Cheatos: Your terminal post-it notes manager
Project description
Cheatos
Inspired by the need to stop forgetting one-liners for tools like
tar,ffmpeg, orgit rebase.
Cheatos is a terminal post-it notes manager — lightweight CLI tool for storing cheat sheets called "cheatos", that you access, edit, and tag right from your shell.
✨ Features
- ✅ Create, edit, and delete short snippets of command-line knowledge
- 🏷️ Organize with tags
- 🖊️ Uses
$EDITORfor clean editing flow - 🔍 Fuzzy search (soon!)
- 📦 Export/import in JSON or BSON format
- 🧠 Shell autocompletion for subcommands, cheato names, and tags
🚀 Installation
pipx install cheatos
Make sure to have pipx and Python 3.7+ installed. pipx is preferred over pip for global installations to avoid dependency conflicts and not breaking your OS' Python installation.
🛠️ First Time Use
When you run Cheatos for the first time, it will prompt to enable shell autocompletion for Bash/Zsh automatically.
🧪 Usage
Create a new cheato
cheatos add archive
Your $EDITOR opens. Write your note. Example:
To archive a directory:
tar czf archive.tar.gz folder/
You'll then be prompted to enter tags like:
archive, tar, linux
Show a cheato
cheatos show archive
List all cheatos (optionally by tag)
cheatos list
cheatos list --tag linux
Edit content or tags
cheatos edit archive
cheatos edit archive --tags
Delete a cheato
cheatos remove archive
Rename a cheato
cheatos rename oldname newname
🔁 Export / Import
Export all cheatos to a backup:
cheatos export backup.json
cheatos export backup.bson
Import cheatos from backup:
cheatos import backup.json
cheatos import backup.bson
Use --force to overwrite existing ones.
🧩 Autocompletion
If you skip setup on first run, you can manually enable shell autocompletion:
eval "$(register-python-argcomplete cheatos)"
Add this to your .bashrc or .zshrc.
(I plan to add a command to re-prompt for autocompletion setup.)
✅ Coming Soon
cheatos searchwith fuzzy matchingcheatos configcommand to tweak behavior- More export formats (e.g. Markdown)
📄 License
MIT © 2025 Gorbiel
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