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.
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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
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source: "https://github.com/xwmx/nb"
category: "Calendar, Email & Productivity"
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# 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/)