Snippet

A fast, personal note-keeping service for the command line.

About

Snippet is a lightweight service for capturing short notes from the terminal. Notes are stored chronologically and browsable by time window — day, week, month, quarter, or year. A macOS menu-bar app gives you quick access without leaving your workflow.

Usage

# Register an account
snippet register

# Log in
snippet login

# Add a note (opens interactive editor; Ctrl+S to save, Esc to cancel)
snippet add

# List this week's notes
snippet ls

# List last week's notes
snippet ls --period week --ago 2

# List today's notes, one line each
snippet ls --period day --short

# Edit the most recent note
snippet edit

# Delete a note by ID
snippet del 42

Install via Homebrew

brew tap borud/snippets
brew install snippet

macOS Toolbar App

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