This repository is a personal project to create a note taking app. The application heavily mirrors the Zettelkasten method of note taking. Each note has some metadata (id, title, tags, date created) and a body. These notes are then linked via tags and backlinks. The entire app is designed to be a CLI tool for managing 'personal knowledge storage.' It should work well with vim-like editors.

Currently all the note metadata is aggregated into a vault stored in ~/second_brain/notes.json. The notes themselves are stored in ~/second_brain/notes/ as markdown files. The vault uses encryption to store the metadata securely, the key for this is generated on first use and stored in ~/.second_brain_key.

Features

• Add notes
• Markdown support
• Graph view
• Tagging
• Search
• Backlinks
• Drawing support
• Mobile app ???
• Sync
• Export
• Import

Installation

1. Clone the repository
2. Run chmod +x setup.sh && ./setup.sh
3. Run source bin/activate to start the virtual environment
   • To deactivate the virtual environment run deactivate
4. Run pip install -r requirements.txt
5. (Optional) Alias the script to a command in your shell i.e. alias sb="<path to repo>/sb.sh"

Usage

• sb <note name> - Add a new note
• sb -l - List all notes
• sb -s <tag> - Search for notes with a tag
• sb -b <note name> - List all notes that link to this note
• sb -e <note name> - Edit a note