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       Show HN: Stash - Sync Markdown Files with Apple Notes via CLI
        
       Author : shuka
       Score  : 49 points
       Date   : 2026-01-06 16:57 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | shuka wrote:
       | 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 databases, no
       | daemons, no config files. Install via Homebrew. Happy to take
       | suggestions and answer questions about the quirks I ran into
       | along the way.
        
         | angst_ridden wrote:
         | How hard would it be to extend this to support bulk export of
         | Apple Notes?
        
         | nozzlegear wrote:
         | I love Apple Notes, but I also love writing in vim; looks like
         | I can finally reconcile those two things thanks to your
         | project. Nice work!
         | 
         | > questions about the quirks
         | 
         | I've used a decent amount of AppleScript to automate things on
         | my Mac, so I know it's a powerful tool but not easy to just
         | jump into, even when you're already familiar with that bizarre
         | syntax. What kinds of quirks did you run into?
        
         | Someone wrote:
         | "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.
        
         | happyopossum wrote:
         | 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!
        
       | stogot wrote:
       | I will have to try this.
       | 
       | Question: is there a way to make this automatic on state changes?
       | I had an issue recently where a child accidentally overwrote my
       | huge Apple notes and I couldn't undo the change, or restore my
       | history
       | 
       | I lost a lot of work
        
       | ferfumarma wrote:
       | I think the name is not unique enough
        
         | viccis wrote:
         | Yeah there's a popular self hosted media server designed for...
         | other purposes
        
       | kbouck wrote:
       | on my iphone the readme ascii art title gets truncated to just
       | "STASI" :-)
       | 
       | been looking for something like this! will definitely check it
       | out.
        
       | mcdow wrote:
       | 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 while, but it's not
       | quite ready for other users yet. I wrote a bit about it in my
       | year in review[1] under the section "Not Another Notes App!".
       | 
       | 1. https://emmettmcdow.com/posts/2025-in-review
        
         | bnchrch wrote:
         | 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
        
       | dc_giant wrote:
       | Awesome will try this for sure!
        
       | giancarlostoro wrote:
       | How is this different to Obsidian which has a nice UI, supports
       | importing Apple Notes and iCloud Sync works and is free.
        
         | devilsdata wrote:
         | 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.
        
         | daotoad wrote:
         | 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.
        
       | preezer wrote:
       | Maybe consider a name change. There is another very popular app
       | with the same name which does some other stuff...
        
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