A terminal-based markdown note manager for exploring connections, viewing statistics, and editing zettelkasten-style notes.
Rucola is a terminal-based markdown note manager designed for users of zettelkasten-style interlinked note systems. It provides statistics, graph navigation, and seamless integration with external editors and HTML viewers, all within a fast, lightweight terminal interface. It solves the problem of managing and exploring complex note collections without leaving the command line.
Developers and technical users who maintain a zettelkasten or interconnected markdown note system and prefer working primarily in the terminal with tools like vim, emacs, or helix.
Developers choose Rucola for its lightweight, terminal-native approach that avoids heavy GUI frameworks, its deep integration with powerful external editors, and its focus on providing note-specific insights and navigation without sacrificing performance or customizability.
Terminal-based markdown note manager.
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Uses no GUI or Electron, making it fast to open and responsive, especially on older hardware, as highlighted in comparisons to Obsidian in the README.
Allows editing with preferred terminal editors like vim, emacs, or helix, leveraging all existing plugins and settings for a powerful workflow.
Automatically updates wiki links when renaming or moving notes, a feature not supported by some LSP servers, ensuring link integrity without manual fixes.
Compiles markdown to HTML with LaTeX support and code highlighting, enabling better readability in external browsers without manual conversion steps.
Admits to having less extensibility and no graph view compared to tools like Obsidian, which may limit advanced users seeking rich visualizations.
Requires three configuration files and relies on external editors and HTML viewers, adding complexity to initial setup and ongoing management.
Future features, such as improved markdown parsing, depend on progress of external projects like comrak, potentially delaying enhancements or fixes.
rucola is an open-source alternative to the following products:
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