Nb Cli Note Taking Bookmarking Knowledge Base

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name: "nb CLI Note-Taking Bookmarking and Knowledge Base Application"
slug: "nb-cli-note-taking-bookmarking-knowledge-base"
description: "nb is a command-line and local web note-taking, bookmarking, archiving, and knowledge base application. It stores everything as plain text with Git-backed versioning and syncing, supports wiki-style linking, encryption, tagging, search, and Pandoc-powered import/export — all in a single portable Bash script."
github_stars: 8088
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/xwmx/nb"
category: "Calendar, Email & Productivity"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "xwmx/nb"
  github_stars: 8088
---

# nb CLI Note-Taking Bookmarking and Knowledge Base Application

nb is a command-line and local web note-taking, bookmarking, archiving, and knowledge base application. It stores everything as plain text with Git-backed versioning and syncing, supports wiki-style linking, encryption, tagging, search, and Pandoc-powered import/export — all in a single portable Bash script.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- brew install xwmx/taps/nb
- brew install xwmx/taps/nb --head
- brew install nb bash
- npm install -g nb.sh

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- #### Dependencies
- ##### Required
- [Bash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash_(Unix_shell))

- Source: https://github.com/xwmx/nb
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xwmx/nb/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/nb-cli-note-taking-bookmarking-knowledge-base/)