lestash 1.63.3

Personal knowledge base CLI - aggregate content from multiple sources

lestash

Core CLI and plugin system for Le Stash - a personal knowledge base that aggregates content from multiple sources into a unified, searchable database.

Note: For project overview, features, and quick start guide, see the GitHub repository.

Installation

uv add lestash

Or install the full workspace from the repository root:

uv sync --all-packages

CLI Commands

Items

# List all items (with date/time and resolved author names)
lestash items list

# Filter by source
lestash items list --source linkedin

# Search items
lestash items search "query"

# Show item details (includes reaction/comment target URLs)
lestash items show <id>

# Export items to JSON
lestash items export --output backup.json

# Create a Micro.blog draft from an item
lestash items draft <id> --output ~/blog/content/drafts/

Profiles

Map person URNs (e.g., LinkedIn) to human-readable names and profile URLs:

# Add a profile mapping
lestash profiles add "urn:li:person:abc123" --name "John Doe" --url "https://linkedin.com/in/johndoe"

# List all profiles
lestash profiles list

# Show a specific profile
lestash profiles show "urn:li:person:abc123"

# Remove a profile
lestash profiles remove "urn:li:person:abc123"

When profiles are configured, items list and items search display names instead of URNs, and items show includes the profile URL.

Sources

# List configured sources
lestash sources list

# Sync all sources
lestash sources sync

# View sync history
lestash sources history

Configuration

# Show current config
lestash config show

# Initialize config file
lestash config init

# Set a config value
lestash config set logging.level DEBUG

Plugin Architecture

Le Stash uses entry points for plugin discovery. Plugins implement the SourcePlugin base class:

from lestash.plugins.base import SourcePlugin
from lestash.models.item import ItemCreate

class MySource(SourcePlugin):
    name = "my-source"
    description = "My custom data source"

    def get_commands(self) -> typer.Typer:
        """Return Typer app with source-specific commands."""
        app = typer.Typer()
        # Add commands...
        return app

    def sync(self, config: dict) -> Iterator[ItemCreate]:
        """Fetch items from the source."""
        yield ItemCreate(
            source_type="my-source",
            source_id="unique-id",
            content="Item content",
        )

Register the plugin in pyproject.toml:

[project.entry-points."lestash.sources"]
my-source = "my_package:MySource"

Data Model

Item

The core unit of content:

Field	Type	Description
id	int	Auto-generated primary key
source_type	str	Plugin identifier (e.g., "arxiv", "linkedin")
source_id	str	Unique ID within the source
url	str	Optional URL to original content
title	str	Optional title
content	str	Main text content
author	str	Optional author
created_at	datetime	When the content was created
is_own_content	bool	Whether user authored this
metadata	dict	Source-specific data (JSON)
parent_id	int	Optional FK to parent item (for grouping children)

Database

SQLite database with:

• items - Main content table with unique constraint on (source_type, source_id) and optional parent_id for hierarchical grouping
• items_fts - Full-text search virtual table (FTS5)
• vec_items - Vector embeddings for semantic search (sqlite-vec)
• item_history - Audit trail of content changes
• person_profiles - URN to name/URL mapping for display
• post_cache - Cached metadata for posts referenced by reactions/comments
• tags / item_tags - Tagging system
• collections / collection_items - Cross-source item grouping
• sources - Plugin configuration storage
• sync_log - Sync operation history

Configuration

Default location: ~/.config/lestash/config.toml

[general]
database_path = "~/.config/lestash/lestash.db"

[logging]
level = "INFO"
file_path = "~/.config/lestash/logs/lestash.log"

License

MIT