# Install jot with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix

Rapid note management for the terminal. Version 0.1.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#jot.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:jot
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install jot
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install jot
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: office/jot/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#jot
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/jo/jot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:jot
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.1.2
- **Source summary:** Rapid note management for the terminal
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/shashwatah/jot>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/shashwatah/jot>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- jt (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.1.2
## Project history and usage

Jot is a small terminal note manager that describes itself as a feature-stripped version of Obsidian for rapid note management. It stores notes as Markdown files in local folders and exposes a jt command for vault, note, folder, movement, listing, and configuration operations.

### Project history

The shashwatah/jot repository was created in July 2022, and the first GitHub release, v0.1.0, was published in September 2022. The README frames the project around Obsidian-compatible storage ideas: Markdown files for notes and local folders for vaults and subfolders.

### Adoption history

Jot's adoption evidence is modest but concrete: the README documents Cargo installation as jt because the jot crate name was unavailable, and the input metadata records Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix packages. Its appeal is strongest for users who want Obsidian-style vault organization from a shell rather than a desktop application.

### How it is used

The documented workflow starts by creating a vault with jt vault, entering it with jt enter, creating notes and folders with jt note and jt folder, opening notes in a configured editor, and moving or listing local Markdown items. Configuration is intentionally small, centered on editor and conflict behavior.

### Why package nerds care

Jot is package-nerd relevant as a compact example of the Markdown-vault idea reduced to a CLI. It is not a large personal-knowledge-management platform; its significance is that it packages a few common Obsidian-style filesystem conventions into a small Rust command.

### Timeline

- 2022-07: The shashwatah/jot repository was created on GitHub.
- 2022-09: v0.1.0 was published.
- 2022-09: v0.1.1 changed terse commands into full-word commands with two-letter aliases.
- 2023-04: v0.1.2 added opdir and config-opening behavior and fixed path/listing issues.

### Related projects

- Jot is explicitly inspired by Obsidian's local Markdown vault model. It also belongs near terminal note tools, Markdown editors, and shell workflows that combine notes with Vim, Neovim, VS Code, or other external editors.

### Sources

- <https://crates.io/crates/jt>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/jot>
- <https://github.com/shashwatah/jot>
- <https://github.com/shashwatah/jot/releases>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shashwatah/jot/main/README.md>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - jot: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/jo/jot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - jot: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: office/jot/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/jot.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/jot.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph