Bookworm

Bookworm v2.0.0 — a productivity toolkit for logging, planning, tracking, reviewing, and organizing your work and reading habits from the command line.

Why Bookworm?

Designed for everyday personal productivity use
No external dependencies, accounts, or API keys needed — your privacy, your data
Simple commands with powerful results
All data stored locally in plain-text log files
Export to JSON, CSV, or TXT at any time

Commands

Command	Usage	Description
`add`	`bookworm add <input>`	Add a new entry (book, task, note) to your log
`plan`	`bookworm plan <input>`	Record a plan or goal for future action
`track`	`bookworm track <input>`	Track progress on an ongoing activity
`review`	`bookworm review <input>`	Log a review or reflection on completed work
`streak`	`bookworm streak <input>`	Record streak data for daily habit tracking
`remind`	`bookworm remind <input>`	Set a reminder note for follow-up
`prioritize`	`bookworm prioritize <input>`	Mark or log priority items
`archive`	`bookworm archive <input>`	Move completed items to the archive
`tag`	`bookworm tag <input>`	Add tags or labels to organize entries
`timeline`	`bookworm timeline <input>`	Log timeline milestones or events
`report`	`bookworm report <input>`	Generate or log a report entry
`weekly-review`	`bookworm weekly-review <input>`	Perform a weekly review and log insights
`stats`	`bookworm stats`	Show summary statistics across all log files
`export`	`bookworm export <fmt>`	Export all data (json, csv, or txt)
`search`	`bookworm search <term>`	Search across all log files for a keyword
`recent`	`bookworm recent`	Show the 20 most recent history entries
`status`	`bookworm status`	Health check — version, entry count, disk usage
`help`	`bookworm help`	Show the help message with all commands
`version`	`bookworm version`	Print the current version

All entry commands (add, plan, track, review, streak, remind, prioritize, archive, tag, timeline, report, weekly-review) work the same way: - With arguments: saves a timestamped entry to <command>.log and logs to history.log - Without arguments: displays the 20 most recent entries from that command's log

Data Storage

All data is stored in ~/.local/share/bookworm/:

add.log, plan.log, track.log, etc. — one log file per command
history.log — unified activity log across all commands
export.json / export.csv / export.txt — generated export files

Each entry is stored as YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM|<value> (pipe-delimited timestamp and content).

Requirements

Bash (with set -euo pipefail)
Standard Unix utilities: date, wc, du, grep, head, tail, cat
No external dependencies, no Python, no API keys

When to Use

Daily reading log — Use bookworm add "Finished Chapter 5 of Sapiens" to maintain a running log of your reading progress day by day.
Habit streak tracking — Use bookworm streak "Day 15 of reading 30min/day" to record consecutive-day habits and review your consistency over time.
Weekly reflection — Use bookworm weekly-review "Read 3 books, favorite was Project Hail Mary" at the end of each week to capture insights and progress.
Priority management — Use bookworm prioritize "Must finish Design Patterns by Friday" to flag high-priority items and review them with bookworm prioritize.
Data export for analysis — Use bookworm export json to export all your logged data into a structured format for further analysis in spreadsheets or scripts.

Examples

# Add a book to your reading list
bookworm add "The Pragmatic Programmer - Hunt & Thomas"

# Plan your reading goals for the month
bookworm plan "Read 4 books in March: 2 fiction, 2 non-fiction"

# Track reading progress
bookworm track "Sapiens - Chapter 8/21 complete"

# Log a book review
bookworm review "Clean Code: Excellent guide to writing maintainable software. 5/5"

# Record a reading streak
bookworm streak "Day 30 - read every day this month!"

# Set a reminder
bookworm remind "Return library books by March 25"

# Tag entries for organization
bookworm tag "Sapiens #non-fiction #history #favorite"

# View summary statistics
bookworm stats

# Search for a specific book or keyword
bookworm search "Sapiens"

# Export everything to CSV
bookworm export csv

# Check system status
bookworm status

Configuration

Data directory: ~/.local/share/bookworm/ (hardcoded, no environment variable override).

Output

All commands print results to stdout. Redirect output to a file if needed:

bookworm stats > my-stats.txt
bookworm export json

Note: This is an original, independent implementation by BytesAgain. Not affiliated with or derived from any third-party project.