
• Exclusion search — -term to exclude
• Export — JSON, Markdown, plain text
• Atomic storage — safe writes
• 20 passing tests — node:test suite

Quick Start

npm install
node src/index.js add "Buy groceries" --tag errands

Stack

Node.js 18+ · pure ESM · zero deps

Use cases

• Personal quick notes
• Journaling in the terminal
• Snippet storage
• Learning CLI design