jot — a terminal notebook
for thoughts you’re embarrassed to open Notion for.
jot — a terminal notebook launched on December 25, 2025 with 19 votes, #595 of 11,628 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
What it does
Most note apps assume your thoughts are already clear. Mine usually aren’t. jot is a tiny CLI tool for capturing raw thoughts, half-ideas, and nonsense — directly from your terminal. No tags. No folders. No setup. One notebook. Chronological. Local. You type. You press enter. You go back to work. Over time, patterns show up on their own. If you want a second brain, this isn’t it. If you want a place to be early, welcome.
Terminal notebook and local file viewer. Capture thoughts fast, open any Markdown, JSON, XML or PDF file in a clean viewer — right from your terminal. - Intina47/jot
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Jot: Rapid note management for the terminal, inspired by Obsidian2022 · github.com · ▲146⚡Rapid note management for the terminal. Contribute to shashwatah/jot development by creating an account on GitHub.
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