QOwnNotes TUI - Your notes in the terminal
Date: 2026-08-15
There is a new companion project for everyone who loves to work in the terminal: QOwnNotes TUI, a keyboard-first terminal browser and editor for local, QOwnNotes-compatible Markdown note folders.

QOwnNotes TUI directly uses the note folders configured in QOwnNotes (opened read-only) and follows its note sorting settings, so you can start working with your existing notes right away.
Some highlights:
- Create, edit, search and delete notes from the terminal, with syntax highlighting
- Automatic saving and detection of conflicting external changes
- Note filenames automatically follow the first meaningful content line
- Configurable themes, mouse controls and shell completions for Bash, Fish and Zsh
- Packaged with Nix, including a Home Manager module
With Nix you can try it out right away:
nix run github:qownnotes/qownnotes-tui
For more information visit the QOwnNotes TUI page or the qownnotes-tui repository on GitHub.