reminders-cli

A simple CLI for interacting with OS X reminders.

Usage:

Show all lists

$ reminders show-lists
Soon
Eventually

Show reminders on a specific list

$ reminders show Soon
0 Write README
1 Ship reminders-cli

Complete an item on a list

$ reminders complete Soon 0
Completed 'Write README'
$ reminders show Soon
0 Ship reminders-cli

Undo a completed item

$ reminders show Soon --only-completed
0 Write README
$ reminders uncomplete Soon 0
Uncompleted 'Write README'
$ reminders show Soon
0 Write README

Edit an item on a list

$ reminders edit Soon 0 Some edited text
Updated reminder 'Some edited text'
$ reminders show Soon
0 Ship reminders-cli
1 Some edited text

Delete an item on a list

$ reminders delete Soon 0
Completed 'Write README'
$ reminders show Soon
0 Ship reminders-cli

Add a reminder to a list

$ reminders add Soon Contribute to open source
$ reminders add Soon Go to the grocery store --due-date "tomorrow 9am"
$ reminders add Soon Something really important --priority high
$ reminders show Soon
0: Ship reminders-cli
1: Contribute to open source
2: Go to the grocery store (in 10 hours)
3: Something really important (priority: high)

Show reminders due on or by a date

$ reminders show-all --due-date today
1: Contribute to open source (in 3 hours)
$ reminders show-all --due-date today --include-overdue
0: Ship reminders-cli (2 days ago)
1: Contribute to open source (in 3 hours)
$ reminders show-all --due-date 2025-02-16
1: Contribute to open source (in 3 hours)
$ reminders show Soon --due-date today --include-overdue
0: Ship reminders-cli (2 days ago)
1: Contribute to open source (in 3 hours)

See help for more examples

$ reminders --help
$ reminders show -h

Installation:

With Homebrew

$ brew install keith/formulae/reminders-cli

From GitHub releases

Download the latest release from here

$ tar -zxvf reminders.tar.gz
$ mv reminders /usr/local/bin
$ rm reminders.tar.gz

Building manually

This requires a recent Xcode installation.

$ cd reminders-cli
$ make build-release
$ cp .build/apple/Products/Release/reminders /usr/local/bin/reminders