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TUI for fast and simple interacting with your BibLaTeX database. Version 0.3.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-14.
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overview
Package summary
TUI for fast and simple interacting with your BibLaTeX database
Project links
Commands and aliases
- nkt
history
Project history and usage
nkt is a small Sourcehut-hosted Zig command-line/TUI tool by Fergus Baker. Homebrew describes the formula as a BibLaTeX database TUI, while the upstream repository summary and README describe it as terminal note-taking software for notes, journals, tasks, chains, tags, and fuzzy finding; that metadata mismatch keeps this enrichment conservative.
Project history
The visible tag history begins with alpha-v0.2.4 on September 29, 2024, followed by 0.3.0 on April 18, 2025 and 0.3.1 on October 18, 2025. The current README emphasizes plain-text/JSON storage, bring-your-own-editor workflows, and note-taking idioms inspired by Dendron, jrnl, vim-wiki, incremental note-taking, habit chains, and Zettelkasten.
Adoption history
Adoption appears tiny and mostly experimental. Homebrew's formula API reported 8 installs in 30 days, 17 in 90 days, and 33 in 365 days when checked on July 1, 2026; that matches a personal-productivity tool with a narrow audience rather than an ecosystem fixture.
How it is used
Users initialize an `~/.nkt` workspace with `nkt init`, then log journal entries, edit named notes with their normal editor, add tasks, track habit chains, tag entries, and use fuzzy search to get information back out. The package is interesting mainly to terminal-workflow collectors and plain-text knowledge-base users.
Timeline
- 2024-09-29: first visible alpha tags in Sourcehut.
- 2025-04-18: 0.3.0 tag.
- 2025-10-18: 0.3.1 tag used by Homebrew.
- 2026-05-27: Sourcehut log shows continued maintenance activity.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:database
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
nkt | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.3.1
manager updated2026-06-14
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://git.sr.ht/~fjebaker/nkt
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://git.sr.ht/~fjebaker/nktnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:nkt |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nkt |
| Homepage | https://git.sr.ht/~fjebaker/nkt |
| Repository | https://git.sr.ht/~fjebaker/nkt |
| Upstream docs | https://git.sr.ht/~fjebaker/nkt |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://git.sr.ht/~fjebaker/nkt/archive/0.3.1.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-14T14:13:25-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build dependencies | zig@0.15 |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | nkt |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment