Is nb still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change 4 days ago. Latest release 7.25.6, 15 days ago.

How widely used is nb?

Widely used. 8.5k stars, 10 years old. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

How to install on macOS

xwmx/nb

CLI and local web plain text note‑taking, bookmarking, and archiving with linking, tagging, filtering, search, Git versioning & syncing, Pandoc conversion, + more, in a single portable script.

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Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (AGPL-3.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change 4 days ago. Latest release 7.25.6, 15 days ago.
How widely used?: Widely used8.5k stars, 10 years old. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 8,474
Activity: Updated this month

Saved setup from 10 h ago

Will it work on macOS?

Yes, it runs on macOS

You'll build it yourself with Node.js.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗xwmx.github.ioThe project's own site.

4 steps on macOS

Download setup.sh

Then run bash setup.sh. It stops at the first error and is safe to run again. Servers and tests aren't started; it lists them at the end. Read it first.

1
Clone the repository
Needs Git: xcode-select --install
```
git clone https://github.com/xwmx/nb.git
cd nb
```

Install the required runtimes

Node.js LTS (no version pinned)

# needs nvm: brew install nvm (or https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm)
nvm install --lts

3
Install dependencies
```
npm ci
```
4
Run the tests
```
npm test
```

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Parts list

1×Node.js LTS (no version pinned)runtime
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Good to know

Makefile has a make install target — it may automate most of these steps.
Nested projects: docs/Gemfile, nb.go/go.mod

Details

License: AGPL-3.0
Open issues: 154
Branch: master

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Yes, it runs on macOS

Start here

4 steps on macOS

Clone the repository

Install the required runtimes

Install dependencies

Run the tests

Did you get it running?

Still stuck? Get a written guide

Yes, it runs on macOS

Start here

4 steps on macOS

Clone the repository

Install the required runtimes

Install dependencies

Run the tests

Did you get it running?

Still stuck? Get a written guide

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