Nimspire

Save and rate your ideas with this ultra-lightweight idea incubator CLI app.

I have a lot of ideas, but sometimes it's hard to judge its "goodness" immediately. Nimspire lets you enter a new idea and then shows you a previous idea which you can rate from 1 to 5 stars.

How it works

If you rate it 1 star, it will reinsert it at the end of your idea list.
If you rate it 5 stars, it puts it in the middle.
The d key deletes the idea.
When reviewing, it always shows the first idea of your collection (top of the list).
When adding a new idea, it puts it at the end of the list, so it's properly incubated.

Extra feature: you can specify a backup directory (e.g. google drive folder, keybase, etc.), so you can use it on multiple devices.

You can add the nimspire review command to the end of your .zshrc or .bashrc, so your idea ratings remain up-to-date.

Requirements

Nim compiler
On MacOS you can simply run brew install nim

Build

nim c -d:release nimspire.nim

Usage

Add a new idea a rate one: nimpsire
Only review: nimspire review
Only add: nimspire add

I recommend adding the nimspire dir to your PATH, so you can simply enter the command "nimspire".

You can find your ideas at ~/.nimspire/nimspire.db.txt

Every line contains one idea. You can delete / reorder them manually too.

You can set up a backup folder in your ~/.nimspire/nimspire.ini, so you can sync your notes on multiple devices.

Credits

Mice Pápai, 2017