Interactive CLI
Otso includes an interactive CLI built with a text user interface (TUI) for common tasks:
- Guided imports from other platforms.
- Duplicate scanning and merge review.
- Publishing drafts to sites and social networks.
- Full-text search and tagging.
- Configuration and plugin management.
- View building, event tails, data cleanup, and encrypted backups.
Import
Section titled “Import”$ otso import┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│ Otso • Import ││----------------------------------------------------------------------││ Choose a platform (↑↓/Enter, type to search): ││ ▸ Twitter / X ││ Instagram ││ Google Photos ││ Slack ││ YouTube ││ Reddit ││ GitHub ││ ChatGPT ││ Back │└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘Dedupe & Merge
Section titled “Dedupe & Merge”$ otso dedupe resolve┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│ Resolve Duplicates & Merges (↑↓ navigate • Enter open • / search) ││----------------------------------------------------------------------││ 1) [DUP] 0.98 p_9f3 "Sunny day at the lake" twitter ←→ mastodon ││ 2) [MER] 0.92 p_a1c Photo + caption + alt text (two variants) ││ 3) [CNF] — p_77 Visibility mismatch: public vs private ││----------------------------------------------------------------------││ [A]ccept suggestion [M]anual merge [K]eep both [S]kip [Q]uit │└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘Publish
Section titled “Publish”$ otso publish┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│ Publish • Choose a target ││----------------------------------------------------------------------││ ▸ My Site (Micropub, blog view) ││ Mastodon (@casey@mastodon.social) ││ Bluesky (@casey.bsky.social) ││ WordPress (casey.blog) ││----------------------------------------------------------------------││ [ Back ] │└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘Search
Section titled “Search”$ otso search "sunny day lake"┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│ Search: "sunny day lake" [↑↓ to scroll • Enter to open • / refine] ││----------------------------------------------------------------------││ 1) p_9f3 note 2025-09-08 "Sunny day at the lake" tags: life,photo││ 2) p_b42 photo 2025-08-21 lake.jpg alt:"mountain lake" ││ 3) p_a1c article 2025-07-30 "Lakes I love" ││----------------------------------------------------------------------││ [ Open ] [ Tag ] [ Publish ] [ Copy link ] [ Back ] │└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘Config
Section titled “Config”$ otso config get┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│ Config ││----------------------------------------------------------------------││ storage.path ~/.otso ││ visibility.default private ││ publish.defaultTargets [site] ││ connect.pollInterval 15m ││ web.port 5173 ││----------------------------------------------------------------------││ [ Edit ] [ Reset ] [ Export ] [ Back ] │└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘