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ppl

The command line address book

Try it!

$ ppl add henry "Henry Smith"
$ ppl phone henry 012345678
$ ppl email henry henry@henrysmith.org
$ ppl show henry
Henry Smith <henry@henrysmith.org>

Email Addresses:
  henry@henrysmith.org

Phone Numbers:
  0123456789

Free

ppl is free software made out of other free software. It's built on top of Ruby and Git, and the completely free vcard address book format.

Decentralized

ppl is built on top of Git, the world's most popular decentralized version control system. Use your address book wherever you like and let Git worry about making sense of it all.

Good

ppl does its best to be a proper UNIX-style comand line program. Proper exit codes, no superfluous output, that sort of thing.

Latest Version

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