Quick capture
Save one thought or settle into an interactive capture session. Nothing gets lost between idea and action.
Local-first · plain Markdown
Thoughts move fast.
Shiori keeps up.
A tiny command-line scribe for capturing notes, tending todos, and getting back to what matters.
0.2.0 · Alpha · Windows x64 · Existing 0.1.0 workspaces require a one-time notes migration.
No database.
No account.
No cloud.
Just plain text.
See it in motion
Capture now.
Sort it out later.
Files you own
Notes and tasks live in ordinary Markdown. Read them anywhere, edit them with anything—even point Shiori at an Obsidian vault.
A clear today
Bring notes, active tasks, due dates, topics, and tags into one colorful daily view without opening another app.
Documentation by version
The right guide for your Shiori.
Shiori is developed directly on main. That branch—and its documentation—usually runs ahead of the latest user release. Run shiori version and choose the matching release guide below.
Latest release
Shiori 0.2.0
Stable documentation matching the current downloadable release.
Read the 0.2.0 guide →Previous release
Shiori 0.1.0
Documentation preserved with the 0.1.0 version tag.
Read the 0.1.0 guide →Unreleased trunk
Current main
For contributors and people building the newest source. May describe unreleased behavior.
Read the trunk guide →Three commands to begin
Your next thought already has a place to land.
Download the 0.2.0 Windows archive and checksum, verify and extract shiori.exe, then open a terminal in the folder where you want your notes.
# meet your new scribe › .\shiori.exe init › .\shiori.exe add my first note › .\shiori.exe today_