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<h1>zk</h1>
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<h4>A plain text note-taking assistant</h4>
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<img alt="Screencast" width="95%" src="docs/assets/media/screencast.svg"/>
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<p>Looking for a quick usage example? <a href="docs/getting-started.md">Let's get started</a>.</p>
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## Description
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`zk` is a command-line tool helping you to maintain a plain text [Zettelkasten](https://zettelkasten.de/introduction/) or [personal wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_wiki).
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### Highlights
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* [Creating notes from templates](docs/note-creation.md)
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* [Advanced search and filtering capabilities](docs/note-filtering.md) including [tags](docs/tags.md), links and mentions
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* [Integration with your favorite editors](docs/editors-integration.md):
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* [Any LSP-compatible editor](docs/editors-integration.md)
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* [`zk-nvim`](https://github.com/mickael-menu/zk-nvim) for Neovim 0.5+
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* [`zk-vscode`](https://github.com/mickael-menu/zk-vscode) for Visual Studio Code
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* (*unmaintained*) [`zk.nvim`](https://github.com/megalithic/zk.nvim) for Neovim 0.5+ by [Seth Messer](https://github.com/megalithic)
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* [Interactive browser](docs/tool-fzf.md), powered by `fzf`
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* [Git-style command aliases](docs/config-alias.md) and [named filters](docs/config-filter.md)
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* [Made with automation in mind](docs/automation.md)
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* [Notebook housekeeping](docs/notebook-housekeeping.md)
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* [Future-proof, thanks to Markdown](docs/future-proof.md)
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* Supports most Markdown syntax flavors
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* Links: regular Markdown links, `[[Wikilinks]]` and Neuron's `[[Folgezettel links]]#`.
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* Tags: `#hashtags`, `:colon:separated:tags:`, Bear's `#multi-word tags#`.
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* [YAML frontmatter](docs/note-frontmatter.md)
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[See the changelog](CHANGELOG.md) for the list of upcoming features waiting to be released.
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### What `zk` is not
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* A note editor.
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* A tool to serve your notes on the web – for this, you may be interested in [Neuron](docs/neuron.md) or [Gollum](https://github.com/gollum/gollum).
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## Install
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[Check out the latest release](https://github.com/mickael-menu/zk/releases) for pre-built binaries for macOS and Linux (`zk` was not tested on Windows).
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### Homebrew
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```sh
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brew install zk
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```
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Or, if you want to the latest changes:
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```sh
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brew install --HEAD zk
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```
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### Nix
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```sh
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# Run zk from Nix store without installing it:
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nix run nixpkgs#zk
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# Or, to install it permanently:
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nix-env -iA zk
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```
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### Arch Linux
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You can install [the zk package](https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/zk/) from the official repos.
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```sh
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sudo pacman -S zk
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```
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### Build from scratch
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Make sure you have a working [Go 1.18+ installation](https://golang.org/), then clone the repository:
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```sh
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$ git clone https://github.com/mickael-menu/zk.git
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$ cd zk
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```
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#### On macOS
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```
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$ make
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$ ./zk -h
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```
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#### On Linux
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```
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$ make
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$ ./zk -h
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```
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## Related projects
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* [Neuron](https://github.com/srid/neuron) – a great tool to publish a Zettelkasten on the web
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* [Emanote](https://emanote.srid.ca/) - an improved successor to Neuron
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* [sirupsen's zk](https://github.com/sirupsen/zk) – a collection of scripts with a similar purpose
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