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Re: Show HN: Stash – Sync Markdown Files with Apple Notes via CLI

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Post by bnchrch »

mcdow wrote: post #8

This is awesome! I’ve been looking for a way to batch export my notes out of Apple notes, will this work for that purpose? I totally agree with you that most notes apps miss the mark. I’m working on one now which I hope satisfies the same requirements as Apple notes(dead simple, iCloud sync, free) but has some things I want (improved search, first class markdown support). I’ve been using it as my daily driver for a w…

Came here to find out exactly this!

This is an awesome tool. Would love to get started in 2026 with all my notes (without an id) being synced to a markdown folder / repo

Re: Show HN: Stash – Sync Markdown Files with Apple Notes via CLI

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Post by devilsdata »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #12

How is this different to Obsidian which has a nice UI, supports importing Apple Notes and iCloud Sync works and is free.

The big benefit is that you get to use the Apple Notes app. I prefer Apple Notes on my phone, to be honest. I haven't used Obsidian's app on iOS in over a year.

I personally put all my work-related dev notes in Obsidian, and all my life-related quick notes in Apple Notes.

Re: Show HN: Stash – Sync Markdown Files with Apple Notes via CLI

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Post by daotoad »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #12

How is this different to Obsidian which has a nice UI, supports importing Apple Notes and iCloud Sync works and is free.

I was about to say "Obsidian is free as long as you don't use it for work."

But it turns out that that is no longer the case. https://obsidian.md/blog/free-for-work/

Obsidian is now actually free for everyone.

Re: Show HN: Stash – Sync Markdown Files with Apple Notes via CLI

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Post by Someone »

shuka wrote: post #2

I've used Apple Notes for years because it syncs fast and stays out of the way. But when I'm writing in the terminal, there's always been friction getting Markdown into Apple Notes. Existing tools were either bloated or read-only. So I built Stash: push a Markdown file to Apple Notes, pull changes back. It uses YAML frontmatter to track which note belongs to which file. Built with Bash, AppleScript, and Pandoc. No da…

“Fun”. In the latest MacOS, Apple Notes supports markdown export (https://support.apple.com/en-md/guide/notes/not201900c07/mac), but not through its AppleScript dictionary.

So yes, it seems you do need Pandoc to do html-to-markdown and vice versa.

Re: Show HN: Stash – Sync Markdown Files with Apple Notes via CLI

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Post by happyopossum »

shuka wrote: post #2

I've used Apple Notes for years because it syncs fast and stays out of the way. But when I'm writing in the terminal, there's always been friction getting Markdown into Apple Notes. Existing tools were either bloated or read-only. So I built Stash: push a Markdown file to Apple Notes, pull changes back. It uses YAML frontmatter to track which note belongs to which file. Built with Bash, AppleScript, and Pandoc. No da…

This looks cool, so obviously I have questions!

Does it support pushing to personal/home/this-is-my-note.md, or does everything wind up in the Notes root?

It appears notes have to start out externally in order to "stash pull" them, is that the case?

thanks!

Re: Show HN: Stash – Sync Markdown Files with Apple Notes via CLI

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Post by linkage »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #12

How is this different to Obsidian which has a nice UI, supports importing Apple Notes and iCloud Sync works and is free.

Obsidian still does not support iOS widgets. I use the app, but it's honestly still a major annoyance, since I cannot add to-dos with one swipe as I would be able to do with Apple Notes.

Re: Show HN: Stash – Sync Markdown Files with Apple Notes via CLI

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Post by jake_wls »

linkage wrote: post #18
giancarlostoro wrote: post #12

How is this different to Obsidian which has a nice UI, supports importing Apple Notes and iCloud Sync works and is free.

Obsidian still does not support iOS widgets. I use the app, but it's honestly still a major annoyance, since I cannot add to-dos with one swipe as I would be able to do with Apple Notes.

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Re: Show HN: Stash – Sync Markdown Files with Apple Notes via CLI

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Post by dtkav »

linkage wrote: post #18
giancarlostoro wrote: post #12

How is this different to Obsidian which has a nice UI, supports importing Apple Notes and iCloud Sync works and is free.

Obsidian still does not support iOS widgets. I use the app, but it's honestly still a major annoyance, since I cannot add to-dos with one swipe as I would be able to do with Apple Notes.

Widgets are in the current insider build, so they should be available to everyone soon.
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