Urtext: The Python plaintext library for people who've tried everything else
Published on: 2025-07-23 12:27:48
Urtext /ˈʊrtekst/ is an open-source library for plaintext writing, research, documentation, knowledge bases, journaling, Zettelkasten, project/personal organization, note taking, a lightweight database substitute, or any other writing or information management that can be done in text format.
The basics are simple, and you can use only the parts you need. Get started on desktop or iPhone/iPad.
Features and Philosophy
Plain Text
Plaintext is fast, human-readable, flexible, cross-platform, device-portable, and future-proof. It can be easily diffed and version-controlled. Urtext can embed other syntaxes, including other markup language and programming language syntaxes.
Extensible
Being implemented in Python, it can execute self-modifying or arbitrary Python code. Urtext can be extended to add or modify functionality, to the extent of the Python language. If Urtext does not have a feature you want, you can add it with a little Python knowledge.
Future Proof
Because the storage for
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