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Personal Wikipedia CLI
Distraction-free, fast, and open source.

Installation

npm install -g @impulsedev/wiki

Quick Start

wiki

Launches the interactive shell. No arguments needed.

Features

• Interactive REPL - persistent shell, no re-launching between searches
• Advanced Reader - non-blocking, keyboard-driven article navigation
• In-article Search - find any phrase with live highlighting and match jumping

Commands

Type directly into the shell. System commands are prefixed with .

Search & Read

| Command | Description | |---|---| | search <query> | Find and index a new article from Wikipedia | | read <title> | Open a cached article in the reader | | exit · e | Close the application |

System

| Command | Description | |---|---| | .top | Storage usage across all databases | | .cache | Delete all cached articles and reset the database | | .config | Show current application settings | | .clear · .c | Clear the terminal and reset the interface |

Reader Controls

Once inside an article:

| Key | Action | |---|---| | ↑ / ↓ | Scroll line by line | | ← / → · PgUp / PgDn | Scroll by page | | Home / End | Jump to top / bottom | | f | Enter search mode | | n / N | Next / previous match | | q · e | Exit reader |

Screenshots

Storage

All data is kept in ./storage - databases, tokenized articles, and cache index.
Nothing is written outside that directory

License

MIT - do whatever you want with it