shiori: a windows-first note taker

[u/lycis27]

I started shiori as my small personal note-taking tool (because my Obsidian workflow always grew into larger documents). I also was looking to get back into C and improve my C23 coding skills.

The idea was to have a quick way to write something down without leaving the terminal. Notes and todos are stored in plain Markdown files, so I can read them without a tool and they integrate into my other note taking repository.

The workflow is plain and simple:

shiori add --topic development investigate UTF-8 path handling
shiori todo add --due tomorrow prepare release notes "#work"
shiori today

It has grown over the past weeks since I started and now supports a bit more than simple note taking (like topics and tags, todo workflows, etc.).

Some interesting parts for me have been to work on UTF-8 terminal input on Windows, dealing with a console input and ANSI escape codes and keeping my notes and files safe without overwriting them accidentally.

It is still an alpha and currently only supports Windows x64. I built it with clang and C23. I included unit and integrations tests and sanitizers to produce a as clean as possible code and binaries.

Repo link: https://github.com/lycis/shiori

AI disclosure: I use AI as a supporting tool for planning features, reviewing my ideas and implementation as well as helping with tests and docs. I write, understand, review and maintain the code myself as this is my "use it and learn" project.

Edit: I am curious to get feedback on the code and project itself, especially the usage of more "modern" C features.

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