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<h1>zk</h1>
<h4>A plain text note-taking assistant</h4>
<img alt="Screencast" width="95%" src="docs/assets/media/screencast.svg"/>
</div>
Looking for a quick usage example? [Let's get started](docs/getting-started.md).
## News: We Are In Maintenance Mode
> [!IMPORTANT]
> As of January 2nd, the original brain behind zk, [Mickaël
> Menu](https://github.com/mickael-menu), made the difficult decision to retire
> from zk and the suite of programs supporting it. He put out a [call for
> maintainers](https://github.com/zk-org/zk/discussions/371), which has
> garnerned enough response to enable the project to continue! So zk is
> definitely still here for you.
>
> During this transition phase, we are placing the project into a maintenance
> mode, which means we are going to address existing issues and any teething
> problems with transferring the code bases to the new
> [zk-org](https://github.com/zk-org) organisation, which is where you can now
> find all the related projects. It also gives us new maintainers the space to
> get up to speed with the code base, which will help us address new issues and
> feature requests when they come.
>
> So for now, feel free to lodge new issues, but please withold on feature
> requests until we are out of maintenance mode. This will help keep our issues
> boards concise and pr's easier to manage.
>
> The [call to maintainers](https://github.com/zk-org/zk/discussions/371) is
> still open. Please comment there if you feel commited enough to come onboard!
> PR's, ideas, discussions and conversations are still and always will be
> warmly welcomed, with or without 'maintainer' status ❤️
## Description
`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).
### Highlights
* [Creating notes from templates](docs/note-creation.md)
* [Advanced search and filtering capabilities](docs/note-filtering.md) including [tags](docs/tags.md), links and mentions
* [Integration with your favorite editors](docs/editors-integration.md):
* [Any LSP-compatible editor](docs/editors-integration.md)
* [`zk-nvim`](https://github.com/zk-org/zk-nvim) for Neovim 0.5+
* [`zk-vscode`](https://github.com/zk-org/zk-vscode) for Visual Studio Code
* (*unmaintained*) [`zk.nvim`](https://github.com/megalithic/zk.nvim) for Neovim 0.5+ by [Seth Messer](https://github.com/megalithic)
* [Interactive browser](docs/tool-fzf.md), powered by `fzf`
* [Git-style command aliases](docs/config-alias.md) and [named filters](docs/config-filter.md)
* [Made with automation in mind](docs/automation.md)
* [Notebook housekeeping](docs/notebook-housekeeping.md)
* [Future-proof, thanks to Markdown](docs/future-proof.md)
* Supports most Markdown syntax flavors
* Links: regular Markdown links, `[[Wikilinks]]` and Neuron's `[[Folgezettel links]]#`.
* Tags: `#hashtags`, `:colon:separated:tags:`, Bear's `#multi-word tags#`.
* [YAML frontmatter](docs/note-frontmatter.md)
[See the changelog](CHANGELOG.md) for the list of upcoming features waiting to be released.
### What `zk` is not
* A note editor.
* 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).
## Install
[Check out the latest release](https://github.com/zk-org/zk/releases) for pre-built binaries for macOS and Linux (`zk` was not tested on Windows).
### Homebrew
```sh
brew install zk
```
Or, if you want to the latest changes:
```sh
brew install --HEAD zk
```
### Nix
```sh
# Run zk from Nix store without installing it:
nix run nixpkgs#zk
# Or, to install it permanently:
nix-env -iA zk
```
### Arch Linux
You can install [the zk package](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/zk/) from the official repos.
```sh
sudo pacman -S zk
```
### Build from scratch
Make sure you have a working [Go 1.18+ installation](https://golang.org/), then clone the repository:
```sh
$ git clone https://github.com/zk-org/zk.git
$ cd zk
```
#### On macOS
```
$ make
$ ./zk -h
```
#### On Linux
```
$ make
$ ./zk -h
```
## Related projects
* [Neuron](https://github.com/srid/neuron) a great tool to publish a Zettelkasten on the web
* [Emanote](https://emanote.srid.ca/) an improved successor to Neuron
* [sirupsen's zk](https://github.com/sirupsen/zk) a collection of scripts with a similar purpose
* [zk-spaced](https://github.com/matze/zk-spaced) spaced repetition plugin for zk