# imag - [imag-pim.org](https://imag-pim.org) `imag` is a commandline personal information management suite. [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/matthiasbeyer/imag.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/matthiasbeyer/imag) [![Issue Stats](http://www.issuestats.com/github/matthiasbeyer/imag/badge/pr?style=flat-square)](http://www.issuestats.com/github/matthiasbeyer/imag) [![Issue Stats](http://www.issuestats.com/github/matthiasbeyer/imag/badge/issue?style=flat-square)](http://www.issuestats.com/github/matthiasbeyer/imag) [![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/matthiasbeyer/imag.svg?maxAge=2592000?style=flat-square)]() **This application is in early development. There are _some_ things that work, but we do not consider anything stable or usable at this moment. Feel free to play around anyways.** ## Goal / What is imag? Our (long-term) goal is to > Create a fast, reliable commandline personal > information management suite which covers all aspects of personal information > management, consists of reusable parts and integrates well with known > commandline tools. imag is a PIM _helper_. We do not actually implement the PIM functionality, but try to interface with existing PIM tools (via their API or via some standard format they use, e.g. vcard) to make the data they manage _linkable_ and _queryable_ in an uniform way. imag consists of _modules_ (e.g. `imag-notes`, `imag-tag`, `imag-view`), where each module covers one PIM aspect. The initial approach is to use one PIM tool for one module. So you can use `imag-todo` with [taskwarrior](https://taskwarrior.org/), `imag-mail` with Maildirs and `imag-calendar` with [icalendar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar) files. ## Building/Running Here is how to try `imag` out. `imag` is a _suite/collection_ of tools (like git, for example) and you can build them individually. All subdirectories prefixed with "`libimag"` are libraries. All subdirectories prefixed with `"imag-"` are binaries and compiling them will give you a commandline application. ### Building We use `make` to automate the build process. Make sure to _not_ include some `-j 8` arguments, this will _not_ work as you might think! There are several targets for each of the sub-crates in the Makefile: | Target | Multi | Purpose | Example | | :--- | ----- | :--- | :--- | | all | | Build everything, debug mode | `make all` | | bin | | Build all binaries, debug mode | `make bin` | | lib | | Build all libraries, debug mode | `make lib` | | lib-test | | Test all libraries | `make lib-test` | | imag-bin | | Build only the `imag` binary, debug mode | `make imag-bin` | | clean | | Remove build artifacts | `make clean` | | update | | Run `cargo update` | `make update` | | check-outdated | | Run `cargo outdated` | `make check-outdated`| | check | * | Run `cargo check` | `make check` | | install | * | Build everything, release mode, install | `make install` | | release | * | Build everything, release mode | `make release` | The `Multi` targets are callable for each sub-crate. For example you can call `make imag-store-check` to run `cargo check` on the `imag-store` crate. ### Running After you build the module you want to play with, you can simply call the binary itself with the `--help` flag, to get some help what the module is capable of. If you installed the module, you can either call `imag-` (if the install-directory is in your `$PATH`), or install the `imag` binary to call `imag ` (also if everything is in your `$PATH`). ## Staying up-to-date We have a [official website for imag](https://imag-pim.org), where I post [release notes](http://imag-pim.org/releases/). There is no RSS feed, though. We also have a [mailinglist](https://imag-pim.org/mailinglist/) where I post updates and where discussion and questions are encouraged. There is a blog series which gets an update once a month on my blog, where [entries are tagged "imag"](https://beyermatthias.de/tags/imag/). I also post non-regular posts about imag things there. I also post these blog posts [on reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/search?q=What%27s+coming+up+in+imag&restrict_sr=on) and submit them to [this-week-in-rust](https://this-week-in-rust.org/). ## Documentation This is a hobby project, so sometimes things are not optimal and might go unrecognized and slip through. Feel free to open issues about things you notice! Though, we have some documentation in [the ./doc subtree](./doc/) which can be compiled to PDF or a website. These docs are not published anywhere and are not even integrated into our CI, so it might be broken (though it's unlikely). Developer documentation is also available [online on github.io](https://matthiasbeyer.github.io/imag/imag_documentation/index.html) and [on docs.rs](https://docs.rs/releases/search?query=imag), though they might be a bit outdated. ## Please contribute! We are looking for contributors! There is always a number of [complexity/easy tagged issues](https://github.com/matthiasbeyer/imag/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Acomplexity%2Feasy) available in the issue tracker you can start with and we are open to questions! Feel free to open issues for asking questions, suggesting features or other things! Also have a look at [the CONTRIBUTING.md file](./CONTRIBUTING.md)! ## Contact Have a look at [our website](https://imag-pim.org) where you can find some information on how to get in touch and so on. Feel free to join our new IRC channel at freenode: #imag or our [mailinglist](https://imag-pim.org/mailinglist/). ## License We chose to distribute this software under terms of GNU LGPLv2.1.