Dialog CLI

A privacy-first note-taking CLI using Nostr with NIP-44 encryption.

Configuration

The CLI is configured entirely through environment variables:

# Required: Your Nostr private key
export DIALOG_NSEC=nsec1...

# Optional: Custom relay URL (default: ws://localhost:10548)
export DIALOG_RELAY=wss://relay.damus.io

# Optional: Custom data directory (default: OS-specific)
export DIALOG_DATA_DIR=/path/to/data

Usage

Create a note

dialog_cli create "My note with #tags"

List notes

# List recent notes
dialog_cli list

# List more notes
dialog_cli list --limit 20

# Filter by tag
dialog_cli list --tag myproject

# Watch for new notes in real-time
dialog_cli list --watch

# Watch for notes with specific tag
dialog_cli list --watch --tag important

Show your public key

dialog_cli pubkey

Override relay per-command

dialog_cli --relay wss://nos.lol create "Note to different relay"

Features

• Privacy-first: All notes are encrypted with NIP-44
• Offline-first: Works without internet using local NdbDatabase
• Real-time subscriptions: Watch mode for streaming new notes
• Tag filtering: Organize notes with hashtags
• Fully configurable: No config files, just environment variables

Setting Up Local Relay (Optional)

For testing without a public relay, you can use a local nak relay with negentropy support:

# From the project root, setup nak with negentropy patch
./setup_nak_local.sh

# Run local relay on port 10548
~/go/bin/nak serve --port 10548

# In another terminal, use the CLI with local relay
export DIALOG_RELAY=ws://localhost:10548
dialog create "Testing with local relay"

Alternatively, install nak directly (without negentropy):

go install github.com/fiatjaf/nak@latest
nak serve --port 10548

Building

cd dialog_cli
cargo build --release

The binary will be at target/release/dialog_cli