Nott

The offline authenticated NOte-Taking app for the Terminal.

Since Nott is completely offline, you can securely store your data locally with no possible interception. Even if the database is directly accessed, it shows only encrypted body content. Things such as title, tags, and datetime values are all stored in plaintext.

Installation

Nott is available from PyPI:

pip install nott

Check it out here: https://pypi.org/project/nott

Commands

Note

The following commands and examples are a quick overview of everything, but there is also a --help argument that lists everything for you when using the application.

Command	Description	Quick Link
nott init	Initialize the environment for Nott	nott init
nott login	Create a local cached session key	nott login
nott logout	Remove local session key	nott logout
nott add	Add a new note to the local database	nott add
nott list	List all available notes based on title and/or tag	nott list
nott show	Show the contents of the note, if authenticated	nott show
nott edit	Edit the note in your default $EDITOR	nott edit
nott update-title	Update the title of the note after creation	nott update-title
nott set-tags	Update the tags associated with the note after creation	nott set-tags
nott search	Search the contents of the file (does not show the contents)	nott search
nott rm	Delete the note permanently	nott rm
nott change-pass	Change the stored password in the database and config	nott change-pass
nott export	Export all notes in Markdown to a designated directory	nott export

nott init

Usage

nott init

nott login

Usage

nott login

nott logout

Usage

nott logout

nott add

Argument	Description
title	The title of the note being added
--tags	Comma-separated tags for the note
--body	The contents of the note

Usage

nott add "Title" --tags "tag1,tag2,tag3" --body "Encrypted body content stored within the note"

nott list

Argument	Description
--tag	Filter by a specific tag
--query	Filter the title by substring
--limit	The number of notes to query

Usage

nott list --tag "tag1" --query "Title" --limit 10

nott show

Argument	Description
id	The ID of the note you want to access

Usage

NOTE: This is just an example ID. Use nott list to see your local notes or nott add to create one.

nott show "b27cfd56-c3b4-4343-ac90-87ecd806d31c"

nott edit

Argument	Description
id	The ID of the note you want to access

Usage

NOTE: This is just an example ID. Use nott list to see your local notes or nott add to create one.

nott edit "b27cfd56-c3b4-4343-ac90-87ecd806d31c"

nott update-title

Argument	Description
id	The ID of the note you want to access
--title	The new title for the note

Usage

NOTE: This is just an example ID. Use nott list to see your local notes or nott add to create one.

nott update-title "b27cfd56-c3b4-4343-ac90-87ecd806d31c" --title "New Title"

nott set-tags

Argument	Description
id	The ID of the note you want to access
--tags	Comma-separated tags for the note

Usage

NOTE: This is just an example ID. Use nott list to see your local notes or nott add to create one.

nott set-tags "b27cfd56-c3b4-4343-ac90-87ecd806d31c" --tags "Tag1, Tag2, Tag3"

nott search

Argument	Description
term	Searches the bodies of all notes (does not show the contents, decrypts-on-the-fly)

Usage

NOTE: This is very similar to how grep operates if you're familiar with it.

nott search "Secret value within body"

nott rm

Argument	Description
id	The ID of the note you want to access
--yes	Skip the confirmation

Usage

NOTE: This is just an example ID. Use nott list to see your local notes or nott add to create one.

nott rm "b27cfd56-c3b4-4343-ac90-87ecd806d31c"

nott change-pass

Usage

nott change-pass

nott export

Argument	Description
--path	The directory to export Markdown files to

Usage

nott export --path "export_dir"