OPopengears·Jan 4, 2024
For those not into Emacs: Khard is a nice address book for the Unix console https://github.com/lucc/khard
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khard
Console vcard client
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- pimutils/vdirsyncer · linked in 3 of the same discussions
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6 sourcesAnother comment already mentioned Khard, which has been around a while. [0]
There's also Mates [1]. Less mature, very simple, but it's what I personally use.
I try to steer away from relying on CLI tools implemented in python or ruby: at the system level they always seem to cause dependency hell problems eventually. Mates is implemented in Rust, so it's compiled, which is primarily why I chose it.
An important related project is vdirsyncer [2]. Ppl, khard, and mates all store data in vcard format but don't talk to APIs or sync anything. Vdirsyncer can sync your vcard collection with your email provider or what have you.
[0] https://github.com/scheibler/khard
[1] https://github.com/pimutils/mates.rs
[2] https://github.com/pimutils/vdirsyncer
In Ppl: The command line address bookthere is also khard [0]
[0] https://github.com/scheibler/khard
In Ppl: The command line address bookI use Khard for contacts and khal for calendar.
Neither handle syncing, so I use vdirsyncer for that (you can use anything you like or just go local only).
https://github.com/scheibler/khard
https://github.com/pimutils/khal
https://github.com/pimutils/vdirsyncer
In Aerc – An email client that runs in the terminalhttps://newsboat.org/ Newsboat, fantastic RSS reader, built on top of newsbeuter.
http://www.mutt.org/ Mutt for email of course.
https://vifm.info/ Vifm file manager, I am using it for everything, not having any other file manager on my system.
https://github.com/pimutils/khal Khal for calendar.
https://github.com/scheibler/khard/ Khard for contacts.
https://github.com/pimutils/vdirsyncer Vdirsyncer to sync calendar and contacts with any web calendar service.
In Ask HN: Best Command-Line Applications?Khard – console CardDAV client
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