TUI Notes 📝

A terminal-based post-it notes application — organize your thoughts in a 3×3 grid, right from the command line.

Features

• 3×3 Post-it Grid — Up to 9 notes displayed simultaneously
• 6 Colors — Yellow, Green, Blue, Pink, Orange, Purple (press c to change)
• Persistent Storage — Auto-saves to ~/.config/tui-notes/notes.json
• Move Mode — Rearrange notes freely, even to empty slots
• Export — Export all notes to Markdown (Ctrl+E)
• Keyboard-driven — Full operation without mouse

Installation

# Recommended for CLI tools (isolated environment, globally available)
pipx install tui-notes

# Or with pip in a virtual environment
pip install tui-notes

From source

git clone https://github.com/Douglas019BR/tui-notes.git
cd tui-notes
pip install -e .

Usage

tui-notes

Keyboard Shortcuts

Key	Action
a	Add note at selected position
e / Enter	Edit selected note
d	Delete selected note (with confirmation)
c	Change note color
m	Enter Move mode (swap/reorder)
← ↑ ↓ →	Navigate between slots
Ctrl+S	Save notes manually
Ctrl+R	Reload notes from disk
Ctrl+E	Export to ~/tui-notes-export.md
?	Show help screen
Escape	Cancel move mode
q	Quit

Data Storage

Notes are stored as JSON in the platform-specific config directory:

Platform	Path
Linux	~/.config/tui-notes/notes.json
macOS	~/Library/Application Support/tui-notes/notes.json
Windows	%APPDATA%/tui-notes/notes.json

Development

# Setup
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .
pip install -r requirements-dev.txt

# Run
python -m tui_notes

# Tests
pytest

# Linting
black tui_notes/ tests/
isort tui_notes/ tests/
pylint tui_notes/

Requirements

• Python 3.9+
• Terminal with color support

License

MIT - LICENSE