| Port details |
- zen Lightweight self-hosted notes application
- 1.5.0.20260429,1 www
 =1      Package not present on quarterly.This port was created during this quarter. It will be in the next quarterly branch but not the current one. - Maintainer: dtxdf@FreeBSD.org
- Port Added: 2026-05-27 20:57:06
- Last Update: 2026-05-28 05:01:37
- Commit Hash: 3c01151
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- License: AGPLv3
- WWW:
- https://www.sheshbabu.com/zen/
- https://github.com/sheshbabu/zen
- Description:
- zen is a self-hosted notes application.
Features:
- Single Go binary.
- Low resource usage.
- Standard Markdown files, local SQLite database.
- Organize with flexible tags, not rigid folders.
- Markdown features like tables, code blocks, task lists, highlights, and more.
- Full-text search with BM25 ranking.
- Import and export data with full portability.
- Templates.
- Pinned notes.
- Archive and soft delete notes.
- Minimal dependency footprint.
- Automated backups.
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- Manual pages:
- FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
- pkg-plist: as obtained via:
make generate-plist - USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
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- Dependency lines:
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- To install the port:
- cd /usr/ports/www/zen/ && make install clean
- To add the package, run one of these commands:
- pkg install www/zen
- pkg install zen
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.- PKGNAME: zen
- Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
- distinfo:
- TIMESTAMP = 1779943633
SHA256 (zen-1.5.0.20260429-c8e14d70de7de631cd9d4cda55daccf227283d92.frontend.tar.gz) = 7e73daf5114d132977e9232cc4b46afac44cd568bc196a33fecd3bd62aba4fb9
SIZE (zen-1.5.0.20260429-c8e14d70de7de631cd9d4cda55daccf227283d92.frontend.tar.gz) = 411165
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
- Dependencies
- NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
- Build dependencies:
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- go125 : lang/go125
- There are no ports dependent upon this port
Configuration Options:- No options to configure
- Options name:
- www_zen
- USES:
- go:1.25+,modules
- FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
- Master Sites:
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| Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page) |
| Commit | Credits | Log message |
|---|
1.5.0.20260429,1
28 May 2026 05:01:37
 |
Jesús Daniel Colmenares Oviedo (dtxdf) |
www/zen: Switch to development version
The project is still active, but no new versions have been released in
a while, and there are some useful changes, such as the removal of
focused notes, so I think we should use the development version. |
1.5.0
27 May 2026 20:56:16
|
Jesús Daniel Colmenares Oviedo (dtxdf) |
www/zen: New port: Lightweight self-hosted notes application
zen is a self-hosted notes application.
Features:
- Single Go binary.
- Low resource usage.
- Standard Markdown files, local SQLite database.
- Organize with flexible tags, not rigid folders.
- Markdown features like tables, code blocks, task lists, highlights, and more.
- Full-text search with BM25 ranking.
- Import and export data with full portability.
- Templates.
- Pinned notes.
- Archive and soft delete notes.
- Minimal dependency footprint.
- Automated backups.
WWW: https://www.sheshbabu.com/zen/ |
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