@intina47/jot

jot

Keep one notebook for nonsense. That's where your real patterns hide.

jot is a terminal-first notebook for capturing raw thoughts, quick notes, and lightweight files without leaving the shell.

Install

npm install -g @intina47/jot

The npm package downloads the matching prebuilt binary from GitHub Releases during install.

Supported targets:

• macOS x64, arm64
• Linux x64, arm64
• Windows x64

Quick start

Capture one thought:

jot

Or:

jot init

Capture a richer entry with metadata:

jot capture "Ship the help refresh" --title release --tag cli --project jot

If you omit the content, jot opens your editor:

jot capture --title "standup notes" --tag team

Read back

Browse the timeline:

jot list

Show the full terminal view without truncation:

jot list --full

Open one specific entry by id when a preview tells you to:

jot open dg0ftbuoqqdc-62

Open the native file picker:

jot open

Or open a local PDF in the browser:

jot open "C:\Users\mamba\Downloads\paper.pdf"

If the argument is not a jot id and points to a local .pdf, jot opens it through a temporary local browser URL instead of relying on the system .pdf file association. Other existing files open with the system default app.

On Windows, you can add an Explorer context-menu entry for files:

jot integrate windows

Remove it with:

jot integrate windows --remove

Templates

Create a dated note from a template:

jot new --template daily

Create multiple notes from the same template on the same day:

jot new --template meeting -n "Team Sync"

List available templates:

jot templates

Help

The CLI now ships a fuller built-in help screen:

jot help
jot help capture
jot help list

Data

• Journal entries are stored locally in ~/.jot/journal.jsonl
• Template-created note files stay in your current working directory
• Nothing is uploaded by the CLI itself

Notes for npm users

• The binary is fetched during postinstall
• Reinstalling the package downloads the binary for the current platform
• The package depends on the corresponding GitHub release assets already existing