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A local database with a command line interface? (sqlite?) (lemy.lol)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi all,

I am looking for a local database that is easily accessible via the command line.

It can be SQL or non-SQL

Whats my use case? I want to use it kinda like a second brain. A place to save ~~my notes~~, my todo lists, my book reading lists, links / articles to read later, etc.

I want it to be a good CLI citizen so that I can script its commands to create simpler abstractions, rather than writing out the full queries every time.

Maybe sqlite is what I need, but is that ideal for my use case?

Edit: removed notes, as evidently they aren't suitable for this and aren't like the rest.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I don't think it would suffice. It would work for notes, but I want to also have a todo list in there, for example. Be able to check things off, query by due date, by assignee or task, etc.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't think a database is a good fit for your use case at all, unless you're willing to reinvent a lot of wheels.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What would then? I haven't found anything that has command line interface and supports dependent tasks and a flexible, queryable tag system

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I'm sorry, I don't have a suggestion. If it were me I would not be looking at a CLI solution for this at all.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

https://logseq.com/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

For todo stuff there's the excellent "todo-txt" for cli use. Though not great for notes. Perhaps separate tools would be fine?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

taskwarrior?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Todo txt lacked some features I needed, which would be trivial to implement as a SQL column.

I do not remember what it was... Maybe it was dependent tasks? I believe so.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Org mode, org roam, org agenda and org-ql