bbook

bbook - an addressbook written in nodejs with blessed. A drop-in replacement for abook

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import bbook from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/bbook';
</script>

README

bbook

An addressbook written in NodeJS using the blessed framework (an ncurses replacement). Very similar in usage to abook.

Similar to abook, it features integration into the mutt mail client.

Installation

Requirements: NodeJS >=8.0,

npm install -g bbook
bbook # start bbook programm
bbook --help # see command line parameters

Development

git clone https://github.com/plepe/bbook.git
cd bbook
npm install
bin/bbook # start bbook programm
bin/bbook --help # see command line parameters
npm run test # run tests

Integration into Mutt

Use these lines in your .muttrc to integrate bbook into mutt:

set query_command = "bbook --mutt-query '%s'"
macro generic,index,pager \ca "<shell-escape>bbook<return>" "launch bbook"
macro index,pager a "<pipe-message>bbook --add-email<return>" "add the sender address to bbook"