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Hey everyone! I wanted to share a CLI tool I've been working on that I think fits this community well.

mado is a general-purpose entry manager that stores everything as markdown files. The key idea is that it's not just another task manager with a rigid schema — it's a flexible system for organizing entries of any kind: tasks, notes, ideas, research snippets, meeting logs, you name it.

Each entry lives in its own timestamped directory with a MAIN.md inside. Want to attach files? Just drop them in the same folder — screenshots, logs, PDFs, whatever. Everything stays organized in one place, and since it's all plain files, it's perfectly git-friendly.

All fields are optional — fill in what you need, skip the rest. For a task you might set priority, deadline, and status. For a note, just write markdown and you're done. You can also hide any fields from the output when listing entries, so notes don't clutter your view with irrelevant columns. That flexibility is what makes it work as both a task manager and a notes system — or anything in between.

It's written with a focus on performance — it handles 100k entries in about a second with parallel mode.

The CLI is designed for both interactive use and scripting: JSON output for pipes, path-only output for grep/fzf, and a query language with logical operators and time macros.

Would love feedback, especially from folks who've used similar file-based tools or have ideas about what would make this genuinely useful.

https://github.com/laserattack/mado

Hey everyone! I wanted to share a project I've been working on that I think might interest folks here who like keeping things in plain text.

I built mado — a general-purpose entry manager that stores everything as markdown files — and emado, its Emacs interface. The key idea is that it's not just another task manager with a rigid schema. It's a flexible system for organizing entries of any kind: tasks, notes, ideas, research snippets, meeting logs, you name it.

Each entry lives in its own timestamped directory with a MAIN.md inside. Want to attach files? Just drop them in the same folder — screenshots, logs, PDFs, whatever. Everything stays organized in one place, and since it's all plain files, it's perfectly git-friendly.

For tasks, there are optional fields you can fill in or completely ignore. For notes, just write markdown and skip the fields entirely — task-specific fields like priority, deadline, and status can be omitted from the file, and you can hide them from the output when listing entries so notes don't clutter your view with irrelevant columns. That flexibility is what makes it work as both a task manager and a notes system — or anything in between.

This also means you can use it like a Denote alternative: set a global working directory once, and all your notes, ideas, and research snippets live in one place — with the same query language, attachments, and git-friendly plain files. No need for a separate notes system and task manager.

The Emacs side features transient menus, interactive statistics where you can click on a tag or status to filter, outline-mode for collapsible sections, and direct deletion from the buffer.

Performance was a big focus — it's written in C++ and handles 100k entries in about a second.

I'd love feedback, especially from heavy org-mode users about what would make this genuinely useful for your workflows.

https://github.com/laserattack/emado/

https://github.com/laserattack/mado

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