medi

A speedy CLI driven Markdown manager

Overview

A fast, editor-centric, command-line notes manager built in Rust.

medi is a powerful tool for creating and managing your notes, articles, and documentation directly from the terminal. It’s built for developers, writers, and anyone who loves the speed and focus of a command-line workflow, combining the simplicity of Markdown with the speed of an embedded database.

Key Features

• Speed: Instant access to any note, no matter how large your collection grows.
• Focused workflow: A command-line hub for your writing. Create or edit notes from any directory.
• Flexible input: Create notes interactively in your editor, with a one-liner -m flag, or by piping from other commands.
• Safe deletion: An interactive confirmation prompt on delete prevents accidental data loss.
• Colourful & clear output: Uses coloured output to clearly distinguish between success, info, warnings, and errors.
• Robust import/export: Easily create version-controllable snapshots of your database or import notes from disk.
• Shell Completion: Generates completion scripts for bash, zsh, and fish for a faster workflow.

Core Philosophy

medi is built on a few guiding principles:

• CLI-first: Everything is done through the terminal. No GUIs, no distractions.
• Editor-centric: Your text editor ($EDITOR) is where you write. medi gets you there quickly and saves your work securely.
• Local & private: All content is stored on your local machine. No cloud services, no network access.
• Zero-config start: Install it and start writing immediately.

Technical Details

medi is written in Rust. It uses clap for command-line argument parsing and sled for the embedded key-value database.

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