You might be interested in a project I created for exactly the use case you describe - simple, text-based notes/todos managed via a CLI: https://github.com/dkas

You might be interested in a project I created for exactly the use case you describe - simple, text-based notes/todos managed via a CLI: https://github.com/dkaslovsky/textnote https://github.com/dkaslovsky/textnote The project received some attention on the front page of HN a few months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26123436 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26123436 Because all notes are plaintext and stored in a single directory, it is easy to use standard tooling (such as grep) to extend the functionality. If cloud synchronization is a must-have, simply sync the directory to your provider of choice.